Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of (a) UNISON’s 2026 NMC member survey on staff satisfaction and (b) its findings relating to (i) senior leadership, (ii) organisational culture and (iii) HR practices.

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

We continue to engage closely with UNISON, and other trade unions representing the healthcare workforce to improve the working lives of all National Health Service staff, and we look forward to discussing the results of their latest survey.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on increasing skills in the net zero sector through the Local Growth Fund.

Answered by Jim McMahon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The Local Growth Fund in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland gives local partners the flexibility to invest in transformational projects that reflect local priorities to drive economic growth.

It enables those who know their area best to invest in projects which improve skills and employment opportunities, including those in the net zero sector.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of Palestinian healthcare workers detained in Israel.

Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Health Cluster data provides information on the number of Palestinian healthcare workers detained and arrested. The UK government regularly engages with Israeli counterparts to express concern about the detention of Palestinian doctors and other detainees. We have been consistently clear that all detainees, including doctors, must be treated with dignity and in full accordance with international law. The UK continues to urge the Government of Israel to allow the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) immediate and unfettered access to all detention facilities and detainees.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the loss-of-control scenarios contained in the Government’s AI Risk Register have associated likelihood assessments.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology)

The Government's AI Risk Register includes a range of risks, spanning a number of sectors, and contains a number of different inputs informed by technical expertise from the AI Security Institute and across-Whitehall.

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