Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to section 5 of the Government Efficiency Framework, if he will publish the most recent quarterly efficiency report provided by the Office of Rail and Road.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has not provided a quarterly efficiency report under section 5 of the Government Efficiency Framework. ORR is not currently required to submit quarterly efficiency reports to HM Treasury and has not formally been asked to report progress against savings and efficiency measures through that mechanism. ORR has, however, identified savings and technical efficiencies as part of the 2025 Spending Review process and reports on its financial and operational performance through its published governance and reporting arrangements, including its Annual Report and Accounts.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 16513, if she can confirm that the information requested in that question is internally held.

Answered by Emma Reynolds - Chief Secretary to the Treasury

The requested figures are derived from information submitted to HM Treasury through the WGA process and from subsequent consolidation and reporting activities undertaken by HM Treasury. The resulting information is therefore held internally as part of the preparation of the WGA.

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the 2025/6 Annual Report and Accounts, for a breakdown of i) the £122m gross outturn on CDEL for "Support for the Digital, Broadcasting and Media sectors" described in SOPS 1.2 and ii) the £41m in gross outturn on RDEL for "Support for the Digital, Broadcasting and Media sectors" described in SOPS 1.1.

Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

The £122m gross outturn on CDEL for "Support for the Digital, Broadcasting and Media sectors" described in SOPS 1.2 is:

The £41m in gross outturn on RDEL for "Support for the Digital, Broadcasting and Media sectors" described in SOPS 1.1 is:

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the DSIT Main Estimate Memorandum for 2026/7, for a breakdown by programme of the £219.0m in CDEL allocated to Science and Society.

Answered by Chris McDonald - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Science and Society CDEL allocation is delivered through the Royal Society, the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Academy of Medical Sciences, which administer programmes on behalf of the Department for
Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, following the July 2026 Machinery of Government changes. The breakdown of the £219.0m Science and Society budget at Main Estimate 2026-27 is as follows:

Royal Society £113.0m

British Academy £51.9m

Royal Academy of Engineering £39.3m

Academy of Medical Sciences £14.7m

Total £219.0m

These allocations are based on the DSIT Main Estimate 2026-27 and may be refined over the course of the financial year.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to page 50 of the Warm Homes Plan 2026, if she will provide a breakdown of the £4,422m planned spend in the Low-income homes grants described in the Warm Homes Plan by expected spending on the following categories: i) solar PV ii) batteries iii) cost effective insulation, iv) smart controls v) heat pumps vi) other.

Answered by Martin McCluskey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The amount allocated to grant funding for low-income homes referenced in the Warm Homes Plan is not set against pre-determined spending categories or technologies such as solar PV, batteries, insulation, smart controls or heat pumps. Funding is allocated through capital schemes including the Warm Homes: Local Grant and the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund, which provide support for a range of measures.

Funding is allocated in waves to grant recipients including local authorities and social housing providers which are then responsible for identifying eligible homes in their area and determining the most appropriate package of improvements taking account of factors including the needs of residents, property characteristics, existing energy performance, and value for money. As a result, Government does not hold a forecast breakdown of the £4.422 billion by individual technology type.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 102 of the Environment Agency's Annual Report and Accounts 2025/6, if she will provide a breakdown of the £218.4m spent by the Environment Agency in Hired and Contracted Services in 2025/6.

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

Breakdown of the £218.4m spent by the Environment Agency in Hired and Contracted Services in 2025/6:

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Graduate labour market outcomes (LEO) statistics published on 25 June 2026, if she will publish data on graduate and non-graduate earnings broken down by prior attainment at A-Level and BTEC.

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

Data on graduate earnings broken down by prior attainment at A-level and BTEC have been published in previous releases of the graduate labour market outcomes (LEO) statistical release series.

These breakdowns have not been included in the latest release of the series (published 25 June 2026), as the latest release shifted to using key stage 4 (GCSE) results as the primary measure of prior attainment by which to group outcomes and earnings. Providing multiple different prior attainment measures risked confusing users. This shift was implemented after discussion with various sector experts and stakeholders, who generally advised that key stage 4 attainment was the more robust measure of prior attainment for comparing graduate and non-graduate outcomes, since it is the final attainment measure in compulsory education and the qualification landscape is less fragmented than at key stage 5.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled "Mahmood: My reforms will save the asylum system for a generation", published on 30 June 2026, whether sponsor groups will be permitted to nominate individuals they already know, including friends or family members, under the named community sponsorship model.

