Every parliamentary written question tabled by Luke Akehurst this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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What assessment her Department has made of the potential for artificial intelligence technology to allow police forces to securely integrate information from across agencies to identify risk and support earlier intervention.
Awaiting answer.
What steps she is taking to equip police forces to identify patterns of misconduct, welfare issues, and organisational risks through analysis of existing workforce data.
Awaiting answer.
What support her Department is providing to police forces in adopting modern technologies to the identification of trends across complaints, misconduct, training, supervision and welfare data.
Awaiting answer.
What assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of Ofqual’s powers in relation to regulating the training sector.
Awaiting answer.
Pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2026 to Question 900535 on Children: Protection, whether (a) current and (b) proposed measures require relevant child risk information about dangerous adults in children’s live
Awaiting answer.
What assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of powers available to Ofqual to protect learners and training providers.
Awaiting answer.
When her Department last reviewed Ofqual’s procedures and policies.
Awaiting answer.
What assessment her Department has made of the utility of Lead Generators within the training sector.
Awaiting answer.
Pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2026 to Question 900535 on Children: Protection, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of creating a dedicated mechanism requiring relevant child risk
Awaiting answer.
Pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2026 to Question 9768 on bus manufacturing and public procurement, when the Government intends to publish updated procurement guidance reflecting the new definition of social va
The Government has announced its intention to redefine social value in central government procurement, to put community impact at the heart of public procurement decisions. This will help to ensure public expenditure directly targets the creation of local...
What assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a child risk disclosure scheme.
The government recognises the strength of feeling behind proposals for a Child Risk Disclosure Scheme and has considered the potential merits of such an approach. At its heart, the proposal seeks to ensure that relevant information about risk is shared q...
If he will make it his policy to include UK bus manufacturing as a national security exemption in the Procurement Act.
This Government believes that it matters where things are made and who makes them. Public procurement must promote our modern Industrial Strategy, bolster domestic capacity, and protect national security in line with our international trade obligations.Th...
What steps he is taking through public procurement policy to support UK bus manufacturers to compete for (a) Government contracts, (b) local authority contracts, and (c) combined authority contracts.
This Government believes that it matters where things are made and who makes them. Public procurement must promote our modern Industrial Strategy, bolster domestic capacity, and protect national security in line with our international trade obligations.Th...
How many individual disguised remuneration cases are outstanding that need to be resolved by HMRC.
Tackling disguised remuneration (DR) and the promotion and use of DR schemes is a priority for the Government. The ‘Measuring Tax Gaps 2026 edition: estimates for 2024 to 2025’, last updated on 23 June 2026, confirms that the tax gap from marketed avoida...
What assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of future UK production of the Patria 6x6 armoured vehicle on the economy; and when such production could begin.
The Department’s assessment of the Finnish led Common Armoured Vehicle System Programme and the suitability of its Patria 6x6 platform in meeting the UK’s Heavy Protected Mobility requirements is still underway. As such, it would be premature to comment o...
What discussions her Department has had with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government regarding the role of Standing Advisory Councils for Religious Education since the publication of the Minis
The legal duty on local authorities, or any replacement of these entities, to convene a standing advisory council on religious education (SACRE) remain included throughout local government reorganisation. Discussions have been held about the role of SACRE...
What assessment she has made of the impact of local government reorganisation on local authorities' ability to (a) convene and (b) support Standing Advisory Councils for Religious Educations effectively.
The legal duty on local authorities, or any replacement of these entities, to convene a standing advisory council on religious education (SACRE) remain included throughout local government reorganisation. Discussions have been held about the role of SACRE...
Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides on the role of Standing Advisory Councils for Religious Education in promoting social and community cohesion.
Guidance on the role of SACREs in promoting social and community cohesion can be found in the recent Belong publication ‘Common ground: Building cohesive communities,’ endorsed by the Local Government Association. The National Association of Standing Advi...
Whether his Department remains committed to the acquisition of 12 additional F-35A aircraft.
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Huntingdon (Ben Obese-Jecty) on 10 June 2026 to Question 6574.
Whether he expects the proportion of the defence resource budget allocated to service and civilian staff pay to increase between now and 2029-30.
The balance of investment will be set out as part of the Defence Investment Plan. This will take into account the Strategic Defence Review recommendations to halt the decline of the Armed Forces and reduce civil service costs by 10% by 2030.