Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of levels of humanitarian support to Syria over the last 5 years.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Since 2011, Syria has seen one of the worst and most protracted humanitarian crises in the world. The annual UN humanitarian appeals have been consistently underfunded and the trend has worsened in recent years, with just 36.6 per cent of the appeal met in 2024. The UK has consistently been one of the biggest contributors to those appeals, but it is clear that humanitarian support overall has not been adequate to address the scale of the crisis.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the recent announcement by the United States to provide Ukraine with more military equipment through NATO, what plans he has provide additional military equipment to Ukraine.

Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)

The UK is ramping up military support to Ukraine to bolster Ukraine’s defences through the depths of winter. The UK have entered a tech sharing agreement with Ukraine which will facilitate the mass production of thousands of advanced air defence interceptor drones per month under Project OCTOPUS.

We have also announced that 140 additional lightweight-multirole missiles (LMM) manufactured by Thales Northern Ireland will be delivered and that over 85,000 drones had been delivered to Ukraine in the past six months. In the eight months since taking joint leadership of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, we have successfully raised pledges of over £50 billion in military help for Ukraine.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of video links used for remote court proceedings.

Answered by Jake Richards - Assistant Whip

All prisons in England and Wales now have some modern video provision to support remote court hearings. In 2024/25, prisons facilitated almost 440,000 video links: over 212,000 of these related to remote court hearings, an increase of 17% on the previous year.

The backbone of video delivery in prisons is the high-capacity, high-quality Video Conferencing Centres (VCCs). These purpose-built facilities are designed to improve the quality of defendants’ interactions with courts during remote hearings. To date 18, VCCs are operational in prisons, and they account for almost half of all video links facilitated. We have delivered two VCCs this year, with one more under construction, and the investment case for more is being considered.

While decisions about remote participation for any parties or witnesses in any jurisdiction is ultimately judicial, HMCTS has the digital and audio technology available to facilitate remote links in all criminal court centres. It is currently investing in the upgrade of that technology through its Digital Audio & Visual Evolution project. This is replacing screens, cameras and audio equipment with modernised hardware which improves the experience for participants where a video link is being used.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the humanitarian impact of Typhoon Kalmaegi in Vietnam.

Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office are closely monitoring the impact of Typhoon Kalmaegi in Vietnam. Current assessments indicate significant disruption to affected communities, including six confirmed fatalities and extensive damage to homes, public infrastructure, and livelihoods, particularly in coastal and low-lying areas.

In October, the UK allocated £500,000 in humanitarian assistance to Vietnam to address the devastating impact of typhoons Bualoi and Matmo. We continue to engage with international partners and local authorities to monitor evolving requirements and to ensure that assistance is delivered effectively to those in greatest need.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle underage drug use.

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

This Government is committed to protecting young people from the harms of drug use through a range of universal and targeted prevention activity and are using the recent report from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) ‘A Whole-System Response to Drug Prevention in the UK’ to inform our approach.

The Home Office is also working with The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to deliver an Innovation Fund to Reduce Demand for Illicit Substances to help us build our longer term understanding of how to prevent and reduce drug use, prevent associated harms and facilitate behaviour change.

Ketamine use in young people is increasing, so we have commissioned the ACMD to update their harms assessment on the drug, and DHSC have launched a media campaign to raise awareness of the risks posed by new drug trends and products. The campaign focusses on the adulteration of counterfeit medicines with other drugs like synthetic opioids, ketamine harms and adulteration of ‘THC vapes’.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of people who have been arrested for knife crime-related incidents in the last 12 months.

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

The Home Office collects data on arrests in England and Wales, by offence group, as part of the ‘Police Powers and Procedures’ statistical series. The latest available data, to the year ending March 2025 can be accessed here: Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK

However, data is collected by broader offence group, for example ‘Violence against the person’, therefore data on more specific offences such as knife crime-related incidents is not available.

The Government does hold data on police recorded knife crime which sets out that in the year ending June 25, there were 51,527 selected violent and sexual offences involving a knife or sharp instrument recorded by the police, a 5% reduction on the previous year, this includes an 18% reduction in homicide and a 6% reduction in knife-enabled assault.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve mental health awareness training for the agricultural sector.

Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Defra funds the Farmer Welfare Grant that includes a recipient consortium led by The Farmer Network that is delivering mental health first aid training to those who interact with farmers. Participants reported an almost 100% increase in their knowledge and confidence in discussing mental health. Another recipient, the Lincolnshire Rural Support Network are also delivering farmer specific mental health awareness and first aid sessions to the sector.

Furthermore, the department is also increasing awareness of mental health training opportunities by signposting resources to our customers and supporting the rollout of training for our staff who directly engage with individuals in the sector.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of trends in the level of global milk demand.

Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Uk Agricultural Market Monitoring Group which was established by Defra and the Devolved Governments under the Devolution Framework is responsible for the oversight and monitoring of the UK agriculture market. This includes a review of prices, production, inputs and trade covering an assessment of current and future global demand for dairy products. The current position indicates broadly stable demand for dairy across the world alongside continued rising supply and falling prices.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in Northern Ireland on the retention of district nurses.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Officials from the Department regularly meet with their counterparts in the devolved administrations to discuss and update on the development of the 10-Year Health Plan in England.

