Written questions by Norris.

What demographic data her Department plans to collect on the number of Respect Orders issued.

Awaiting answer.

Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of digital exclusion among older people.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment she has made of trends in the level of persistent absence in schools in South Gloucestershire and Bath and North East Somerset.

Awaiting answer.

How many businesses in the South West have received support through the British Business Bank.

Awaiting answer.

What progress her Department has made on reducing deaths and serious injuries caused by drink-driving.

Awaiting answer.

If he will introduce a respiratory Modern Service Framework.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment she has made of the adequacy of mobile signal coverage on GWR trains.

Awaiting answer.

What proportion of Government procurement spending went to SMEs in the South West in the last financial year.

Awaiting answer.

How many young people taking part in the Youth Guarantee trailblazer programme have secured (i) a job, (ii) study and (iii) training in (a) Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, (b) East Midlands, (c) Liverpool City region (d) London, (e) Tees Valley, (f) West Midlands and (g) West of England.

Awaiting answer.

Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the UK has a sovereign quantum computing capability.

Awaiting answer.

Innovation and Technology, what progress her Department has made on the roll out of Project Gigabit in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.

Awaiting answer.

Whether her Department maintains a list of which local transport authorities are seeking to make use of the franchising powers in the Bus Services Act 2025.

Awaiting answer.

Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of local infrastructure to support new housing developments like those at the former Grange school site in Warmley, and wh

Awaiting answer.

What steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for elective treatment in North East Somerset and Hanham.

Awaiting answer.

Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take following the consultation on tail docking and castration in lambs.

Awaiting answer.

What recent discussions she has had with the Office for Budgetary Responsibility on public borrowing.

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is the government’s official forecaster responsible for assessing the UK economic and fiscal outlook. The OBR published its latest Economic and Fiscal Outlook in March providing an interim update on the economy a...

Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions were held with President Trump at the G7 Summit on support for Ukraine.

I refer the Hon Member to the statement made by the Deputy Prime Minister on 22 June, and his answers to the questions raised in response.

Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of released gamebirds on populations of native invertebrates, reptiles and ground-nesting birds.

Defra’s Gamebird rapid evidence review was published in 2020 and is available here. Further research into these findings was published in 2025 and again this year, available here and here respectively. Defra has also funded research into the impacts of ga...

Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department last commissioned research on the ecological effects of gamebird shooting.

Defra’s Gamebird Research Programme has recently published the findings of a number of research projects relating to the ecological impacts of gamebird shooting and associated activity. Whilst some research projects are ongoing, Natural England is plannin...

What discussions he has had with the West of England Mayoral Authority on the implementation of Carbon Budget 7.

The Department regularly engages with local government on net zero delivery, strategy and policy through the Local Net Zero Delivery Group, and with Metro Mayors through quarterly roundtables.