Asked by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has taken steps in response to the recommendation issued by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in January 2025 on removing stigma, informational and technological barriers to access to health for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
Answered by Sharon Hodgson - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
Asked by: Andrew Snowden (Conservative - Fylde)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of damp, mould and cold housing conditions on people living with (a) COPD and (b) chronic respiratory illnesses.
Answered by Sharon Hodgson - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
Asked by: Samantha Niblett (Labour - South Derbyshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the current criteria for medical exemption certificates for prescription charges to include Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy.
Answered by Preet Kaur Gill - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
Asked by: David Simmonds (Conservative - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the average number of asylum seekers accommodated in an asylum hotel in each year from 2020.
Answered by Alex Norris - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office publishes statistics on a quarterly basis detailing the number of supported asylum seekers accommodated including numbers accommodated in hotels. These statistics can be found in at Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support detailed datasets, year ending March 2026.
Asked by: Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on the UK's NATO Force Model contributions of the decision by the US of rightsizing its own contributions, as announced at NATO headquarters in Brussels on 22 May 2026.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
We welcome the US’s briefing which enables NATO Allies to plan and sequence the shift as part of greater European burden sharing.
The UK is a fully committed Ally; we offer almost all our Armed Forces and significant capability contributions to NATO. Currently, the UK Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the North Atlantic and High North, working with NATO Allies to deter Russian threats.
We are working with the US to ensure all Allies are contributing fairly through NATO Force Sourcing processes, and we remain committed to working with Allies to strengthen NATO by ensuring Europe is more capable, more resilient, and better able to shoulder the Alliance’s shared security burdens.
Asked by: Joshua Reynolds (Liberal Democrat - Maidenhead)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's proposed underwriting of the 2027 Invictus Games is contingent on Invictus UK 2027 Ltd securing funding from other sources.
Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
The 2024 Labour Party manifesto committed to delivery of the Invictus Games, recognising the Games' vital role in recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration.
The Invictus Games are delivered by a host nation entity under the Invictus Games Foundation, with funding models varying by country. To support the bid for the 2027 Games in Birmingham, a charitable entity, IUK27, was established, and the UK Government agreed to underwrite £26 million of the costs as a contingency, specifically to ensure delivery of the Games if sufficient commercial sponsorship was not secured. A proportion of this underwrite has been set aside over three grants to be released incrementally.
Officials meet regularly with the Invictus Games 2027 Ltd team to discuss the planning and delivery of the Games.
Asked by: Joshua Reynolds (Liberal Democrat - Maidenhead)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions her Department has had with Invictus UK 2027 Ltd on the projected (a) operating and (b) administrative costs of the 2027 Invictus Games.
Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
The 2024 Labour Party manifesto committed to delivery of the Invictus Games, recognising the Games' vital role in recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration.
The Invictus Games are delivered by a host nation entity under the Invictus Games Foundation, with funding models varying by country. To support the bid for the 2027 Games in Birmingham, a charitable entity, IUK27, was established, and the UK Government agreed to underwrite £26 million of the costs as a contingency, specifically to ensure delivery of the Games if sufficient commercial sponsorship was not secured. A proportion of this underwrite has been set aside over three grants to be released incrementally.
Officials meet regularly with the Invictus Games 2027 Ltd team to discuss the planning and delivery of the Games.
Asked by: Joshua Reynolds (Liberal Democrat - Maidenhead)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department reviewed an itemised operating budget from Invictus UK 2027 Ltd before agreeing to underwrite the 2027 Invictus Games.
Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
The 2024 Labour Party manifesto committed to delivery of the Invictus Games, recognising the Games' vital role in recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration.
The Invictus Games are delivered by a host nation entity under the Invictus Games Foundation, with funding models varying by country. To support the bid for the 2027 Games in Birmingham, a charitable entity, IUK27, was established, and the UK Government agreed to underwrite £26 million of the costs as a contingency, specifically to ensure delivery of the Games if sufficient commercial sponsorship was not secured. A proportion of this underwrite has been set aside over three grants to be released incrementally.
Officials meet regularly with the Invictus Games 2027 Ltd team to discuss the planning and delivery of the Games.
Asked by: James Cleverly (Conservative - Braintree)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will set out the meetings his Department's special advisers have had with Labour Together since he was appointed.
Answered by Samantha Dixon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Special Advisers are required to comply with the Special Adviser Code of Conduct at all times and are required to make declarations on meetings with senior media figures in line with published transparency guidance.
Where a Special Adviser accompanies their Minister to an official meeting with a senior media figure, the Special Adviser's attendance does not need to be separately recorded as the Minister will be the main attendee. Where an 'informal' lobbying approach is granted time or resource by Government, it should result in a diarised engagement and therefore be recorded.
Asked by: Andy McDonald (Labour - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the estimated lifetime cost to the public sector of financing infrastructure supporting new towns through private investment arrangements.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Between 23 March and 19 May 2026, we consulted on the Draft New Towns Programme. That consultation, which can be found on gov.uk here, sought views on a range of issues, including in respect of financing the programme.
We are currently analysing the feedback received and will publish our response in due course.
The precise funding offer for each new town location will be confirmed once final decisions have been made on the programme.