Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress her Department has made on restoring spending on official development assistance. to 0.7% of Gross National Income.

Answered by Chris Elmore - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided in response to Question 66549 on 21 July 2025.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the inclusion of weekends and bank holidays in the 5 day legal requirement to register a death on the timeliness of death registration and (b) what steps she is taking to reduce delays in registering a death.

Answered by Mike Tapp

Monitoring has shown good appointment availability to enable the registration of deaths in England and Wales within the 5-day statutory time period. The Government’s work towards transforming the death registration process will allow the bereaved to register deaths remotely, and help minimise the burden on bereaved family members at a difficult time.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on ensuring value for money in contracts for the treatment of separately collected household food waste, including where private contractors receive revenue from biomethane and digestate produced from that waste.

Answered by Mary Creagh

Defra does not provide direct guidance to local authorities for the procurement of food waste treatment contracts.

However, Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), funded by Defra have provided guidance for local authorities to support the implementation of Simpler Recycling. This includes Good Practice Guidance on Waste and Recycling Collections, including on building in contract flexibility, and more detailed guidance on providing household food waste collections, which also covers food waste treatment.

Furthermore, Local Partnerships has developed a standard Anaerobic Digestion contract, developed with Defra support, and available free on request to local authorities, which includes provisions for revenue sharing.

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, (a) what assessment he has made of the extent of barriers faced by disabled leaseholders seeking reasonable adaptions of their homes and communal areas and (b) what steps is he taking to reduce these barriers.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The government recognises how important home adaptations are in enabling older and disabled people to live as independently as possible in a safe and suitable environment.

The Disabled Facilities Grants funds adaptations to improve access to homes, including in respect of communal areas, where applicants satisfy a needs assessment, eligibility criteria and a means test.

The Equality Act 2010 imposes a duty on landlords to allow and make reasonable adjustments to private homes on request from disabled leaseholders. The government keeps under review the commencement of the remaining parts of section 36 of the Equality Act 2010, which would impose a duty on those responsible for common parts of leasehold properties, such as landlords, to make reasonable adjustments to those parts if asked to do so by a disabled leaseholder.

Bank holiday for celebrations if England win the 2026 FIFA World Cup

Found: Jodie Gosling (Labour; Nuneaton) Dr Caroline Johnson (Conservative; Sleaford and North Hykeham) Darren Paffey

Found: Jodie Gosling (Labour; Nuneaton) Dr Caroline Johnson (Conservative; Sleaford and North Hykeham) Darren Paffey

Found: May 2026 Members present1 Helen Hayes, in the Chair2 Jess Asato Mrs Sureena Brackenridge Darren Paffey

Found: Committee members present: Helen Hayes (Chair); Jess Asato; Sureena Brackenridge; Jodie Gosling; Darren Paffey

Found: Jodie Gosling (Labour; Nuneaton) Dr Caroline Johnson (Conservative; Sleaford and North Hykeham) Darren Paffey

Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Helen Hayes (Chair); Sureena Brackenridge; Jodie Gosling; Darren Paffey

Found: Committee members present: Helen Hayes (Chair); Jess Asato; Sureena Brackenridge; Jodie Gosling; Darren Paffey

Found: meeting Members present: Helen Hayes (Chair); Jess Asato; Jodie Gosling; Dr Caroline Johnson; Darren Paffey

Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Helen Hayes (Chair); Jodie Gosling; Darren Paffey; Mark Sewards;