Written questions by Glindon.

What recent progress his Department has made on reducing the time taken to provide a substantive response to casework enquiries from Members of Parliament.

Awaiting answer.

Communities and Local Government, whether the Private Rented Sector Landlord Ombudsman will consider previous cases of inadequate conduct by landlords when making decisions on complaints.

Awaiting answer.

What steps her Department is taking to help schools adapt to rising temperatures.

The department takes periods of hot weather and heatwaves seriously and has published a climate risk assessment. We continue to support responsible bodies and schools to provide education in a safe environment. The department has also published guidance t...

What steps his Department is taking to help workplaces adapt to rising temperatures.

The Government is committed to ensuring workplaces are safe in the modern world, and in ‘Next Steps to Make Work Pay’ we committed to look at how to modernise health and safety guidance for extreme temperatures. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is Gr...

What steps his Department is taking to help households adapt to rising temperatures.

The Warm Homes Plan sets out our approach to upgrading the nation’s homes, including climate adaptation. Over this Parliament, we intend to introduce the most appropriate, cost-effective passive cooling measures into our capital schemes, to support low-in...

What assessment he has made of the compatibility of using BMI threshold criteria for joint replacement surgery and the Government's commitment to reducing health inequalities in regions with (a) lo

It is the responsibility of individual integrated care boards to determine policies for their local area, including that of Body Mass Index (BMI) threshold criteria for joint replacement surgery. As with all surgery, BMI should be considered as one part o...

What steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) data and (b) metrics used in musculoskeletal services.

Data is fundamental to the effective delivery of health services, underpinning service improvement and ultimately improving outcomes for patients.Musculoskeletal (MSK) data for secondary care, including orthopaedics, spinal services, paediatric orthopaedi...

What steps his Department is taking to ensure the quality and volume of musculoskeletal content in medical training match the prevalence of these conditions in the population.

The standard of training for doctors is the responsibility of the General Medical Council (GMC). The GMC sets the outcome standards expected at undergraduate level, and approves courses and medical schools to write and teach the curricula content that ena...

What steps she is taking to help increase the income of university graduates on (a) low and (b) middle-incomes in Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend constituency.

This government is committed to supporting all students and graduates, including those in Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend. Plan 2 and 3 student loan schemes were created by the previous government, but this government has capped their interest rates...

Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Government policy keeps up to date with the rapid development of AI technologies.

AI is the defining technology of our lifetime. The engine of economic power and hard power, with the potential to transform almost every aspect of our lives. However, how this transformation will unfold and what can be done to shape it remains highly unce...

What steps her Department is taking to increase enforcement action against image-editing tools powered by AI that can be used to generate child sexual abuse images.

To ensure we keep pace with changes in technology, under the Crime and Policing Act, this Government has introduced a suite of new measures to keep children safe online by tackling the growing threat of AI Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). We have intro...

What steps the Government is taking to prevent image-editing tools powered by AI being used to generate child sexual abuse images.

To ensure we keep pace with changes in technology, under the Crime and Policing Act, this Government has introduced a suite of new measures to keep children safe online by tackling the growing threat of AI Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). We have intro...

Media and Sport, what recent funding her Department has made available to rugby clubs in Tyneside.

The Government believes that opportunities to play sport and get physically active should be available to everyone, including playing rugby. The Government is committed to removing the barriers to physical activity for under-represented groups, especially...

Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support rugby clubs to improve sporting facilities for women and girls.

The Government believes that opportunities to play sport and get physically active should be available to everyone, including playing rugby. The Government is committed to removing the barriers to physical activity for under-represented groups, especially...

What steps he is taking with his international counterparts to help reduce global emissions.

We have restored UK international leadership through ambitious domestic action and global engagement: committing to reduce emissions by at least 81% by 2035 and deliver clean power by 2030, launching the Global Clean Power Alliance at the G20, working at ...

What estimate her Department has made of the proportion of electric vehicle charge point operators that comply with Regulation (a) 5 and (b) 7 of the Public Charge Point Regulations 2023.

As the enforcement authority for the Public Charge Point Regulations 2023, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is responsible for monitoring and enforcing compliance with these requirements. As of 31st May 2026, the OPSS reported that 94% o...

Whether financial penalties have been levied against electric vehicle charge point operators who do not comply with the Public Charge Point Regulations 2023.

As the enforcement authority for the Public Charge Point Regulations 2023, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is responsible for monitoring and enforcing compliance with these requirements, including determining any financial penalties tha...

What steps her Department is taking to monitor the electricity output of electric vehicle charge points relative to their advertised speeds.

The Department does not routinely monitor electric vehicle charge points to verify their output speeds. While the advertised rate is the maximum charging speed of the charge point, the real-world rate at which a vehicle charges will vary depending on a ra...

Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help young people buy their first property in Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend constituency.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 2705 on 27 May 2026.

Whether his Department has considered the potential merits of introducing routine audio recording of Work Capability Assessments.

As set out in Pathways to Work, we will be introducing audio recording as standard for all health assessments. If, for whatever reason, a customer does not want their assessment recorded, they are able to opt out at any time.