Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect the (1) any interim reports, and (2) the final report, by Donna Ockenden regarding the ongoing maternity reviews of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust to be published.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The timeframe of the independent maternity reviews of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust will be determined by the Terms of Reference.

The full Terms of Reference will be developed and finalised with the Chair, Donna Ockenden, and families in the coming months. Families are helping shape the scope of these reviews, ensuring every person who experienced harm gets the answers they deserve, driving lasting improvements to maternity safety.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many crimes were committed by foreign nationals in England and Wales in (1) 2023–24, (2) 2024–25, and (3) 2025–26; of those, what crimes were the most common; and in what counties they were most common.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on convictions and sentences for a wide range of offences, including theft in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal justice statistics - GOV.UK

However, data held centrally does not include if the defendant is a foreign national. This information may be held in the court records but to examine individual court records would be of disproportionate costs.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government what welfare, housing and health benefits foreign nationals are entitled to; from what point after their arrival in the UK are they entitled to those benefits; and what criteria are used to assess their eligibility.

Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

All claimants, regardless of their nationality, must demonstrate that they are resident in the UK and have an immigration status that qualifies them to receive taxpayer-funded benefits.

Migrants with recourse to public funds are subject to the same eligibility criteria as any other claimant, including the need to be ‘habitually resident’ (meaning they have made the UK their home) in addition to having a legal right to claim benefits.

Most non-UK nationals are granted an immigration status by the Home Office with a ‘No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF)’ condition. Individuals may have their NRPF condition removed once they are granted Indefinite Leave to Remain/settled status, which is usually after 5 years. These claimants can still access contribution-based benefits such as New-Style Jobseeker’s Allowance.

The full eligibility criteria, including the residency tests, for each benefit type can be found on GOV.UK.

Found: Work of the Financial Ombudsman Service John Dipple-Johnstone, Interim Chief Ombudsman and Baroness Manzoor

Found: 2025 Sarah Lee Non-executive Director Appointed 4 January 2021 Term ended 3 January 2026 The Baroness Manzoor

Found: Financial Ombudsman Service consultation paper 14 published in May 2024, the Chairman of FOS, Baroness Manzoor