Asked by: Baroness Coffey (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will correct the commentary in their recent fraud statistics publication regarding the transition to universal credit from tax credit recipients.
Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The explanation provided for the shift in the overall overpayment rate being partly driven by the growth in the Universal Credit caseload, including the migration of Tax Credit recipients is accurate and has been consistently set out in the Department’s published analysis since 2022. Therefore, there are no plans to change the commentary in the Fraud and Error Official Statistics.
Asked by: Baroness Coffey (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government (1) how many, and (2) which, community diagnostic centres have seen fewer than 50 patients, on average, per week since July 2024.
Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department does not hold patient-level activity data for community diagnostic centres.
Asked by: Baroness Coffey (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to consult on the formula for child maintenance.
Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Government is finalising a review of the child maintenance calculation. This includes updating the underlying research and ensuring it is fair for both parents and encourages willing and able compliance.
The outcome of the review and next steps will be announced shortly.
Asked by: Baroness Coffey (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many contributing parents (1) in total, and (2) as a percentage, have made zero child maintenance payments in (a) 2023–24, (b) 2024–25 and (c) 2025–26.
Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Baroness Coffey (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the list of councils which have not yet finalised their local nature recovery strategies.
Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This Government has published a map [see attached], which is updated regularly, to show the areas covered by each Local Nature Recovery Strategy and whether or not the strategy has been published. As of 22 May 2026, 38 strategies have been published with the remaining 10 strategies expected soon. The areas yet to publish their strategies are:
Asked by: Baroness Coffey (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether civil servants in the Ministry of Justice have been allowed or instructed to continue working on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill when this parliamentary session ends.
Answered by Baroness Levitt - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
Once the current parliamentary session ends, civil servants will cease to work on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. Any remaining activity is limited to the management of parliamentary business and correspondence. This may include tasks such as responding to Parliamentary Questions and maintaining appropriate records, in line with normal procedures.
Asked by: Baroness Coffey (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many civil servants in the Ministry of Justice are working on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.
Answered by Baroness Levitt - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The number of civil servants working on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has varied over time. As of 21 April 2026, there were 2.8 full-time equivalent (FTE) officials in the Ministry of Justice.
Where necessary, specialist input has also been provided by officials from other teams and Departments on specific issues. This input is drawn from existing resources and cannot be reliably quantified as a separate FTE figure.
Asked by: Baroness Coffey (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many civil servants in the Cabinet Office are working on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
No Cabinet Office officials are currently working on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill beyond minor administrative tasks such as preparing responses to Parliamentary Questions. The Cabinet Office has previously provided some drafting support to ensure that, should Parliament pass the Bill, it will operate as intended.
Asked by: Baroness Coffey (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether civil servants in the Cabinet Office have been allowed or instructed to continue working on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill when this parliamentary session ends.
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
As it is no longer possible for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill to pass, Cabinet Office civil servants will not continue working on it, beyond minor administrative tasks such as preparing responses to Parliamentary Questions.
Asked by: Baroness Coffey (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask His Majesty's Government what are the locations and specialisms of the 19 new technical excellence colleges announced on 14 April.
Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.