Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any Royal Air Force personnel or teams were given commendations in the King's Birthday Honours 2025 or 2026 for service related to the war in Gaza.

Answered by Calvin Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans and People)

The King’s Commendation for Valuable Service (KCVS) is awarded for meritorious service in an operational theatre. It can only be awarded on an individual basis; it cannot be awarded to a team. It is long standing policy that the details of the operational activity for which a KCVS is awarded are not released into the public domain.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any Army personnel or teams were given commendations in the King's Birthday Honours 2025 or 2026 for service related to war in Gaza.

Answered by Calvin Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans and People)

The King’s Commendation for Valuable Service (KCVS) is awarded for meritorious service in an operational theatre. It can only be awarded on an individual basis; it cannot be awarded to a team. It is long standing policy that the details of the operational activity for which a KCVS is awarded are not released into the public domain.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many women were identified as sleeping rough in (a) Kirklees and (b) West Yorkshire in each of the last five years.

Answered by Florence Eshalomi - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

On his first day in office, the Prime Minister launched an urgent national drive to end rough sleeping. We have announced £442 million new funding to support this ambition, taking total investment in homelessness and rough sleeping services over the next three years to over £4 billion.

The Government recognises that women experiencing rough sleeping are often less visible and may be at greater risk of violence, abuse and exploitation. Local areas are encouraged to work proactively with specialist women’s services, domestic abuse and violence against women and girls services, health partners and community organisations to identify and support women who may be sleeping rough or at risk of doing so. Further guidance on how local authorities are expected to support women through the Rough Sleeping Programme can be found here: Rough Sleeping Programme Guidance - GOV.UK

You can find data about the number of women sleeping rough in England on gov.uk here. Since June 2025 we have included a question on the number of women sleeping rough in our monthly rough sleeping survey. The annual rough sleeping snapshot also includes data on the number of women estimated to be sleeping rough on a single night in England. In addition to our official rough sleeping statistics, we continue to gather information from a variety of sources to understand women’s rough sleeping, including the Women’s Census.

Through the Ending Homelessness in Communities Fund, we are providing £37 million over three years to support specialist organisations that work with women facing some of the greatest barriers to accessing support.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the purpose of the RAF cargo flight that went from RAF Akrotiri to Nevatim airbase in Israel on 22 September 2026.

Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

I can confirm this was a routine logistic flight to support UK Armed Forces defence requirements.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential risks resulting from the Prevent Standards and Compliance Unit’s observation of (a) social media complaints about Prevent and (b) children's social media accounts.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The former Prevent Standards and Compliance Unit (StaCU) was subsumed into the Office of the Independent Prevent Commissioner (OIPC) upon its creation in 2025 and no longer exists. Prior to the transfer of its functions to the OIPC, StaCU was part of the Commission for Countering Extremism. The exercise referenced in StaCU's 2024-25 annual report was undertaken as part of its independent oversight function, and the report was commissioned and published independently of the Home Office. As the OIPC does not currently undertake social media monitoring, neither StaCU nor the OIPC has collected any open-source observations about Prevent on social media websites since 1^st March 2025.

The open-source observations described in StaCU’s 2024-25 annual report were gathered as part of a specific and time-limited exercise to better understand how the delivery of Prevent was being discussed online and assess whether social media observations could help identify complaints or concerns requiring StaCU’s investigation. StaCU received information from a media monitoring service that identified publicly available references to Prevent, including material from open-source social media websites. This was an exploratory exercise, not an ongoing monitoring function.

Neither the Home Office, StaCU as a unit, or the OIPC holds a list of people or organisations that criticise the Prevent programme.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department or agencies hold lists of people or organisations that criticise the Prevent programme.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The former Prevent Standards and Compliance Unit (StaCU) was subsumed into the Office of the Independent Prevent Commissioner (OIPC) upon its creation in 2025 and no longer exists. Prior to the transfer of its functions to the OIPC, StaCU was part of the Commission for Countering Extremism. The exercise referenced in StaCU's 2024-25 annual report was undertaken as part of its independent oversight function, and the report was commissioned and published independently of the Home Office. As the OIPC does not currently undertake social media monitoring, neither StaCU nor the OIPC has collected any open-source observations about Prevent on social media websites since 1^st March 2025.