As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, the Government is committed to making the National Health Service the best place to work, by supporting and retaining our hardworking and dedicated healthcare professionals.

NHS England is already leading work nationally through its retention programme to drive a consistent, system-wide approach to staff retention across NHS trusts. This ensures trusts have access to proven retention strategies, data-driven monitoring, and can foster a more stable, engaged, productive, and supported workforce.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease in the last year for which figures are available.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department does not hold information in the format requested. The cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention audit provides a count of the number of people with a general practice record of CVD. This information is available publicly at the following link:

https://www.cvdprevent.nhs.uk/

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of ensuring that rare autoimmune rheumatic disease patients have named care coordinators.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

We are aware there remains unmet need on coordination of care for people with rare diseases and work is underway to improve this.

Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for working with their local communities to understand the needs of the local populations and make decisions about how best to commission services, including for those with rare autoimmune rheumatic disease.

We are improving coordination of care for all rare diseases as a priority under the UK Rare Diseases Framework. England’s Rare Diseases Action Plans details a range of measures to improve coordination of care, including work against Action 37 on co-ordination of care for multi-system disorders. NHS England is also committed to include the definition of coordination of care in all new and revised services specifications for patients with rare diseases. The National Institute of Health and Care Research has commissioned research to provide the evidence needed to operationalise better co-ordination of care for rare diseases in the National Health Service.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of deaths in hospital.

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

The Government is prioritising patient safety and a learning culture in the National Health Service to prevent harmful events from happening to patients. The NHS Patient Safety Strategy, originally published in 2019, and updated in 2021 and 2023, includes key programmes to support the NHS to improve patient safety continuously and reduce patient harm. Further information on the NHS Patient Safety Strategy is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/patient-safety/the-nhs-patient-safety-strategy/

As part of this, the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework reforms the way providers respond to patient safety incidents, with further information available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/patient-safety/patient-safety-insight/incident-response-framework/engaging-and-involving-patients-families-and-staff-following-a-patient-safety-incident/

In addition, the Learn From Patient Safety Events service also enables the NHS to learn from more than three million patient safety incidents reported annually, including through the development of machine learning and artificial intelligence tools for analysis. Further information on the Learn From Patient Safety Events service is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/patient-safety/patient-safety-insight/learning-from-patient-safety-events/learn-from-patient-safety-events-service/

Other examples of key patient safety initiatives include rollout of Martha’s Rule, with further information available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/patient-safety/marthas-rule/

From September 2024 to July 2025, this policy has resulted in changes in treatment for roughly 1,000 patients, with more than 260 patients requiring transfers of care to high dependency or intensive care units, enhanced levels of care, or a tertiary centre. The Government also introduced the statutory medical examiner system from September 2024 which means that medical examiners independently scrutinise every death in England and Wales not referred to a coroner. This is estimated as more than half a million deaths in 12 months. Medical examiners support local learning and improvement by detecting and referring concerns through established local clinical governance processes.

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Windsor Framework on local airports.

Answered by Hilary Benn - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

The Windsor Framework gives Northern Ireland unique dual market access which ensures the free movement of goods across the UK and the EU, whilst maintaining the frictionless movement of people and goods on the island of Ireland.

Duty-free shopping is not available between Northern Ireland and the EU, as it would require the application of personal allowances and associated border checks, to prevent the uncontrolled flow of tax-free goods into either Northern Ireland or the EU.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Pakistani counterparts on the ongoing bonded labour of religious minorities in brick kilns.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK Government recognises that serious exploitation persists in Pakistan, including bonded labour in sectors such as the brick kiln industry, where religious minorities are disproportionately affected. We regularly raise human rights concerns with the Government of Pakistan, including the rights and safety of minority communities. I have consistently engaged on these issues, most recently with Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister in August. Through UK-funded programmes such as Aawaz II, we have supported awareness campaigns, improved access to justice, and strengthened child protection systems to help tackle exploitative practices. We will continue to press for effective enforcement of Pakistan's laws prohibiting bonded labour and to advocate for the protection of vulnerable groups.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce (a) delays and (b) delays relating to (i) rape and (ii) domestic homicide in the criminal justice system.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

This Government inherited a record and rising courts backlog. It is unacceptable that victims and witnesses are waiting years for justice. This has left tens of thousands of victims facing devastating delays for justice.

We are committed to creating a more sustainable justice system, in which victims and the public can have confidence. Upon taking office, the Deputy Prime Minister took immediate action to allocate additional Crown Court sitting days this financial year, taking the total to 111,250 sitting days.

However, demand is currently so high, it is indisputable that fundamental reform is needed. That is why this Government commissioned the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts, led by Sir Brian Leveson, to propose once-in-a-generation reform to improve timeliness in the courts and deliver swift justice for victims. Part one of the report has now been published. We are carefully considering Sir Brian’s proposals and will respond in due course.

The Ministry of Justice provides funding for victim and witness support services, including community-based domestic abuse and sexual violence services. To ensure these services can continue to be delivered, we have protected dedicated Violence Against Women and Girls victims spending in the Department by maintaining 2024-25 funding levels for ringfenced sexual violence and domestic abuse support this year. The Ministry of Justice also funds the Homicide Service, which provides tailored support to families bereaved by domestic homicide.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in China on ensuring that opposition candidates are not (a) unfairly imprisoned and (b) at risk of violence.

Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK Government stands firm on human rights in China, and we continue to raise our concerns at the highest levels. We continue to coordinate efforts with our international partners to hold China to account for human rights violations and will continue to call on China to uphold its commitments under international law.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have had a kidney transplant on the NHS in the last 12 months.

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

NHS Blood and Transplant is the organisation responsible for organ donation in the United Kingdom, and they manage the NHS Organ Donor Register and National Transplant Register.

Between 1 October 2024 and 30 September 2025, 3,381 individual patients received a kidney transplant from 3,385 donors. 2,373 were from deceased donors and 1,012 were from living donors. Of the 3,381 patients that received a kidney transplant, four received two transplants within this period.

This is a United Kingdom four nation service and I am proud of its achievements.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve mobile clinic provision in rural areas.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the planning and commissioning of health services, including mobile clinic services.

In doing so ICBs must take into account the needs of their local population, which includes meeting the healthcare needs of their rural populations.

The Government’s 10-Year Health Plan commits to three big shifts which includes increasingly moving services away from centralised hospitals into the wider community.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of the health impact of the long term use of marijuana.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department is committed to reducing the harm from all illicit drugs. Any illegal drug use, including cannabis, can be harmful, due to both the immediate side-effects and long-term physical and mental health problems. Cannabis use can contribute to and exacerbate existing mental health problems or can accelerate their development in people predisposed to mental health problems.

Taking cannabis in any form is risky. For instance, vaping supposed tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) may increase the risk of users unwittingly consuming more dangerous substances like synthetic cannabinoids. Where there are incidents of synthetic cannabinoids in THC vapes, the local authority public health team and the police force should take action with partners to warn and protect their communities. The Department is tracking reports nationally and its regional teams are providing localised warnings and support.

The Department has recently launched a media campaign to raise awareness of the risks posed by new drug trends and products, including the adulteration of ‘THC’ vapes with other drugs like synthetic cannabinoids.

Furthermore, statutory guidance on relationships, sex, and health education requires all primary and secondary schools to ensure that pupils know the key facts and risks associated with alcohol and drug use, as well as how to manage influences and pressure, and keep themselves healthy and safe. The Department has worked with the Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education Association to develop lesson plans on alcohol and drugs and has commissioned an update of the resources to be published later this year.

The Government will continue to work with our partners to discourage drug use and to alert people, particularly young people, to the potential dangers of cannabis. The Government has a drug information and advice service called Talk to FRANK, which aims to reduce drug misuse and its harms by increasing awareness, particularly for young people and parents. FRANK offers easy to read information on the risks of using cannabis and basic harm reduction advice. Information on cannabis is available at the following link:

https://www.talktofrank.com/drug/cannabis(opens%20in%20a%20new%20tab)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of waiting times for firearms licensing.

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

The issuing of firearms certificates, resourcing of firearms licensing teams and the efficiency of police forces is a matter for individual Chief Officers of Police and Police and Crime Commissioners. In the interests of consistency and transparency, the National Policing Chiefs Council Lead for Firearms Licensing has published performance data for firearms licensing teams in all forces. This includes performance against a target for forces to complete applications for the grant or renewal of firearm and shotgun certificates within four months, unless there are concerns about the suitability of the applicant.

Working with the National Policing Chiefs Council Lead for Firearms Licensing, we continue to review the licensing performance of all forces and we will continue to engage with individual Chief Officers and Police and Crime Commissioners where there are specific concerns about any forces’ performance.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of violence in women's prisons.

Answered by Jake Richards - Assistant Whip

Violence in prisons may be caused, or triggered, by a range of factors, including personal characteristics such as existing patterns of behaviour, substance misuse or traumatic life experiences. Factors particularly relevant to the women’s estate include trauma, relational complexities and separation from children.

Information on the rate of assaults in female establishments in the 12 months to June 2025 can be found at the following link: Safety in Custody Statistics, England and Wales: Deaths in Prison Custody to September 2025 Assaults and Self-harm to June 2025 - GOV.UK.

The Managing Women in Crisis Working Group in His Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) was established to increase understanding of complex behaviour in this group of prisoners, and to consider how best to support them. This includes developing guidance and training for staff. In addition, HMPPS’s Women’s Estate Case Advice and Support Panel supports establishments in the management of women with complex needs. It aims to help reduce risk and to enable women to progress in their sentences.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve (a) road resurfacing and (b) other infrastructure completion times.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

This year, the Government made an additional £500 million available for local highway authorities to maintain their highway network, bringing the total to a record investment of nearly £1.6 billion. A quarter of the additional funding is contingent upon local highway authorities complying with certain criteria aimed at driving best practice and continual improvement in highways maintenance.

The Government also supports the rollout of lane rental schemes. This allows highway authorities to charge up to £2,500 per day for works on the busiest roads at peak times. This encourages quicker completion, off-peak working, or relocating works to reduce disruption on our roads. From January 2026, authorities will be able to use 50% of lane rental revenue for highway maintenance.

Highway authorities can issue overrun charges of up to £10,000 per day for works that exceed agreed timeframes. Currently these charges can only be applied on weekdays, however we are making changes to allow these charges to apply on weekends and bank holidays.

