Ofcom is the independent regulator of postal services and is responsible for setting Royal Mail’s performance targets under the Universal Service Obligation (USO).

Ofcom’s regulation, under its Designated Universal Service Provider Condition, requires Royal Mail to monitor its performance, or procure the monitoring of its performance, on its USO services including Second Class mail. Royal Mail also publishes quarterly and annual reports on its quality of service. These are published on the website of Royal Mail’s parent company, International Distribution Services: www.internationaldistributionservices.com/en/regulation/universal-service-obligation/quality-of-service/.

The Government acknowledges the challenges faced by women with endometriosis and the impact it has on their lives, their relationships, and their participation in education and the workforce.

Endometriosis is identified as a priority condition in the Renewed Women’s Health Strategy, where women experience unacceptably long delays to diagnosis, pain being dismissed, and fragmented care.

Clinical pathways for heavy periods and pelvic pain, including endometriosis, will be redesigned to reduce repeat appointments, unnecessary referrals, and long waits.

The strategy also announces a new programme to improve education for girls about their menstrual health, investing an additional £1 million to support targeted work in schools and community settings to support girls’ knowledge about menstrual health and when to seek healthcare. This is an important factor in delays in diagnosis and treatment for endometriosis.

Menstrual problems, including those caused by endometriosis, are prioritised as one of the first pathways to be delivered through community-based services and the new virtual hospital, NHS Online.

These measures will support women across the country with endometriosis, including in Gloucester.

With over one million young people not in education, employment and training, this Government will not leave an entire generation of young people behind. The Government is investing an additional £2.5 billion over the next three years into the Youth Guarantee and the Growth and Skills Levy. This investment will support almost one million young people and create up to 500,000 opportunities to earn and learn, including through expanded network of Youth Hubs, earlier intensive support in Jobs Centres through a new Youth Guarantee Gateway, additional work experience and training opportunities, a £3,000 Youth Jobs Grant and £2,000 apprenticeship hiring payment for employers, and a fully funded six month job for long-term unemployed 18–24-year-olds.

We also recognise the crisis of participation that Alan Milburn has so clearly laid out in his interim report. We will use this interim report to continue to build our reforms and look forward to final recommendations in the Autumn.

No estimate is available of the number or proportion of people aged 16 - 24 years who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) in constituencies. The survey used to estimate 16-24 NEETs has too small a sample to produce robust estimates at this level. Estimates of the 16-24 NEET rate in English regions are available at Get Britain Working: Labour Market Insights April 2026 - GOV.UK

The lifelong learning entitlement (LLE) will replace and transform the existing student finance system for higher education at Levels 4-6. It will support this ambition by making modular provision eligible for funding for the first time.

An equality analysis was published about the LLE in 2023 and is available on GOV.UK. A subsequent equality analysis was published alongside the Lifelong Learning (Fee Limits) Regulations 2026 that were laid before the House on 18 May 2026.

The department expects the LLE to have a positive impact on mature learners and for them to benefit from the ability to use their student finance entitlement more flexibly.

The department has not made an estimate of the impact on mature student enrolment, or local upskilling opportunities specifically in the Gloucester constituency.

In 2026/27, we expect to provide over £9.5 billion for the early years entitlements, more than doubling annual public investment in the early years sector compared to 2023/24, as we have successfully rolled-out the expansion of government-funded childcare for working parents.

30 hours per week of government funded childcare will save families using their full entitlement up to £8,000 per eligible child per year.

Coram–PACEY’s 2026 Childcare Survey shows the expansion of government funded entitlements in 2024/25 brought the cost of a part-time childcare place for eligible working parents back to what it was in 2005. It additionally found that the expansion of 30 hours of funded childcare significantly reduced costs for eligible working parents in England, in some cases making part time childcare effectively free during term time.

For 2026/27 the local authority funding rates per hour for Gloucester are:

Under 2-year-olds: £11.35, 2‑year‑olds: £8.37, 3 and 4‑year‑olds: £6.03.

A pre-evaluation assessment was conducted by the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) to examine the feasibility of different evaluation designs for assessing the efficacy of the Turnaround Programme. It was concluded that despite considerable efforts it would not be possible to deliver a randomised controlled trial (RCT) or quasi-experimental design (QED) evaluation of the Turnaround programme as it was not possible to establish an appropriate comparator or control group. It has therefore not been possible to assess the impact of Turnaround on reoffending rates, either nationally or at constituency level. The YEF report is available at: https://youthendowmentfund.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Turnaround-Evaluation-Pre-Evaluation-Assessment.pdf

However, evidence from an independent implementation and process evaluation of the Turnaround programme shows that, as of December 2024, only 7% of children who completed Turnaround interventions across England and Wales had offended as proven by a judicial decision or caution within 12 months of completion. This figure is published in the Turnaround Programme – Independent process and implementation evaluation report available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/turnaround-programme-independent-process-and-implementation-evaluation-final-report

A regional breakdown of offending outcomes for children who took part in the Turnaround programme based on programme management information has also been published by the Ministry of Justice, covering the period of January – December 2023. This is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/turnaround-programme-management-information

The Government understands the importance of reliable bus services in enabling people to stay connected and access education, work and vital services. We are committed to delivering better bus services and the Bus Services Act 2025 puts passenger needs, reliable services and local accountability at the heart of local bus services by putting the power back in the hands of local leaders right across England, including in Gloucester.

The Government reaffirmed its commitment to investing in bus services long-term in the Spending Review, confirming over £3 billion from 2026/27 to support local leaders and bus operators across the country to improve bus services for millions of passengers. This includes multi-year allocations for local authorities under the Local Authority Bus Grant (LABG) totalling nearly £700 million per year, ending the short-term approach to bus funding and giving councils the certainty they need to plan ahead to improve services for local communities.