The open-source observations described in StaCU’s 2024-25 annual report were gathered as part of a specific and time-limited exercise to better understand how the delivery of Prevent was being discussed online and assess whether social media observations could help identify complaints or concerns requiring StaCU’s investigation. StaCU received information from a media monitoring service that identified publicly available references to Prevent, including material from open-source social media websites. This was an exploratory exercise, not an ongoing monitoring function.

Neither the Home Office, StaCU as a unit, or the OIPC holds a list of people or organisations that criticise the Prevent programme.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Prevent Standards and Compliance Unit collected any open-source observations about Prevent on social media sites since 1 May 2025.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The former Prevent Standards and Compliance Unit (StaCU) was subsumed into the Office of the Independent Prevent Commissioner (OIPC) upon its creation in 2025 and no longer exists. Prior to the transfer of its functions to the OIPC, StaCU was part of the Commission for Countering Extremism. The exercise referenced in StaCU's 2024-25 annual report was undertaken as part of its independent oversight function, and the report was commissioned and published independently of the Home Office. As the OIPC does not currently undertake social media monitoring, neither StaCU nor the OIPC has collected any open-source observations about Prevent on social media websites since 1^st March 2025.

The open-source observations described in StaCU’s 2024-25 annual report were gathered as part of a specific and time-limited exercise to better understand how the delivery of Prevent was being discussed online and assess whether social media observations could help identify complaints or concerns requiring StaCU’s investigation. StaCU received information from a media monitoring service that identified publicly available references to Prevent, including material from open-source social media websites. This was an exploratory exercise, not an ongoing monitoring function.

Neither the Home Office, StaCU as a unit, or the OIPC holds a list of people or organisations that criticise the Prevent programme.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the Prevent Standards and Compliance Unit found the open source observations it describes in its 2024-25 annual report, and what criteria did it use to determine which observations to log.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The former Prevent Standards and Compliance Unit (StaCU) was subsumed into the Office of the Independent Prevent Commissioner (OIPC) upon its creation in 2025 and no longer exists. Prior to the transfer of its functions to the OIPC, StaCU was part of the Commission for Countering Extremism. The exercise referenced in StaCU's 2024-25 annual report was undertaken as part of its independent oversight function, and the report was commissioned and published independently of the Home Office. As the OIPC does not currently undertake social media monitoring, neither StaCU nor the OIPC has collected any open-source observations about Prevent on social media websites since 1^st March 2025.

The open-source observations described in StaCU’s 2024-25 annual report were gathered as part of a specific and time-limited exercise to better understand how the delivery of Prevent was being discussed online and assess whether social media observations could help identify complaints or concerns requiring StaCU’s investigation. StaCU received information from a media monitoring service that identified publicly available references to Prevent, including material from open-source social media websites. This was an exploratory exercise, not an ongoing monitoring function.

Neither the Home Office, StaCU as a unit, or the OIPC holds a list of people or organisations that criticise the Prevent programme.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Prevent Standards and Compliance Unit still operating.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The former Prevent Standards and Compliance Unit (StaCU) was subsumed into the Office of the Independent Prevent Commissioner (OIPC) upon its creation in 2025 and no longer exists. Prior to the transfer of its functions to the OIPC, StaCU was part of the Commission for Countering Extremism. The exercise referenced in StaCU's 2024-25 annual report was undertaken as part of its independent oversight function, and the report was commissioned and published independently of the Home Office. As the OIPC does not currently undertake social media monitoring, neither StaCU nor the OIPC has collected any open-source observations about Prevent on social media websites since 1^st March 2025.

The open-source observations described in StaCU’s 2024-25 annual report were gathered as part of a specific and time-limited exercise to better understand how the delivery of Prevent was being discussed online and assess whether social media observations could help identify complaints or concerns requiring StaCU’s investigation. StaCU received information from a media monitoring service that identified publicly available references to Prevent, including material from open-source social media websites. This was an exploratory exercise, not an ongoing monitoring function.