Finally, the Government has set out a new approach to infrastructure in the 10-Year Infrastructure Strategy, which was published in June 2025. This will restore confidence and drive economic growth by providing stability and certainty, and improve how infrastructure projects, like transport, are planned and delivered. We are working closely with HMT to ensure lessons learned from transport projects, such as set out in the James Stewart Review (published in June 2025) are incorporated into future priorities. The Department has accepted all recommendations from this Review and is already taking steps to implement them.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to increase levels of funding for veteran support centres in Northern Ireland.

Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)

VALOUR is a new national programme designed to make it easier for veterans across the UK to access the care and support they deserve. Led by the Office for Veterans' Affairs (OVA) within the Ministry of Defence, it aims to improve how services are coordinated at national, regional and local levels, ensuring veterans get the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

A network of VALOUR recognised centres across the UK will facilitate access to multiple services for veterans in one place. £27 million in development funding for VALOUR recognised centres has been made available, with funds being issued on behalf of the OVA through the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust. I encourage organisations in Northern Ireland to apply to for this funding.

Veteran support organisations in Northern Ireland already benefit from other Government funding streams. Beyond the Battlefield has received £325,000 through the Veterans Capital Housing Fund and Reducing Veteran Homelessness Programme to support its wraparound care service and facilitate the provision of a 24/7 support network. The Northern Ireland Thrive Together Programme, meanwhile, which is led by Brooke House Health and Wellbeing Centre, has received a grant of £765,000 to support its Veterans' Pathway Project and the establishment of six locality-based hubs.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve diagnosis for people with chronic throat issues.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

General practitioners (GPs) are usually the first point of contact for patients with persistent throat symptoms. They are expected to carry out an initial assessment, rule out common causes, and identify any “red flag” symptoms that require urgent referral to specialists.

We expect GPs to have regard to guidance published by the National Institute for Care Excellence (NICE) and others when diagnosing or referring patients with persistent throat problems, as these set out evidence-based standards and best practice for assessment and referral. Relevant advice appears in guideline NG84, titled Acute sore throat antimicrobial prescribing, and guideline NG12, titled Suspected cancer referral criteria, as well as Clinical Knowledge Summaries for related conditions. NICE recommendations do not override the individual responsibility of health professionals to make decisions appropriate to the circumstances of each patient, in consultation with the patient or their carer.

Healthcare professionals are expected to maintain their clinical knowledge as part of their continuing professional development. NICE guidance underpins this by providing evidence-based recommendations and structured learning resources that help them maintain up-to-date knowledge and improve the quality of patient care.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have received cornea transplants aged under 18 in each of the last 3 years.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

In the last three years, there has been a total of 469 finished consultant episodes recorded where there was any procedure of ‘other corneal graft procedure’ for patients aged zero to 17 years old, when accounting for activity in English National Health Service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the private sector. By year there were:

• 195 in 2022/23;
• 138 in 2023/24; and
• 136 in 2024/25.

This information has been gathered from the Hospital Episode Statistics dataset, which is published by NHS England.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP appointments are offered in England each week.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

General practice appointment data is collected and published monthly by NHS England. This data records appointments that have actually taken place, rather than those offered. As a result, we are unable to ascertain precisely how many appointments are offered to patients, we can, however, report on the number delivered.

In September 2025, 32 million appointments were delivered, which is, on average, approximately eight million appointments delivered in general practice per week.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will issued sentencing guidelines for people convicted of supporting Hamas during university protests.

Answered by Jake Richards - Assistant Whip

The Government is absolutely clear that support for proscribed organisations is unacceptable. Section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (TACT) makes it an offence to invite support for; recklessly express support for; or arrange a meeting in support of a proscribed organisation. Section 13 of TACT makes it an offence to wear clothing or carry articles in public, which arouse reasonable suspicion that an individual is a member or supporter of a proscribed organisation, and publish an image of an item of clothing or other article, such as a flag or logo in the same circumstances. Proscription offences can carry a maximum penalty of up to 14 years in prison and/or an unlimited fine.

While everyone is entitled to their political opinions, and higher education providers have duties to take reasonably practicable steps to secure freedom of speech and academic freedom within the law, any discussions and protests must be lawful. Inciting others to violence or terrorism is not protected speech. In these instances, we would expect university leaders to take robust action, particularly where there are concerns that a criminal act may have been committed, including reporting crimes to the police.

The investigation and prosecution of criminal offences, including determining whether an offence has been committed or not, is a matter for the police and Crown Prosecution Service, which are operationally independent. Sentencing decisions in individual cases are a matter for the independent judiciary.

Sentencing guidelines are developed by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales, in fulfilment of its statutory duty to do so. All sentencing courts in England and Wales must follow any sentencing guidelines which are relevant to the offender’s case, unless it is in the interests of justice not to do so (by virtue of section 59 of the Sentencing Code). The court must give reasons when departing from the guidelines.

The Sentencing Council has issued a package of guidelines on terrorism offences, including the s.12 TACT offence of support of a proscribed organisation, which provide the Court with guidance on factors that should be considered, which may affect the sentence given. They set out different levels of sentence based on the harm caused and how culpable the offender is. The guidelines also include non-exhaustive lists of aggravating and mitigating factors which can result in an upward or downward adjustment in the sentence. The guidelines can be found online at the Council’s website: https://sentencingcouncil.org.uk/.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to help ensure young people with special educational needs have transition support post-secondary school.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.