Answered by Anna Turley - Minister of State (Home Office)

The new safe and legal routes, announced in the Restoring Order and Control statement, will enable community groups, universities and employers to identify refugees they wish to sponsor, including individuals known to them. Any individual proposed for sponsorship would need to meet the eligibility requirements of the route and be subject to the relevant security and assurance checks before a decision is made.

The Home Secretary has stated that the routes will be capped. We anticipate that arrivals under the new safe and legal routes will start small and build over time. The number of arrivals will be carefully managed to align with the UK’s capacity to support refugees and the Home Office will retain overall control on numbers.

We are continuing to work with stakeholders to develop and design the new routes.

Further details, including eligibility requirements for refugees, the role of local authorities, and the funding, fundraising and status requirements for sponsors, will be set out in due course.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled "Mahmood: My reforms will save the asylum system for a generation", published on 30 June 2026, whether refugees will be prioritised for resettlement under the named community sponsorship model on the basis of their nationality or country of origin.

Answered by Anna Turley - Minister of State (Home Office)

The new safe and legal routes, announced in the Restoring Order and Control statement, will enable community groups, universities and employers to identify refugees they wish to sponsor, including individuals known to them. Any individual proposed for sponsorship would need to meet the eligibility requirements of the route and be subject to the relevant security and assurance checks before a decision is made.

The Home Secretary has stated that the routes will be capped. We anticipate that arrivals under the new safe and legal routes will start small and build over time. The number of arrivals will be carefully managed to align with the UK’s capacity to support refugees and the Home Office will retain overall control on numbers.

We are continuing to work with stakeholders to develop and design the new routes.

Further details, including eligibility requirements for refugees, the role of local authorities, and the funding, fundraising and status requirements for sponsors, will be set out in due course.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled "Mahmood: My reforms will save the asylum system for a generation", published on 30 June 2026, what estimate has been made of the number of refugees expected to be resettled under the named community sponsorship model in its first year of operation.

Answered by Anna Turley - Minister of State (Home Office)

The new safe and legal routes, announced in the Restoring Order and Control statement, will enable community groups, universities and employers to identify refugees they wish to sponsor, including individuals known to them. Any individual proposed for sponsorship would need to meet the eligibility requirements of the route and be subject to the relevant security and assurance checks before a decision is made.

The Home Secretary has stated that the routes will be capped. We anticipate that arrivals under the new safe and legal routes will start small and build over time. The number of arrivals will be carefully managed to align with the UK’s capacity to support refugees and the Home Office will retain overall control on numbers.

We are continuing to work with stakeholders to develop and design the new routes.

Further details, including eligibility requirements for refugees, the role of local authorities, and the funding, fundraising and status requirements for sponsors, will be set out in due course.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled "Mahmood: My reforms will save the asylum system for a generation", published on 30 June 2026, whether local authorities will retain a role in consenting to sponsorship arrangements taking place in their area under the named community sponsorship model.

Answered by Anna Turley - Minister of State (Home Office)

The new safe and legal routes, announced in the Restoring Order and Control statement, will enable community groups, universities and employers to identify refugees they wish to sponsor, including individuals known to them. Any individual proposed for sponsorship would need to meet the eligibility requirements of the route and be subject to the relevant security and assurance checks before a decision is made.

The Home Secretary has stated that the routes will be capped. We anticipate that arrivals under the new safe and legal routes will start small and build over time. The number of arrivals will be carefully managed to align with the UK’s capacity to support refugees and the Home Office will retain overall control on numbers.

We are continuing to work with stakeholders to develop and design the new routes.

Further details, including eligibility requirements for refugees, the role of local authorities, and the funding, fundraising and status requirements for sponsors, will be set out in due course.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled "Mahmood: My reforms will save the asylum system for a generation", published on 30 June 2026, whether universities, employers or local groups sponsoring refugees under the named community sponsorship model will receive government funding.

