Written Questions

Lords HL3772

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amount of child benefit that has been paid to parents who have left the UK permanently or for prolonged periods of time.

Tabled: 2026-10-05

Baroness Coffey

Con

To: Treasury

Answered 2026-10-14

HMRC does not produce statistics on the amount of Child Benefit paid to individuals outside of the UK.

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Lords HL3780

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Department for Work and Pension's long-term model of pensioner incomes (Pensim3) is open access, including information on the underlying assumptions and formulae.

Tabled: 2026-10-05

Lord Davies of Brixton

Lab

To: Department for Work and Pensions

Answered 2026-10-14

Pensim3’s baseline data contains information from real individuals and is subject to data protection controls. Pensim3’s economic and demographic assumptions align with OBR’s Fiscal Risks and Susta...

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Lords HL2863

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wood of Anfield on 27 July 2026 (HL1989), what were the numbers of claims taken from such systems (1) in the previous three years, and (2) to date in the current year.

Tabled: 2026-09-01

Baroness Hoey

To: Home Office

Answered 2026-10-14

The Home Office publishes the number of asylum claims raised by nationality, and the number of people claiming asylum by prior route, by nationality in the Asy_D01 and Asy_D01a tables available her...

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Lords HL3883

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 18 March (HL15295) and the Marine Management Organisation’s announcement on 16 September that it is preparing to resume enforcement of Inshore Vessel Mo...

Tabled: 2026-10-05

Lord Teverson

LD

To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Answered 2026-10-13

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has resumed the roll-out of the IVMS programme. This Government intends to lay the SI once the roll-out is complete and the MMO is satisfied devices are ope...

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Lords HL3864

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of monensin in cattle feed and cattle-finishing systems in Mercosur countries; and whether they will publish the evidence and analysis relied upon in reaching that assessment.

Tabled: 2026-10-05

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

Lab

To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Answered 2026-10-13

Defra has received guarantees from Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay that beef exported to Great Britain (GB) is not from cattle treated with certain antimicrobial medicinal products. Defra i...

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Lords HL3861

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the verification of the origin of meat ingredients in composite and prepared foods, including burgers, sausages, nuggets, pies, sandwiches and ready meals, that are moved from Gr...

Tabled: 2026-10-05

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

Lab

To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Answered 2026-10-13

Rest of World meat and composite meat products, subject to animal and plant health rules, have country of origin requirements, regardless of how they enter Northern Ireland. These requirements are ...

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Lords HL3860

To ask His Majesty's Government what safeguards are in place to prevent meat or meat ingredients admitted into Great Britain under production standards or import conditions that differ from those applying in the European Union from entering supply...

Tabled: 2026-10-05

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

Lab

To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Answered 2026-10-13

Rest of World meat and composite meat products, subject to animal and plant health rules, have country of origin requirements, regardless of how they enter Northern Ireland. These requirements are ...

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Lords HL3607

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of compensation and assistance available to passengers affected by recent disruptions to flights operating from London airports.

Tabled: 2026-09-16

Lord Browne of Belmont

DUP

To: Department for Transport

Answered 2026-10-13

Passengers facing disruption are protected under UK law, and the government expects airlines to look after them. For cancellations, passengers are entitled to a choice between a refund or to be re-...

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Lords HL3803

To ask His Majesty's Government what assurances they intend to provide to open-access operators that existing access rights will remain sufficiently secure to support long-term investment in the purchase or leasing of trains.

Tabled: 2026-10-05

Lord Houchen of High Leven

Con

To: Department for Transport

Answered 2026-10-13

We understand how important it is for Open Access operators to have the certainty to enable longer-term investment in rolling stock and their wider businesses. That is why Government has already co...

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Lords HL3643

To ask His Majesty's Government on how many occasions provisions of electoral law have been applied retrospectively; and what assessment they have made of this.

Tabled: 2026-09-16

Lord Patten

Con

To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Answered 2026-10-12

The Government does not maintain a central record of instances where provisions of electoral law have been applied retrospectively and has therefore made no assessment of the total number of such o...

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Lords HL3481

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of (1) the new profit test and the company ownership provisions in the Representation of the People Bill, and (2) the latest Electoral Commission guidance on sp...

Tabled: 2026-09-14

Lord Jamieson

Con

To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Answered 2026-10-12

As set out in Representation of the People Bill Impact Assessment, Table 9, we estimate that around 31% - 34% of donations from companies made in the year prior to the 2024 General Election would n...

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Lords HL3360

To ask His Majesty's Government what lessons they have learned from recent conflicts about the adequacy of existing international legal frameworks for addressing conflict-related sexual violence; and what changes to their policy or international e...

Tabled: 2026-09-09

Lord Roberts of Llandudno

LD

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Answered 2026-10-12

I refer the Noble Lord to the answer given on 17th September to Questions HL3116-3121 (Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament). Recent conflicts h...

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Lords HL3704

To ask His Majesty's Government what the costs are of the (1) Hamill Inquiry, and (2) Letby Inquiry.

Tabled: 2026-09-17

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

DUP

To: Cabinet Office

Answered 2026-10-12

The Robert Hamill Inquiry opened in 2005. The previous chair of the Inquiry reported that the Terms of Reference were fulfilled in 2011. However, due to legal proceedings, the Inquiry report was on...

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Lords HL3606

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the economic cost of the recent flight disruptions affecting London airports to tourism, business travel and freight movements.

Tabled: 2026-09-16

Lord Browne of Belmont

DUP

To: Department for Transport

Answered 2026-10-12

I am under no illusion that the economic cost of the recent incident is significant. Therefore, we need to learn the lessons from what has happened to ensure that we can minimise the chance of disr...

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Lords HL2176

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the resilience of computing infrastructure supporting critical national infrastructure in the UK against (1) remote disablement, or (2) restriction, by an entity based outside the UK.

Tabled: 2026-07-16

Baroness Berger

Lab

To: Cabinet Office

Answered 2026-10-12

The Government keeps the resilience of critical national infrastructure under continual review, including risks arising from reliance on technology, services, and suppliers based outside the UK. Th...

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