Being supported towards greater independence and employability can be life-transforming for learners with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

All professionals working with them should share high aspirations and have a good understanding of what support is effective in enabling children and young people to achieve their ambitions.

As set out in the SEND Code of Practice, all SEND learners should be prepared for adulthood. This means being prepared in the following four areas:

• Continuing in education and/or employment.
• Independent living.
• Participating in society.
• Health.

The SEND Code of Practice is available in full at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25.

Local authorities must plan early for transition, review and update education, health and care plans to reflect post-16 aspirations, consult with providers, secure named provision and ensure impartial advice and support to promote continued participation in education or training.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help reduce business crime.

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

We encourage retailers to join their local Business Crime Reduction Partnership (BCRP) or Business Improvement District (BID) to support local community efforts to reduce crimes, including business crime.

We are providing over £7 million over the next three years to support the police and retailers tackle retail crime, £2 million of which has been specifically allocated to the police-led National Business Crime Centre (NBCC). NBCC provide a valuable resource for both police and businesses to learn, share and support each other to prevent and combat crime. This funding will help tackle the crimes most affecting businesses today.

We also supported the recent Safer Business Action week (SaBA) organised by the NBCC. SaBA weeks are a joint initiative by police, business, private security, Business Crime Reduction Partnerships and Business Improvement Districts, who work in together and focus resources into a designated location, creating a significant impact to reduce crime.

The Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee will also ensure that every community in England and Wales will have named and contactable officers dealing with local issues, and that neighbourhood teams spend the majority of their time in their communities providing visible patrols and engaging with local communities and businesses. This will be supported by the delivery of up to an additional 3000 officers into neighbourhood teams by Spring next year, as part of our ambition to deliver 13,000 neighbourhood officers into police forces across England and Wales by the end of this parliament.

Additionally, the Home Secretary recently announced a “Winter of Action”, building on the success of our Safer Streets Summer campaign to tackle town centre crime including shop theft and anti-social behaviour.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of her policies of the designation of Nigeria as a country of particular concern by the US.

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

The UK Government does not comment on our partners' decisions on individual designations.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have received cochlear implants aged under 18 in each of the last 3 years.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department does not hold data on the number of people aged under or over 18 years old who have received cochlear implants in the last three years. However, the Hospital Episode Statistics provide a count of finished consultant episodes where there was any procedure of “cochlear implant”. The following table shows the count of finished consultant episodes where there was any procedure of “cochlear implant” for 2022/23, 2023/24, and 2024/25, broken down by age group:

This data reflects the number of procedures, as individuals may have multiple admissions for the same procedure within a given period.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many adults have received cochlear implants in each of the last 3 years.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department does not hold data on the number of people aged under or over 18 years old who have received cochlear implants in the last three years. However, the Hospital Episode Statistics provide a count of finished consultant episodes where there was any procedure of “cochlear implant”. The following table shows the count of finished consultant episodes where there was any procedure of “cochlear implant” for 2022/23, 2023/24, and 2024/25, broken down by age group:

This data reflects the number of procedures, as individuals may have multiple admissions for the same procedure within a given period.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have received cochlear implants aged over 18 in each of the last 3 years.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department does not hold data on the number of people aged under or over 18 years old who have received cochlear implants in the last three years. However, the Hospital Episode Statistics provide a count of finished consultant episodes where there was any procedure of “cochlear implant”. The following table shows the count of finished consultant episodes where there was any procedure of “cochlear implant” for 2022/23, 2023/24, and 2024/25, broken down by age group:

This data reflects the number of procedures, as individuals may have multiple admissions for the same procedure within a given period.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with junior doctors on pay.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has met with the British Medical Association’s Resident, formerly Junior, Doctors Committee (BMA RDC) on several occasions to discuss a range of issues, including pay and working conditions. Most recently he met with the new BMA RDC leadership team on 13 October and subsequently has called the BMA RDC chair to try to avert strike action. Officials from the Department also maintain regular engagement with the BMA RDC.

My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care made a written offer on 5 November to the British Medical Association Resident Doctors Committee (BMA RDC) which included measures to tackle bottlenecks in training, put money back in resident doctors' pockets and ensure that there is consistent implementation of existing contractual entitlements. Unfortunately, the BMA RDC rejected this just hours after being set out in a letter to them, instead choosing to proceed with the damaging strike action taken between 14-19 November.

Resident doctors have received an average 28.9% pay increase since 2022/23, the highest public sector pay rise in the past two years. While the Government has been clear that there is no scope for further pay increases this year, we remain committed to working constructively with the BMA RDC to improve working conditions and support the long-term sustainability of the National Health Service’s workforce.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of the long term impact of prescription painkillers.

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

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is an executive agency of the Department, with responsibility for ensuring medicines meet appropriate standards of quality, efficacy, and safety.

Medicines authorised to treat pain fall with several different classes of medicine. Prescription medicines include opioids, gabapentinoids, namely pregabalin and gabapentin, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs). Other classes of medicine such as anti-epileptics or antidepressants may also be used for the treatment of neuropathic pain, a type of pain evolving from nerve damage, as recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), with further information available at the following link:

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg173

New medicines are also available for the treatment of migraine. The MHRA monitors the safety of all these medicines and has issued warnings and updated product and patient information on the risk of addiction to opioids, with further information available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/drug-safety-update/opioids-risk-of-dependence-and-addiction

The MHRA is currently undertaking a review to improve the information supplied with dependency-forming medicines including gabapentinoids. If additional signals of risk arise, action will be taken to protect public health.

All medicines have side effects, although not everyone will experience them. The MHRA encourages anyone who suspects or experiences a side effect of their medicine to report it to the MHRA through the Yellow Card scheme.

NICE also provides clinical guidance called Medicines associated with dependence or withdrawal symptoms: safe prescribing and withdrawal management for adults, code NG 215. This guidance is available at the following link:

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/NG215

Additionally, NHS England has an initiative to reduce long-term opioid use, with further information available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/reducing-long-term-opioid-use/

In March 2023, NHS England published Optimising personalised care for adults prescribed medicines associated with dependence or withdrawal symptoms: Framework for action for integrated care boards (ICBs) and primary care, which is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/optimising-personalised-care-for-adults-prescribed-medicines-associated-with-dependence-or-withdrawal-symptoms/

The framework includes five actions, resources and case studies to help systems develop plans that can support people who are taking medicines associated with dependence and withdrawal symptoms by:

- optimising personalised care for adults prescribed medicines associated with dependence or withdrawal symptoms;

- informing ICB improvement and delivery plans, when commissioning services and developing local policies that offer alternatives to medicines in the first place and/or support patients experiencing prescribed drugs dependence or withdrawal; and

- ensuring a whole system approach and pathways involving multiple interventions, to improve care for people prescribed medicines associated with dependence and withdrawal symptoms.

The commissioning of services to support people to safely withdraw from prescribed medicines that may cause dependence and withdrawal lies with ICBs. NHS England expects ICBs to commission appropriate services to meet the needs of the population that the ICB geographically covers. This includes taking due regard to any national commissioning and clinical guidance.

The National Health Service Business Services Authority provides data dashboards relating to painkiller prescribing, to help systems develop plans and to monitor improvement in line with the published Optimising personalised care for adults prescribed medicines associated with dependence or withdrawal symptoms: Framework for action for integrated care boards (ICBs) and primary care guidance.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of levels of employment in the (a) software and (b) computer industries.

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

No assessment has been made of the levels of employment in (a) software and (b) computer industries.

However, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) does publish employment by industry which includes the Information & Communication industrial sector here: EMP13: Employment by industry - Office for National Statistics and EMP14: Employees and self-employed by industry - Office for National Statistics.

The ONS also publishes employment estimates from Pay As You Earn Real Time Information by industry here: Earnings and employment from Pay As You Earn Real Time Information, seasonally adjusted - Office for National Statistics.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of the potential long term effects of melatonin usage.

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

In the United Kingdom, melatonin must be prescribed by a healthcare professional. Melatonin is authorised for a number of indications which specify short term use. For indications that may require longer term use, such as insomnia in children and adolescents aged six to 17 years old with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, where sleep hygiene measures have been insufficient, there is advice to regularly review treatment, at least every six months, and that during treatment, especially if the treatment effect is uncertain, treatment should be interrupted, stopped briefly, once per year to check whether the treatment is still needed.

The product information provides information to support the use of melatonin, including warnings about possible interactions with other medication as well as details of possible side effects.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency continuously monitors the safety of all medicines on the UK market, including melatonin, and will take appropriate regulatory action if new safety issues are identified.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many men between the age of 40 and 50 have been diagnosed with Prostrate cancer in England in each of the last 3 years.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Data on the number of prostate cancer diagnoses is publicly accessible, and the most recently published data is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/cancer-registration-statistics/england-2023

The three most recently published years of data are 2021, 2022, and 2023. The number of men between the ages of 40 to 49 years old diagnosed with prostate cancer in each of those years is 401, 558, and 624 respectively.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of legislation for animal disease risks.

Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

We have a broad legislative base and associated strategies and contingency plans which enables us to protect animals, including livestock, from disease.

The Animal Health Act 1981, provides the legal framework for controlling and eradicating animal diseases, protecting livestock health, and safeguarding trade. It gives government powers to impose disease control measures, order slaughter of infected animals, regulate movement, and compensate farmers. Secondary legislation is regularly updated as needed.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help tackle rising food costs.

Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

UK consumer food prices depend on a range of factors, including agri-food import prices, domestic agricultural prices, domestic labour and manufacturing costs, and Sterling exchange rates.

On 19 November, the Secretary of State announced Defra is working alongside DBT and across Government to introduce a Food Inflation Gateway. This will assess new regulations for their impact on food businesses and food prices. It will help Government coordinate across departments and sequence regulations sensibly, providing clarity that unlocks investment to deliver productivity gains, keep costs down and put a downward pressure on food prices.

Alongside this, Defra’s food strategy is developing policies to ensure that individuals across the country have access to affordable, nutritious food. The strategy supports a whole-of-society approach to managing sudden, short-lived supply chain shocks and disruptions, as well as long-term chronic risks, so that we are ready for future shocks and reduce the risk of food price spikes.

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with the European Union on barriers to selling poppies under the Windsor Framework.

