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Written questions by O'Brien.

Every parliamentary written question tabled by Neil O'Brien this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.

Department:All (817)Department for Education (131)Department for Work and Pensions (109)Ministry of Justice (87)Home Office (83)Department of Health and Social Care (64)Treasury (51)Department for Transport (43)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (31)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (30)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (30)Department for Business and Trade (28)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (26)

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2 Jul 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Pending
Asked

With reference to section 5 of the Government Efficiency Framework, if he will publish the most recent quarterly efficiency report provided by the Food Standards Agency.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

1 Jul 2026·Department for Education·Pending
Asked

What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the 1% capital budget reduction announced in the Defence Investment Plan on her Department's delivery of spending plans; and where those reductions have been allocated, with particular reference to the capital spending in Voted Expenditure on page 62 of the Central Government Supply Estimates 2026/7 in i) Other School Funding (Department), ii) Grants to LA - Schools & Early Years and iii) Grants to Academies.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

1 Jul 2026·Home Office·Pending
Asked

What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the 1% capital budget reduction announced in the Defence Investment Plan on her Department's delivery of spending plans; and where those reductions have been allocated, with particular reference to the capital spending in Voted Expenditure on page 80 of the Central Government Supply Estimates 2026/7 in ) Public Safety Group, ii) Asylum Group, iii) Border Force and iv) Homeland Security Group.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

1 Jul 2026·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Pending
Asked

Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the capital budget reduction from 2026/7 to 2029/30 on her Department's delivery of its spending plans; and where reductions have been allocated to meet the budget reduction, with particular reference to the capital spending in Voted Expenditure on page 278 of the Central Government Supply Estimates 2026/7 in the following categories: i) Food and Farming, ii) Improve the environment and rural services, iii) Protect the country from floods (ALB) and iv) Animal, marine and plant health.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

1 Jul 2026·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Pending
Asked

Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the capital budget reduction from 2026/7 to 2029/30 on his Department's delivery of its spending plans, and where reductions have been allocated to meet the budget reduction, with particular reference to the capital spending in Voted Expenditure on page 278 of the Central Government Supply Estimates 2026/7 in the following categories: i) Housing and Planning, ii) Local Growth and Devolution, iii) Housing and Planning (ALB)(net) and iv) Integrated Settlements for Established Mayoral Strategic Authorities.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

1 Jul 2026·Ministry of Justice·Pending
Asked

With reference to Table 8 of the Restricted Patients Statistics, England and Wales, 2025 release, published on 30 April 2026, of the 297 restricted patients recalled to hospital following conditional discharge, how many had been conditionally discharged by (a) the Secretary of State and (b) a Tribunal.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

30 Jun 2026·Department for Education·Pending
Asked

When she plans to answer Questions 296, 297, 298, 10703, 10704 and 10705 tabled by the hon. Member for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

30 Jun 2026·Treasury·Pending
Asked

With reference to the answer to question 12225, what information her Department holds on whether the following bodies have zero procurement spend for the relevant year because they in fact spent no money on procurem

Reply

Awaiting answer.

29 Jun 2026·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Pending
Asked

Communities and Local Government, which funding streams are available to Mayoral Combined Authorities which are not available to areas without MCAs, and how much is being spent per year through each of these fund

Reply

Awaiting answer.

29 Jun 2026·Treasury·Pending
Asked

With reference to the Answer of 25 June to Question 11183 on Revenue and Customs: Finance for a breakdown of the (a) £386,857,000 and (b) £1,248,283,000.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

26 Jun 2026·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
Asked

Media and Sport, with reference to Note 8 on Purchase of Goods, Services and Other Expenditure on page 114 of the Whole of Government Accounts 2024-5, if she will provide a breakdown of the spending in that categ

Reply

The BBC is operationally independent from the government. As such, decisions on how licence fee income is spent are for the BBC itself.The BBC Group Annual Report and Accounts is laid before Parliament and published annually in accordance with the Royal C...

25 Jun 2026·Department for Work and Pensions·Pending
Asked

With reference both to the Answer of 18 June 2026 to question 8173 and to Core Table 1 on page 269 of the Department's 2024/5 Annual Report, if he will provide a breakdown of the £2,528m spent on 'Purch

Reply

Awaiting answer.

25 Jun 2026·Department for Work and Pensions·Pending
Asked

Pusuant to the Answer of 18 June 2026 to Question 8173, if he will publish a breakdown of expected spending across the Get Britain Working Initiative for financial years (i) 2026/7, (ii) 2027/8 and (iii

Reply

Awaiting answer.

24 Jun 2026·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·Answered
Asked

Innovation and Technology, with reference to Note 8 on Purchase of Goods, Services and Other Expenditure on page 114 of the Whole of Government Accounts 2024-5, if she will publish a breakdown of spending on that

Reply

A breakdown of DSIT operating expenditure, including purchase of goods and services (POGS), has been published in the 2024-25 DSIT Annual Report and Accounts (Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Annual report and accounts 2024-25). The 202...

24 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
Asked

What the average hourly earnings by single year of age for those aged (a) 16, (b) 17, (c) 18, (d) 19, (e) 20, (f) 21, (g) 22, (h) 23, (i) 24 and (j) 25 were in each year since 2010.

Reply

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Parliamentary Question of 24th June is attached.

23 Jun 2026·Treasury·Answered
Asked

With reference to Note 8. Purchase of Goods, Services and Other Expenditure on page 114 of the Whole of Government Accounts 2024-5, if she can provide a breakdown of expenditure in the financial years in (a) 2024/5

Reply

The ‘Other’ category in both the Central Government section and Public Corporation section refer to other departments that have not been individually identified in the table, as they are smaller and less significant contributors to Note 8. The information...

22 Jun 2026·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

With reference to the answer of 11 June 2026 to Question 7174, how many employees in HMPPS under the Occupational Psychologist profession are i) psychology administrators and ii) groupworkers.

Reply

HM Prison & Probation Service currently employs 69 psychology administrators, including 11 sandwich student placements, and 384 groupworkers.These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, ...

18 Jun 2026·Treasury·Answered
Asked

With reference to the table SOPS 1.1 Analysis of resource outturn by Estimate line on page 157 of HMRC's document entitled Annual Report and Accounts 2024/5, published on 17 July 2025, for a breakdown of the (a) £1,

Reply

A breakdown of HMRC’s expenditure can be found in the Statistical Tables on pages 279 – 282 of HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25. The breakdown specific to Estimate Line A HMRC Administration is below for voted gross administration and voted gross...

17 Jun 2026·Department for Education·Pending
Asked

How many overseas borrowers currently classified as non-compliant by the Student Loans Company had their first student loan disbursed in each academic year since 2005, broken down by nationality.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

17 Jun 2026·Department for Education·Pending
Asked

How many people have received a student loan from the Student Loans Company since 2005, broken down by nationality and by the academic year in which they first received a loan.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

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