Damian Hinds

67856 • GCSE: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of potential advantages and disadvantages of moving most GCSEs for most pupils to a digital format.

67857 • GCSE: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with (a) OfQual (b) examination boards on the potential impact of moving most GCSEs for most pupils to a digital format.

67858 • Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2025 to Question 65243 on Prisoners' Release, what data her Department holds on trends over time in the average length of time spent on recall for (a) determinate sentenced prisoners and (b) all prisoners.

67859 • Prisoners on Remand

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2025 to Question 65241 on Prisoners on Remand, what data her Department holds on trends in the average length of time spent on remand in that period.

67312 • Prisoners: Repatriation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the press release entitled UK and Albania agree groundbreaking new arrangement on prisoner transfers, published on 24 May 2023, how many prisoners have been transferred under the agreement with Albania in the last 12 months.

66137 • Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7July to Question 63294 on Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit, whether projections of the number of claims for (a) PIP and (b) health components of Universal Credit are based on an extrapolation of recent trends.

66138 • Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2025 to Question 63294 on Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit, what (a) driving factors and (b) assumptions she uses to model projections for the number of claims for (i) PIP and (ii) health components of Universal Credit.

66139 • Prisons: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the addition of modular precast concrete blocks in Category C prisons.

66140 • Parole

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of lead times for Parole Board hearings in each year from the earliest year for which data are available to the latest year for which data are available.

66141 • Prisoners' Release: Curfews

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisoners eligible for release from prison on home detention curfew were released on home detention curfew (a) in the first month of eligibility and (b) at any time in each of the last three years.

66142 • Teachers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on recruiting 6,500 new expert teachers in key subjects.

66143 • Teachers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will list the key subjects into which her Department is recruiting 6,500 new expert teachers.

66144 • Mental Health: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 21573 on Mental Health: Children and Young People, whether he plans to publish further updates to those statistics.

65238 • Care Homes: Defibrillators

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to mandate the installation of automated external defibrillators in retirement (a) villages and (b) homes.

65239 • Care Homes: Defibrillators

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of retirement (a) villages and (b) homes without automated external defibrillators.

65240 • Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) assumptions and (b) formulae she uses to model prison place need.

65241 • Prisoners on Remand

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time was that remand prisoners spent on remand in each of the last 20 years.

65242 • Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of people in prison on custodial sentences was in each of the last 20 years.

65243 • Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time was that prisoners released from recall spent on recall in each year for which data are available.

64012 • University of Portsmouth Dental Academy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60037 on Dentistry: Higher Education, when he expects the Privy Council approval process to be completed.

EDM 1398 • Mauritius Treaty

That the Agreement, done at London and Port Louis on 22 May 2025, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great ...

EDM 795 • Local Government

That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that the Local Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Ele...

EDM 439 • Housing

That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits on Discount) (Englan...

EDM 112 • Social Security

That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (S...