Answered by Hilary Benn - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

The Government engages with the European Union on a range of issues on a regular basis. I can confirm that there are no barriers to selling poppies in respect of the Poppy Appeal under the Windsor Framework, and the Government has updated the relevant GOV.UK guidance to reflect this.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have received liver transplants in each of the last 3 years in each region.

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

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is the organisation responsible for organ donation in the United Kingdom, they also manage the NHS Organ Donor Register and National Transplant Register.

NHSBT publishes an annual Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Activity Report which gives a comprehensive update about organ donors, transplant waiting lists, and transplant activity for the UK for the latest financial year. Section 8.4 of the report details liver transplant activity, data on transplants by country/National Health Service region of residence, in Table 8.8, and by transplant centre, in Table 8.9. NHSBT Annual Activity reports are available at the following link:

https://www.odt.nhs.uk/statistics-and-reports/annual-activity-report/

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to ensure reports of domestic abuse are taken seriously and not missed by the system.

Answered by Jess Phillips - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

We expect police to take all reports of domestic abuse seriously, taking necessary steps to protect victims. Missed opportunities are costing lives and far too many have already been lost.

At present, we know many domestic abuse victims do not receive an adequate response when they phone the police. The government will not stand by while women are failed by systems charged with keeping them safe. That's why earlier this year we launched 'Raneem's Law' in the first five police forces. Under 'Raneem's Law', domestic abuse specialists are embedded in 999 control rooms to improve the police response to reports of domestic abuse. The specialists use their expertise to advise on risk assessments, review 999 calls and support officers responding to domestic abuse incidents.

Through an expert-led and cohesive police response, ‘Raneem’s Law’ helps ensure that when a victim has the courage to come forward it will be treated with the seriousness and urgency it deserves.

We are also committed to ensuring policing have the right skills and training to respond appropriately to reports of domestic abuse, and are working closely with the new National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection to deliver this.

The Home Office has already invested £13.1 million this year into the new National Centre for VAWG and Public Protection (NCVPP). This funding includes an uplift of nearly £2 million to deliver a robust package of training improvements.

Grounded in academic research and behaviour change science, new training programmes will prioritise trauma-informed learning to ensure that all officers are well equipped to investigate these crimes and provide support to victims.

The scale of violence against women and girls in our country is intolerable and this Government is treating it as the national emergency that it is. These steps are just some of many that we are taking towards tangible and impactful change.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of reports concerning ongoing forced organ harvesting of the Falun Gong in China; and what steps the Government is taking to ensure the cessation of unethical transplant practices.

Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

I refer the Hon Member to the answer given in the House of Lords to question HL8230 on 20 June, which has been reproduced below for ease of reference:

The environment for freedom of religion or belief in China is restrictive, which includes the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. This Government stands firm on human rights, and we raise our concerns at the highest levels. The Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary, Chancellor and Energy Secretary all raised human rights recently with their counterparts (President Xi, Foreign Minister Wang, Vice Premier He and Vice Premier Ding respectively).

This Government champions freedom of religion or belief for all abroad. We work to uphold the right to freedom of religion or belief through our position at the UN, G7 and other multilateral fora. We continue to closely monitor the situation for Falun Gong practitioners and maintain a dialogue with NGOs and international partners on the issue.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been admitted to hospital for self injecting botox in the last five years.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The requested data is not held centrally. NHS England does not routinely collect hospital admissions data specifically related to Botox or self-injected Botox.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support the NHS to train more gynaecology specialists.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

As set out in our 10-Year Health Plan published on 3 July, over the next three years we will create 1,000 new specialty training posts with a focus on specialties where there is the greatest need. We will set out next steps in due course.

In acknowledgement of doctors’ concerns about jobs and access to training places, the Government made an offer to the British Medical Association’s Resident Doctors Committee to double the previously announced increase in specialty training places in the 10-Year Health Plan to 2,000, bringing 1,000 of these forward to next year, create an alternative training pathway, and take steps to prioritise United Kingdom medical graduates and doctors with significant National Health Service experience for specialty posts.

Sara Cox’s challenge for Children in Need

20th anniversary of the death of George Best

Persecution of Falun Gong practitioners

Phenylketonuria awareness and access to treatment

Life and legacy of Saskia Jones

Digital ID and civil liberties

Government participation in the independent Rape Gang Inquiry

Domestic medical training

Valporate report

Horton Cemetery

Steve and Isobel Weake and Cycle Power Adaptive Cycling Club

McLaren title win for British motorsport

Changing Places toilets

Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways National Rail Heritage Award

Northern Powerhouse Rail and Wales

Lando Norris wins Formula One World Driver's Championship

Kinloss Primary School's See You Soon song

UK Sail GP Team

25th anniversary of Blyth Offshore Wind Farm

Review of deportation powers

Bulphan Church of England Academy

Florian Dargel award of Emmy

Cancelled mayoral elections

Lisa Petrie's response to her son's fatal stabbing

Reopening of The Bayford Inn in Wincanton

Nettlebed Community School

The Fixy Project wins Green Apple Environmental Award

West London Orbital

60 years of the new Bathgate Academy

Jury trial rights

150th Anniversary of Bo’ness Public School

The Kilt Studio Bathgate

Julie Whitton

Detention of Hassan Mushaima and Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace

Chalk streams and salmon in Hampshire

Wrightbus CEO

Tenth anniversary of Storm Desmond

Football Supporters’ Association’s Stop Exploiting Loyalty campaign

140th anniversary of the North West of Ireland Football Association

10,000th Robotic Procedure at Royal Surrey County Hospital

Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh Edinburgh’s participation in UK Parliament Week and promoting debate on single-use plastics in fast food

Sewage discharge in the Severn and Avon

Independent Office for Police Conduct findings on Norman Bettison

Treatment of the Darlington nurses

Whitkirk Brownies and Rainbows

Magic Lantern Cinema in Tywyn, BIFA Award 2025

Occupational Therapist Week

Hook-a-Duck Bakery in Galgate, Lancashire

Newbury Racecourse and the Racecourse Association Showcase Awards

Borestane Explorers’ participation in UK Parliament Week and the Scout Manifesto

Repression following the Iran-Israel war

Surrey Youth Focus

Escalating human rights violations in Balochistan

Gold awards for Nonsuch Park in South & South East in Bloom 2025

National debt

Gig economy and illegal workers

Freezing tax thresholds

UK Government Budget and structural investment in Wales

Bank closures, digital exclusion and cyber risks

Electric vehicle charge per mile

Wincanton Racecourse, winner of the Judge’s Choice Award and the Diversity Inclusion Award at the 2025 Racecourse Association Showcase Awards

Autumn Budget 2025 tax increases

Baltonsborough Village Stores awarded the regional Local Retail Champion Award 2025 for the South West

Rural Fuel Duty Relief Scheme

Trial by jury

Royal Kennel Club

John Caulfield, Headway UK Outstanding Contribution Award finalist

Flooded homes in Wigton

Tackling van and tool theft

Pink Ladies of Essex

Durham Gilesgate Primary School Parents, Teachers and Friends Association Award

Small Business Saturday and support for SME apprenticeships

County FA Recognition Awards 2025

Garej Arwyn Cyf in Penygroes, 2025 Motor Ombudsman Regional Star Award

80/80 challenge and Cheltenham Town Community Trust

Neurodivergent service personnel in the armed forces

Leckhampton Rovers FC Sustainability Trail

Centenary of St Philomena’s Church

Phenylketonuria awareness and access to treatment (No. 2)

Graham Geddes, Headway North East Fife

Higher education funding

Safeguarding pubs, brewers and one million jobs

Regulation of the refractive surgery industry

Access to banks

Edna Williamson remembrance contribution

10th annual Ayurveda Day

Huckyduck Carnival Club

Fly-tipping and illegal waste dumping by criminal gangs

Funding for medical students in their final years of study

National ban on street-racing

Irish Sea herring quotas

Supreme Court judgment on religious education in Northern Ireland

Funding for clean heat schemes

Collection and publication of nationality data by Government Departments

Dying in Poverty 2025

UK Youth Parliament 2025

Anne Marie Rose Stella MacDougall BEM

Role of Court Leets

Safeguarding rural schools

Local authority funding (No. 2)

Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week 2025

Reduction to UK Official Development Assistance

National Tree Week 2025

UK–EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Agreement

Road Safety Week 2025

Crawley's Open House 30th birthday

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Day on 20 November 2025

50th Anniversary of women’s right to independent mortgages

Water monitoring at Windermere

Scotland Men's national football team qualifies for 2026 World Cup

Recognising pets in domestic abuse protection orders

Safe and legal routes for Sudanese people to the UK

Bwyd Powys Food

New private capital in the NHS in the Autumn Budget

110 years of the Women's Institute

Kaleidoscopic UK and the King's Award for Voluntary Service

Kanzen For Life People’s Choice Award Winners at the 2025 Social Enterprise Awards Scotland

Budget 2025 and living standards

Wokingham In Need and the King's Award for Voluntary Service

UK access to the EU SAFE defence fund

West Berkshire Toy Appeal

Citizens Advice Torbay

Literacy and the criminal justice system

King’s Award for Wem Town Hall

Houses of Parliament Shop deliveries to Northern Ireland

Falkirk artist Frank To and gunpowder artwork exhibitions

NHS Forth Valley winners at Scotland’s Health Awards 2025

50 years of service to the RMT by John Stewart, Leeds RMT Branch Secretary

King's Award for Voluntary Service for Options in Life

Councillor Jan Brown

40th Anniversary of Dougall Baillie Associates

50th anniversary of Franco’s death

Bruce Richardson

International Men’s Day and prostate cancer

King’s Award for Voluntary Service 2025 for Highlands and Islands Blood Bikes

Camanachd Assoociation’s Shinty’s Story exhibition

International recognition for Highland artist

Hamish Corrigall

King’s Award for Open Door Drama Shetland

ReBOOT lottery funding

Peter Gow

Shona Donaldson Award

Castlegate and Derwent Surgery in Cockermouth

Border Force industrial dispute

As You Like It Club for the blind and partially sighted

Holt Crafters

Exmoor Forest Inn

Dr Thomas Henry Geddis OBE

Exceptional performing arts centres in rural areas

Mission Marigold

Bowls Scotland National Triples Title

60th anniversary of Glasgow Council on Alcohol

Local Housing Allowance

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