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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has received any representations from (a) farmers, (b) other rural landowners and (c) other interested parties calling for a single responsible body to receive and investigate incidents of flytipping.

Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Defra not received any representations from farmers, other rural landowners and other interested parties calling for a single responsible body to receive and investigate incidents of fly-tipping.

Local councils are responsible for investigating most fly-tipping incidents, including those on private land. Fly-tipping incidents can be reported by visiting the relevant local authority's website. Individuals can get help on identifying the relevant local authority webpage at https://www.gov.uk/report-flytipping.

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing double summer time.

Answered by Kate Dearden - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

The government believes the current daylight-saving arrangements represent the optimal use of the available daylight across the UK. The government believes now would not be the time to make changes that would require considerable planning and action by business. Since the government does not currently intend to make changes to the existing system, we will not be conducting an assessment of the potential merits of introducing double summer time.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November to Question 90360 on Business Rates, how many business premises (a) have been brought into paying business rates for the first time and (b) will pay more per year in business rates as a result of the revaluation, notwithstanding any reduction in the multiplier.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

The Valuation Office Agency is responsible for compiling the non-domestic rating lists and setting the rateable value for each non-domestic property. Local billing authorities then use this information to calculate rates payable by using the multiplier set by government and applying any appropriate relief or discounts. Next year’s liability has not yet been confirmed.

The Valuation Office Agency plans to publish draft valuations for the 2026 Rating List on 26 November 2025. Statistics will be published alongside this showing changes in rateable values between the 2023 and 2026 lists. The statistics will be updated to reflect any changes made when the compiled list is published on 1 April 2026.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the (a) shortest, (b) average and (c) longest processing times for a decision on an in-country parent visa application.

Answered by Mike Tapp - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Home Office does not publish this specific information, but the current expected processing times for in-country parent visa applications can be found at: Visa processing times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2025 to Question 77609 on Medical Treatments: Cost Effectiveness, if he will instruct NICE to review the adequacy of the Quality-Adjusted Life Year threshold for innovative medicines.

Answered by Zubir Ahmed - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The pharmaceutical sector and the innovative medicines it produces are critical to our national interest, helping people access life changing treatments, reducing pressure on the health service over the longer-term, and ensuring we have a National Health Service that is fit for the future.

That is why through our Life Sciences Sector Plan, we have committed to working with industry to accelerate growth in spending on innovative medicines, compared to the previous decade. Our 10-Year Health Plan set out how we’d reform National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions DWP staff have failed to call Universal Credit customers or their appointees at the agreed appointment time in each month of the last 12 months.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold the requested information centrally, and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

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