Answered by Anna Turley - Minister of State (Home Office)

The new safe and legal routes, announced in the Restoring Order and Control statement, will enable community groups, universities and employers to identify refugees they wish to sponsor, including individuals known to them. Any individual proposed for sponsorship would need to meet the eligibility requirements of the route and be subject to the relevant security and assurance checks before a decision is made.

The Home Secretary has stated that the routes will be capped. We anticipate that arrivals under the new safe and legal routes will start small and build over time. The number of arrivals will be carefully managed to align with the UK’s capacity to support refugees and the Home Office will retain overall control on numbers.

We are continuing to work with stakeholders to develop and design the new routes.

Further details, including eligibility requirements for refugees, the role of local authorities, and the funding, fundraising and status requirements for sponsors, will be set out in due course.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled Mahmood: My reforms will save the asylum system for a generation, published on 30 June 2026, what the fundraising and legal status requirements will be for organisations wishing to become sponsors under the named community sponsorship model.

Answered by Anna Turley - Minister of State (Home Office)

The new safe and legal routes, announced in the Restoring Order and Control statement, will enable community groups, universities and employers to identify refugees they wish to sponsor, including individuals known to them. Any individual proposed for sponsorship would need to meet the eligibility requirements of the route and be subject to the relevant security and assurance checks before a decision is made.

The Home Secretary has stated that the routes will be capped. We anticipate that arrivals under the new safe and legal routes will start small and build over time. The number of arrivals will be carefully managed to align with the UK’s capacity to support refugees and the Home Office will retain overall control on numbers.

We are continuing to work with stakeholders to develop and design the new routes.

Further details, including eligibility requirements for refugees, the role of local authorities, and the funding, fundraising and status requirements for sponsors, will be set out in due course.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled "Mahmood: My reforms will save the asylum system for a generation", published on 30 June 2026, whether an annual cap will be placed on the number of arrivals under the named community sponsorship model.

Answered by Anna Turley - Minister of State (Home Office)

The new safe and legal routes, announced in the Restoring Order and Control statement, will enable community groups, universities and employers to identify refugees they wish to sponsor, including individuals known to them. Any individual proposed for sponsorship would need to meet the eligibility requirements of the route and be subject to the relevant security and assurance checks before a decision is made.

The Home Secretary has stated that the routes will be capped. We anticipate that arrivals under the new safe and legal routes will start small and build over time. The number of arrivals will be carefully managed to align with the UK’s capacity to support refugees and the Home Office will retain overall control on numbers.

We are continuing to work with stakeholders to develop and design the new routes.

Further details, including eligibility requirements for refugees, the role of local authorities, and the funding, fundraising and status requirements for sponsors, will be set out in due course.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in the custody of HM Prison and Probation Service are currently receiving medication to manage problematic sexual arousal (MMPSA).

Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The information is not held in the format requested.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department has stopped publishing the age of those granted British citizenship since 2021.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Due to data quality issues arising from the transition from the Home Office’s Case Information Database (CID) to the newer Atlas caseworking system, data from 2021 onwards cannot currently be provided at the same level of detail as for earlier years. This includes breakdowns by age and sex.

The Home Office continues to review the quality of the underlying administrative data, with a view to reinstating age and sex breakdowns when the data are of sufficient quality to support their publication.

More information is available in the Notes and Definitions page of the Citizenship detailed tables.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the Justice Secretary in the debate on the Independent Sentencing Review on 22 May 2025, whether he plans to continue to explore mandating medication to manage problematic sexual arousal.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

Medication to Manage Problematic Sexual Arousal (MMPSA) forms part of our wider response to ensure people convicted of sexual offences are robustly managed. Work is underway to increase the use of MMPSA for sex offenders by expanding the existing feasibility pilot in the Southwest to two additional regions, which will see the service extend from four to 20 prisons as a first step.

Alongside the expansion of the pilot, we are working closely with experts to ensure all future decisions are based on strong evidence which prioritises public protection, including through our collaboration with Nottingham Trent University to conduct a Randomised Controlled Trial to understand the effectiveness of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (one of the medications used) in managing problematic sexual behaviours.

As the evidence of impact builds, we will continue to review options for increasing the use of MMPSA, including whether to mandate this treatment in future.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have returned their Remediable Service Statements for the Teachers' Pension Scheme; how many of those who have done so have been found to be owed money; and how many of those people are still owed money.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

Providing a good quality of service for members is a key aim for the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.

