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Division Votes
20 May 2026 - Defence Readiness - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 86 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 307 Noes - 171
20 May 2026 - Defence Readiness - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 89 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 104 Noes - 316
20 May 2026 - Defence Readiness - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 89 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 104 Noes - 317
20 May 2026 - Defence Readiness - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 89 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 78 Noes - 408


Written Answers
Health Professions: Conduct
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Wednesday 27th May 2026

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of Practitioner Performance Advice cases involving (a) behaviour, (b) misconduct and (c) other (i) clinical and (ii) health concerns have involved practitioners who qualified (A) in the UK, (B) outside the UK in the EEA and (C) outside the EEA in each of the last two years.

Answered by Preet Kaur Gill - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS Resolution has provided data relating to practitioners who are the subject of NHS Resolution’s Practitioner Performance Advice service (‘Advice’) cases. The number of cases in the tables below refers to the number of new cases opened in each of the financial years.

While the question relates to the last two years, NHS Resolution has also included data for 2023/24 to provide context and to align with a corresponding response issued under the Freedom of Information Act.

The following table shows the total number of cases relating to individual practitioners in each of the last three years along with a breakdown of the type of concern:

Concern type

Year

Total number of cases

Behaviour/ misconduct

Clinical

Health

2023/24

904

680 (75%)

266 (29%)

155 (17%)

2024/25

1,255

980 (78%)

347 (28%)

190 (15%)

2025/26

1,225

897 (73%)

360 (29%)

164 (13%)


By way of background, Advice does not distinguish or prioritise a ‘main’ concern about a practitioner. When a case is opened, Advice may record multiple concerns, which is why the counts of concern type amount to a higher figure than the total number of cases, and the percentage totals exceed 100%. Concern types may be updated over the duration of the case.

In addition, the following table shows the total number of cases relating to individual practitioners in the last three years, broken down by primary medical qualification location:

Place of qualification

Year

Total number of cases

United Kingdom

European Economic Area

Elsewhere

Unknown

2023/24

904

408 (45%)

85 (9%)

398 (44%)

13 (1%)

2024/25

1,255

543 (43%)

139 (11%)

564 (45%)

9 (1%)

2025/26

1,225

526 (43%)

131 (11%)

543 (44%)

25 (2%)


NHS Resolution’s recent Insight publication may be of interest, and is available at the following link:

https://resolution.nhs.uk/learning-resources/demographics-professions-and-concerns-analysis-of-practitioner-performance-advice-cases-including-a-focus-on-sexual-misconduct-concerns/

This publication sets out their annual analysis of the patterns of concerns reported to them by healthcare organisations, as well as the demographics of the practitioners who are the subject of our cases.

The insight presents the data in a different format for the purposes of publication. Please note that all professional groups, including doctors, dentists, and pharmacists, are included across all the jurisdictions in which we operate, namely England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey, and the Isle of Man.

Homelessness
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Thursday 21st May 2026

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, in each of the last three years how many households owed a prevention or relief duty there were a) UK nationals b) EEA nationals c) non-EEA nationals, broken down by the reason for the duty being i) End of an assured shorthold tenancy, ii) End of non-assured shorthold private tenancy, iii) Family or friends no longer willing or able to accommodate, iv) Non-violent relationship breakdown with partner, v) domestic abuse, vi) Other violence or harassment, vii) end of social rented tenancy, viii) evicted from supported housing, ix) Departure from institution, x) Required to leave accommodation provided by Home Office as asylum support, xi) Home no longer suitable - disability / ill health, xii) Loss of placement or sponsorship provided through a resettlement scheme, xiii) other reasons.

Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The government publishes annual data on the nationality of main applicants owed a homelessness duty. You can access this for 2024/25 in table A9 here. The government also publishes quarterly and annual data on the reason why an applicant lost or was threatened with the loss of their last settled home. You can access this for 2024/25 in tables A2P and A2R here, and for the latest published quarter October to December 2025 in tables A2P and A2R here. The government does not publish separate data breaking down the nationality of main applicants’ reason for the loss or threat of loss of their last settled home.

Universal Credit
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Thursday 21st May 2026

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants awarded limited capability for work and work-related activity in the last 12 months did so without scoring 15 points in any single activity descriptor.

Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

Universal Credit
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Thursday 21st May 2026

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants assessed as having limited capability for work and work-related activity have a mental and behavioural disorder as their only recorded medical condition.

Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

Universal Credit
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Thursday 21st May 2026

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants with limited capability for work and work-related activity are recorded as having autism spectrum disorder as a medical condition.

Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

Tax Collection
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Thursday 21st May 2026

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the section titled Collecting Tax That is Due in the October 2024 Budget, what additional tax revenue was collected in 2025-26 as a result of the investment in additional HMRC compliance and debt management staff.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

The additional investment in HMRC debt management staff, as announced at Autumn Budget 2024, is estimated to have delivered £840 million in additional tax revenue in 2025-26. This exceeds the original forecast by approximately £140 million.

As announced at Autumn Budget 2024 and Spring Statement 2025, we will also recruit an additional 5,500 compliance staff by March 2030, consisting of around c.1,100 extra recruits each year between March 2025 and March 2030. These additional caseworkers are currently forecast to deliver around £10.7 billion of additional compliance yield over the next 5 years to 2030-31, with £145 million of that in 2025-26.

Immigration
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Friday 22nd May 2026

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of indefinite leave to remain were revoked in the last twelve months.

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

The information requested is not held centrally in an easily accessible form and could only be collated at disproportionate cost.

Immigration
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Friday 22nd May 2026

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of indefinite leave to remain were revoked in January, February and March of this year.

