Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to publish the outcome of the consultation on improving the implementation of biodiversity net gain for minor, medium and brownfield development.

Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Government is carefully considering responses to the consultation on ‘Improving the Implementation of Biodiversity Net Gain for Minor, Medium and Brownfield Development’ and will publish a Government response in due course.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson followed the advice given by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointment in April 2024 in relation to a paid role with Better Earth, in particular the advice that he should not personally lobby contacts that he made while in office for a period of two years after leaving office.

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Chapter 11 of the Ministerial Code sets out the obligations on leaving office, including in relation to the Business Appointment Rules. The obligation is on former ministers to abide by the advice they receive about any outside appointment or employment they wish to take up within two years of leaving office.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will ensure that, following the abolition of NHS England, responsibility for the commissioning of transplant services in the NHS will become the direct responsibility of the Department of Health and Social Care.

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

NHS England is the national commissioner for all solid organ transplant services, excluding renal transplant services, which were delegated to integrated care boards (ICBs) from April 2025 as part of a wider programme of work to delegate to ICBs. Further information on this delegation is available on the NHS.UK website, in an online only format. As part of the ongoing work to integrate NHS England’s functions into the Department, future plans are being considered for specialised services, such as transplantation, for which NHS England is currently accountable. This work will take account of Organ Utilisation Group recommendation 12, which highlights the ongoing need for robust national level oversight of transplant services. Further information on the Organ Utilisation Group is available on the NHS.UK website, in an online only format.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what procedures are in place to ensure that money paid to former Prime Ministers under the Public Duty Costs Allowance are properly spent; and whether they have made an assessment of the appropriate use of money received from that allowance by Boris Johnson.

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The Public Duty Costs Allowance policy states that former Prime Ministers or their staff may only be reimbursed for actual administrative costs incurred in meeting the demands of the former Prime Minister’s public life up to the annual limit.

Invoices are submitted to Cabinet Office Finance by the offices of the former Prime Ministers in order to claim their Public Duty Cost Allowance. Along with the invoice offices provide evidence of what the claim is to be used for.

The PDCA is reviewed by the NAO as part of their audit of the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts.