Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has had discussion with (a) Heathrow West Limited and (b) Heathrow Airport Limited on Heathrow expansion.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Department engages regularly with a broad range of stakeholders across the aviation sector, including Heathrow Airport Limited and Heathrow West Limited on Heathrow Expansion.

Details of ministerial meetings are published in accordance with the Government's transparency requirements. Transparency returns are published periodically, and the published record will be updated in line with the Department's normal publication timetable.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which capital projects have been (a) cancelled, (b) delayed, (c) descoped and (d) reprofiled to fund the Defence Investment Plan by region, original funding allocation and revised funding allocation.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The capital budget for health is due to increase to £15 billion by 2029/30, over 30% higher than 2024/25. We are cutting bureaucracy and speeding up delivery, so taxpayers get maximum value for money. Due to the Government’s record investment, frontline services will be protected. The Department remains committed to the delivery of all schemes in the New Hospital Programme, neighbourhood health centres, and NHS estates programmes. We are working through the detail of future capital spending plans.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the need for workers from other countries to deliver a third runway at Heathrow airport.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The draft Heathrow Expansion Policy Statement, published on the 18th June, requires any future applicant for expansion to assess the scheme's economic impacts, including labour supply effects. This would include consideration of workforce requirements during construction and operation. The Secretary of State for Transport would consider this evidence as part of any future application and decision for development consent.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what artificial intelligence services and tools are used by her Department; and whether her Department has a contract with providers for those services.

Answered by Paul Waugh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The government is committed to adopting artificial intelligence in a way that is transparent, responsible and accountable to the public.

Information about algorithmic and AI tools used by government departments to support decisions that affect members of the public, or that have a significant influence on a decision-making process with public effect, is published through the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (ATRS). The ATRS has been mandatory for central government departments since 2024, and records are published on GOV.UK at www.gov.uk/algorithmic-transparency-records. In addition, departments may use other internal tools which do not fall within the scope of the Standard.

In line with public procurement transparency requirements, departments publish contractual information for AI services and tools on Contracts Finder and, where above the relevant threshold, on the Find a Tender Service.

AI services and tools are accessed across government through a range of commercial routes. Departments may contract directly with AI providers, access AI products via intermediated routes such as reseller arrangements where the contractual relationship sits with a partner rather than the underlying provider, or use AI capabilities delivered as features within existing enterprise software and platform contracts (for example productivity, HR or service management tools).

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Health Impact Analysis conducted as part of the Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement, how many of the 671 sports and recreational facilities located within a 15km radius of Heathrow Airport are a) playing fields and b) sports halls.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Health Impact Analysis published alongside the draft Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement identified 671 sports and recreational facilities within a 15km radius of Heathrow Airport. The facilities included playing fields, leisure centres, sports clubs, golf clubs, gyms and recreational fields, however the Department does not hold separate counts for those categories.

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