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

The Home Office does not publish data on the number of individuals whose indefinite leave to remain has been revoked.

Students: Loans
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Friday 22nd May 2026

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 22 April 2026 to Question 124528 and in the context of the March RPI figure being published, what is the estimated total fiscal cost of the policy of capping the maximum interest rates on Plan 2 and 3 student loans at 6% for the 2026/7 academic year.

Answered by Josh MacAlister - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The government is capping the maximum interest rates on Plan 2 and Plan 3 student loans at 6%, instead of the Retail Prices Index (RPI) plus 3%, for the 2026/27 academic year. This short term measure will protect students and graduates from the potential of inflationary pressures due to the situation in the Middle East.

Student loan interest rates are ordinarily set for each academic year by reference to the RPI value for the year to the preceding March. On that basis, interest rates for the 2026/27 academic year would normally be determined using the RPI figure for March 2026, which is due to be published on 22 April 2026.

The impact of the interest rate cap on long term repayments for graduates, and on forecast cost impacts for the public purse, will depend on the March RPI value. Costs will be set out at Budget in the usual way.

Mentally Disordered Offenders: Homicide
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Friday 22nd May 2026

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, according to data supplied to the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health, how many patients in recent (<12 months) contact with mental health services were convicted of a homicide offence in 2023 and 2024.

Answered by Preet Kaur Gill - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health is not able to provide separate figures for 2024.

In England, Wales, and Scotland, the estimated number of people who were convicted of a homicide offence and who had been in contact with mental health services in the previous 12 months was 54 in 2021, 56 in 2022, and 58 in 2023.

Figures for more recent years are subject to greater uncertainty, as delays to court proceedings during and after the COVID-19 pandemic mean that some convictions are likely to be recorded later.

Data Centres
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Friday 22nd May 2026

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the expected growth in datacentre capacity, measured in MW, from today to 2030.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Growth in data centre electricity demand is inherently uncertain, reflecting factors such as phased build out, utilisation rates, efficiency improvements, and the extent to which activity may displace or offset demand elsewhere in the economy.

DESNZ will continue to test a range of data centre growth trajectories and monitor emerging demand to inform where further mitigation or system adjustments may be required, keeping our demand assumptions under regular review in collaboration with the CCC and the National Energy System Operator.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Expenditure
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Friday 22nd May 2026

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's Annual Report 2024-25 and with reference to the Answer of 21 January 2026 to Question 105347 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Expenditure, for a breakdown of the (a) £1,012,406,000 in RDEL in 2024-25 on the Affordable Housing Programme, (b) £167,774,00 in RDEL in Investment Funds and (c) programme spend and income of RDEL in FY 2024/5 in the Estimate Lines for (i) Housing and Planning, and (ii) Local Government and Public Services.

Answered by Samantha Dixon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

We do not recognise the figure of £1,012,406,000 as an RDEL figure for the Affordable Housing Programme. This figure may relate to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Details of funding provided to Mayoral Combined Authorities are published each year in annual devolution reports and can be accessed on gov.uk. The Secretary of State is required to lay before both Houses of Parliament an annual report on devolution under Section 1 of the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016. The 2024-25 report covers the period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. In line with the previous versions, the report is a factual summary of devolved powers and financial resources: ​​Annual report on English devolution 2024 to 2025​ - GOV.UK.

Programme Spend and Income

The Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25 reports the figures for both spend and income across all Estimate Lines. Further detail is provided below:

  1. Housing and Planning

Major items of expenditure in the RDEL programme estimate line for Housing and Planning are as follows, with corresponding links for further information:

Expenditure

The main item of income is from the Planning Inspectorate, and further detail can be found here:

Income

  1. Local Government and Public Service

Major items of expenditure in the RDEL programme estimate line for Local Government and Public service are as follows, with corresponding links for further information:

Expenditure

Convictions: Police National Computer
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Friday 22nd May 2026

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the number of conviction occasions on the Police National Computer split by disposal category and nationality of offender, for each quarter since Q3 2024.

Answered by Jake Richards - Assistant Whip

The Ministry of Justice keeps the contents of its Official Statistics under continuous review, to ensure compliance with the three pillars of the Code of Practice for Statistics; trustworthiness, quality and value. At present, we do not routinely publish this as part of our Official Statistics, as the information held on specific nationalities is not sufficiently robust.

Convictions: Police National Computer
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Friday 22nd May 2026

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the number of conviction occasions on the Police National Computer split by offence group and nationality of offender, for each quarter since Q3 2024.

Answered by Jake Richards - Assistant Whip

The Ministry of Justice keeps the contents of its Official Statistics under continuous review, to ensure compliance with the three pillars of the Code of Practice for Statistics; trustworthiness, quality and value. At present, we do not routinely publish this as part of our Official Statistics, as the information held on specific nationalities is not sufficiently robust.

Universal Credit
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Tuesday 26th May 2026

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the number of Universal Credit claimants with limited capability for work and work-related activity by recorded medical condition.

Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

The Department publishes quarterly statistics showing health conditions of claimants on Universal Credit (UC) Health Journey split by phase. This includes all health conditions recorded at their Work Capability Assessment (WCA) but does not capture health conditions of claimants transitioning from Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) to UC Health under Move To UC, as well as the health conditions of claimants going through a paper-based WCA.

The latest available statistics release can be found here: Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment statistics, April 2019 to December 2025 - GOV.UK.

Information on the primary health condition of claimants who received Income-based Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is published and can be found on Stat-Xplore. This is not comparable to the UC data in that only one health condition is shown.




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Jun. 09 2026
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