Neither the Home Office, StaCU as a unit, or the OIPC holds a list of people or organisations that criticise the Prevent programme.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the Information Commission on the sharing of connected vehicle data with advertising technology firms and data brokers.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Department has had conversations with the ICO about Connected Vehicle data as part of the Government’s ongoing work to better understand what data is being collected by vehicle manufacturers, and how it is being used and shared.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the Information Commissioner’s Office’s audit of police use of facial recognition technology; and how she plans to improve data protection compliance.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Police Reform Bill will introduce a new legal framework to underpin law enforcement use of biometric and overt surveillance systems.

The Government welcomes the Information Commissioner's Office's (ICO) work on facial recognition technology, including its audits of police forces. The audits have highlighted the importance of strong governance, accountability, record-keeping and compliance with data protection requirements when using facial recognition technology. The Home Secretary has also commissioned HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services to undertake an independent inspection of police use of retrospective facial recognition. The Government will consider the ICO’s audit and findings from other relevant oversight bodies, alongside responses to the public consultation, to help inform the design of new legal framework that will be introduced in the Police Reform Bill to underpin law enforcement use of biometrics and overt surveillance.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces in England and Wales have (a) an established (i) Police Ethics Board and (ii) equivalent body and (b) a Police and Crime Commissioner who has formally scrutinised that force's use of AI in the last 12 months; and whether she plans to mandate a minimum standard of ethics board coverage before the abolition of PCCs in 2028.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

Procurement and deployment of AI at a local force level is the responsibility of operationally independent Chief Constables, accountable to their locally elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs). In April, the government set up PoliceAI at a national level to support Chiefs and PCCs make informed, responsible AI adoption decisions. It is essential that the police use AI responsibly to build and maintain public consent for this tooling. That means deployments must be lawful, transparent, ethical, well governed and based on robust assessments of accuracy and bias.

Both PoliceAI and the Home Office work with the Association for Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) to develop products, resources and training, to support local oversight and scrutiny of AI deployment, with a focus on ethical considerations and arrangements. This year, PoliceAI will establish an independent advisory group, that the APCC will be a member of, to advise on AI ethics at a national level and consider nationally consistent accuracy and bias benchmarks for AI tools.

PoliceAI will also publish and maintain a registry of AI tools in use across policing. This is being developed in partnership with academics and is currently in testing with forces. A version of the public registry is expected to be published by the end of 2026. The registry will include details on the steps taken by the force to deploy the AI responsibly, including ethical assessment and accountability arrangements.

Officials continue to work closely with key partners across the sector to support and oversee transition to new police governance arrangements in May 2028, including using cross government and sector delivery groups, overseen by a project board.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the technical capacity and expertise of Strategic Authority Mayors and Police and Crime Boards to scrutinise force-level AI procurement and deployment; and what plans her Department has in place to manage the transition from Police and Crime Commissioners.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

Procurement and deployment of AI at a local force level is the responsibility of operationally independent Chief Constables, accountable to their locally elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs). In April, the government set up PoliceAI at a national level to support Chiefs and PCCs make informed, responsible AI adoption decisions. It is essential that the police use AI responsibly to build and maintain public consent for this tooling. That means deployments must be lawful, transparent, ethical, well governed and based on robust assessments of accuracy and bias.

Both PoliceAI and the Home Office work with the Association for Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) to develop products, resources and training, to support local oversight and scrutiny of AI deployment, with a focus on ethical considerations and arrangements. This year, PoliceAI will establish an independent advisory group, that the APCC will be a member of, to advise on AI ethics at a national level and consider nationally consistent accuracy and bias benchmarks for AI tools.

PoliceAI will also publish and maintain a registry of AI tools in use across policing. This is being developed in partnership with academics and is currently in testing with forces. A version of the public registry is expected to be published by the end of 2026. The registry will include details on the steps taken by the force to deploy the AI responsibly, including ethical assessment and accountability arrangements.

Officials continue to work closely with key partners across the sector to support and oversee transition to new police governance arrangements in May 2028, including using cross government and sector delivery groups, overseen by a project board.

Minimum wage

109th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration

Celebrating Black History Month

Autumn Budget 2026 (No. 4)

Autumn Budget 2026 (No. 2)

Garvaghy Road

Fur Belongs to Animals campaign

Birmingham Four

150th anniversary of the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876

Multilateral funding for education

Autumn Budget 2026

Taxation of bank windfall profits

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