The department is aware that the scheme administrator is currently experiencing high levels of member contact, largely due to the ongoing delivery of the Transitional Protection (McCloud) remedy alongside normal business activities.

This department is in discussions with Capita about how the delays can be resolved. Officials continue to monitor progress closely and work with Capita to streamline processes and introduce automation where possible.

Delivery of the Transitional Protection remedy remains a key priority for the department and officials continue to work closely with the scheme administrator to support the ongoing work.

As of 2 September 2026, 77,555 Remediable Service Statements (RSSs) have been issued to retired members, of which 34,783 had been returned.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on resolving administrative issues with the Teachers' Pensions scheme.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

Providing a good quality of service for members is a key aim for the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.

The department is aware that the scheme administrator is currently experiencing high levels of member contact, largely due to the ongoing delivery of the Transitional Protection (McCloud) remedy alongside normal business activities.

This department is in discussions with Capita about how the delays can be resolved. Officials continue to monitor progress closely and work with Capita to streamline processes and introduce automation where possible.

Delivery of the Transitional Protection remedy remains a key priority for the department and officials continue to work closely with the scheme administrator to support the ongoing work.

As of 2 September 2026, 77,555 Remediable Service Statements (RSSs) have been issued to retired members, of which 34,783 had been returned.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted entry clearance under (a) the Religious Worker route and (b) the Tier 2 (Minister of Religion) route in each of the last five years.

Answered by Anna Turley - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa type and year in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on grants of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. The latest data goes from 2005 up to June 2026.

The information requested on age group breakdowns is not currently available from published statistics.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted entry clearance under the Skilled Worker route in the last 12 months for which data is available, broken down by age group.

Answered by Anna Turley - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa type and year in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on grants of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. The latest data goes from 2005 up to June 2026.

The information requested on age group breakdowns is not currently available from published statistics.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted entry clearance under the Graduate route in the last 12 months for which data is available, broken down by age group.

Answered by Anna Turley - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa type and year in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on grants of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. The latest data goes from 2005 up to June 2026.

The information requested on age group breakdowns is not currently available from published statistics.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted entry clearance under the Student route in the last 12 months for which data is available, broken down by age group.

Answered by Anna Turley - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa type and year in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on grants of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. The latest data goes from 2005 up to June 2026.

The information requested on age group breakdowns is not currently available from published statistics.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted entry clearance under the Health and Care Worker route in the last 12 months for which data is available, broken down by age group.

Answered by Anna Turley - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa type and year in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on grants of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. The latest data goes from 2005 up to June 2026.

The information requested on age group breakdowns is not currently available from published statistics.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients detained under Part III of the Mental Health Act 1983 are held in (a) low, (b) medium and (c) high secure hospitals as of the latest date for which figures are available.

Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England publishes annual Mental Health Act Statistics, including the total number of people detained under the Mental Health Act on 31 March each year. The latest data is available at the link below, and new data for the year ending 31 March 2026 will be published on 15 October:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mental-health-act-statistics-annual-figures/2024-25-annual-figures

Table 8a in the Mental Health Act Statistics, Annual Figures, 2024-25, available at the following link, provides information on discharges from hospital under court and prison disposal provisions, excluding Community Treatment Orders, broken down by section:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mental-health-act-statistics-annual-figures/2024-25-annual-figures

Figures are provided for both the number of discharges, and the length of detention. Data on patients detained under Part III of the Mental Health Act 1983 is not broken down by hospital security level.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are currently detained under Part III of the Mental Health Act 1983, broken down by section.

Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England publishes annual Mental Health Act Statistics, including the total number of people detained under the Mental Health Act on 31 March each year. The latest data is available at the link below, and new data for the year ending 31 March 2026 will be published on 15 October:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mental-health-act-statistics-annual-figures/2024-25-annual-figures

Table 8a in the Mental Health Act Statistics, Annual Figures, 2024-25, available at the following link, provides information on discharges from hospital under court and prison disposal provisions, excluding Community Treatment Orders, broken down by section:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mental-health-act-statistics-annual-figures/2024-25-annual-figures

Figures are provided for both the number of discharges, and the length of detention. Data on patients detained under Part III of the Mental Health Act 1983 is not broken down by hospital security level.

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