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Commons written questions and answers

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Question for Department for Education
Care Leavers: Advisory Services
John Whitby
Labour, Derbyshire Dales

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of high Personal Adviser caseloads on the frequency of contact with care leavers, the quality of pathway planning, and outcomes for care lea...

Asked 4 November 2026
Answered 13 November 2026
By Josh MacAlister (Labour, Whitehaven and Workington)
41036
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Education
Care Leavers: Advisory Services
John Whitby
Labour, Derbyshire Dales

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of Personal Adviser caseloads for care leavers; and what consideration it has given to introducing recommended caseload levels for Personal Advisers.

Asked 4 November 2026
Answered 13 November 2026
By Josh MacAlister (Labour, Whitehaven and Workington)
41034
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Education
Care Leavers: Advisory Services
John Whitby
Labour, Derbyshire Dales

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department monitors the capacity, sufficiency and stability of the Personal Adviser workforce supporting care leavers, including through information on (a) workforce numbers, (b) caseloads, (c) vacancie...

Asked 4 November 2026
Answered 13 November 2026
By Josh MacAlister (Labour, Whitehaven and Workington)
41033
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Education
Universities: Israel
Tahir Ali
Labour, Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the total destruction of higher education institutions in Gaza on the UK’s partnerships with Israeli universities engaged in defence-related research.

Asked 20 October 2026
Answered 13 November 2026
By Josh MacAlister (Labour, Whitehaven and Workington)
36291
Named day
Answered
Commons

Lords written questions and answers

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Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Falkland Islands: Oil
Lord Moynihan
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs has granted a production licence to Navitas Petroleum as Operator for the Sea Lion Oil Field in the South Atlantic in 2026; and whether they s...

Asked 29 October 2026
Answered 13 November 2026
By Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour, Life peer)
HL4728
Answered
Lords
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sudan: Armed Conflict
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Crossbench, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that dozens have been killed in airstrikes by the Sudanese armed forces at Nyala, South Darfur; and what justice mechanisms the UK plans to use to hold those responsible accountable...

Asked 29 October 2026
Answered 13 November 2026
By Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour, Life peer)
HL4689
Answered
Lords
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
United Nations Secretariat
Baroness Chakrabarti
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to consult UK human rights and development organisations working on Sudan on the compatibility of UK’s support for United Arab Emirates’ candidacy for the post of United Nations Secretary General ...

Asked 29 October 2026
Answered 13 November 2026
By Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour, Life peer)
HL4712
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Poultry
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
Liberal Democrat, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to deal with increased waste from industrial poultry production so that over 600,000 tonnes of broiler manure will not be incinerated, given that renewable obligation certificates expire in February 202...

Asked 21 October 2026
Answered 13 November 2026
By Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Labour, Life peer)
HL4387
Answered
Lords

Commons written statements

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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Youth Opportunities and Dormant Assets Funding
Vicky Foxcroft
Minister for Youth, Gambling, Digital Inclusion, Civil Society & Loneliness
Labour, Lewisham North
Statement made 13 November 2026
HCWS472
Commons
Home Office
Knife and Weapons Surrender Scheme 2026
Sarah Jones
The Minister of State for Policing and Crime
Labour, Croydon West
Statement made 13 November 2026
HCWS471
Commons
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Regulation of leasehold: service charges, litigation costs and insurance costs
Matthew Pennycook
Minister of State for Housing and Planning
Labour, Greenwich and Woolwich
Statement made 12 November 2026
HCWS470
Commons
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Designation of Radio Selection Services under Part 3B of the Communication Act 2003
Ian Murray
Minister for Creative Industries, Media and Online Safety
Labour, Edinburgh South
Statement made 12 November 2026
HCWS469
Commons

Lords written statements

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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Regulation of leasehold: service charges, litigation costs and insurance costs
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Minister for Housing and Local Government
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 12 November 2026
HLWS479
Lords
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) Update
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 12 November 2026
HLWS478
Lords
Ministry of Justice
Reforming childhood criminal records disclosure
Lord Lemos
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 12 November 2026
HLWS477
Lords
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Designation of Radio Selection Services under Part 3B of the Communication Act 2003
Baroness Twycross
Minister for Heritage
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 12 November 2026
HLWS476
Lords

Commons daily reports

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House of Commons written answers and statements
13 November 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
12 November 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
11 November 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
10 November 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
12 November 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
11 November 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
10 November 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
9 November 2026
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