Gloucestershire County Council will be allocated £24.9 million under the LABG from 2026/27 to 2028/29, in addition to the £8 million they received in 2025/26. Funding allocated to local authorities to improve services can be used in whichever way they wish to deliver better services for passengers, including expanding services and improving reliability.

Apprenticeship starts in Gloucester so far for the 2025/26 academic year (August 2025 to January 2026), along with earlier full academic year data, can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/cb43461e-e56d-4442-3041-08dec5ee8a21

These figures are published in the Apprenticeships statistics publication, which can accessed at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships

The department is investing to expand support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) across the system, with a focus on strengthening inclusive mainstream provision. This includes £1.6 billion over three years through the Inclusive Mainstream Fund, alongside over £200 million to train all staff to better identify and meet pupils’ needs.

This investment will help settings deliver high‑quality, adaptive teaching and put in place early, evidence‑based support, ensuring children can access the help they need without delays.

In addition, we are investing around £1.8 billion over the next three years for local area partnerships to develop a new ’Experts at Hand’ offer, strengthening mainstream education through improved access to specialist advice and support such as educational psychologists and speech and language therapists. Gloucestershire has been allocated £4,605,308 in year one.

The Government and the National Health Service are taking steps to ensure that all people in England living with cancer can access timely and quality care, including in Gloucester.

NHS England aims to empower individuals with choice and control over their health and care through personalised care, focusing on promoting independence, good health, and well-being. This includes provision of information, empowering people to manage their care and the impact of their cancer. Where appropriate, every person diagnosed with cancer, including in Gloucester, will have access to personalised care, including a needs assessment, a care plan, and health and wellbeing information and support.

The National Cancer Plan, published in February 2026, aims to redesign cancer services around people’s lives, not just around hospitals, recognising that more people are living for longer with and beyond cancer and need ongoing, coordinated support. More cancer care and support will be delivered closer to home, including a universal digital-first prehabilitation offer, expanded supportive oncology, greater use of virtual monitoring, with growing opportunities for treatment and follow-up in community settings where safe and appropriate. In addition, the NHS will ensure patients have a named neighbourhood lead to help coordinate their care locally, working alongside hospital specialists to provide continuity, reduce fragmentation, and make it easier for people to navigate services.

Decisions on recruitment and employment are a matter for individual National Health Service trusts, which manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective care.

As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, we are working closely with NHS England, employers, and educators to improve transition into the workforce.

The Government is committed to publishing a 10 Year Workforce Plan to set out action to create a workforce ready to deliver the transformed service set out in the 10-Year Health Plan.

Local authorities are responsible for handling fly-tipped waste on public land that is less than 20 tonnes or a tipper load of waste.

The Environment Agency focuses on large-scale illegal waste activity and will use the £45 million to strengthen enforcement capability, including operational capacity, partnership working and digital tools.

The Government’s Safer Streets Mission sets a clear expectation for policing to deliver safer communities and improved public confidence. An effective, well-supported police service is central to achieving this.

Published statistics show that Gloucestershire Constabulary had a total of 1,349 full-time equivalent police officers at 30 September 2025.

This data is collected by police force area only; more specific information, such as officer numbers in each parliamentary constituency, is not collected.

It is for Chief Constables, directly accountable to the relevant Police and Crime Commissioner or Mayor, to make operational decisions on how best to allocate and deploy the resources at their disposal to provide an effective service.

The Government’s £30million crackdown to tackle cash intensive businesses such as barber shops, vape stores, mini-marts and sweet shops is empowering law enforcement agencies, local authorities and community partners to protect our high streets. This includes disrupting criminal activity such as money laundering and illegal working, and supporting local businesses. The package will improve multi-agency enforcement capability and operational coordination across partners.

In parallel, the High Street Organised Crime Unit is developing a long- term strategic response to stop this criminal activity from happening in the first place. Monitoring and evaluation will be implemented where appropriate and proportionate as the Unit’s policies develop.

The settlements in the west bank are a fundamental barrier to peace, and a flagrant breach of international law. We condemn the rising and incredibly disturbing settler violence that we have seen over the past year. Last week I announced a new wave of sanctions to target the networks that are supporting this violence, which is the fourth package of sanctions against extremist Israeli settlers under this Government.

I thank my hon. Friend for his question. The expansion of Israeli settlements and some of the violence circulating in them is a deliberate attempt by hardliners to undermine any possibility of a two-state solution and to pursue in many areas what is effectively illegal annexation—that is their intention. We agree on the principles that no one should be trading with illegal settlements. That is different from long-standing legitimate trade with businesses across Israel, which we continue to support. A small number of countries have explored legal bans, but they have had challenges with them. The most effective impact we can have on all these issues is to work internationally with other countries to provide new energy behind the two-state solution, as we had last year.

We are grateful for the Severn Estuary Commission’s work, and we recognise the potential benefits that tidal range can bring to our energy system. For now, the Government remains open to considering well-developed proposals for harnessing the tidal range energy in the bays and estuaries around our coastlines.

We are grateful for the Severn Estuary Commission’s work, and we recognise the benefits that tidal range can bring to our energy system. For now, the Government remain open to considering well developed proposals for harnessing the tidal range energy in the bays and estuaries around our coastline. I am very happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss this further.

I thank my hon. Friend for his words about our armed forces and the Typhoons that we have in Romania, which are doing essential air policing roles. With a NATO-first approach, we will continue to do that. I would be very happy to meet him to talk about Cherry & White and Permali, two outstanding companies that provide communication systems and composite materials to defence. Other SMEs wanting to supply to defence should look at the success of such companies, and I would be very happy to meet him to discuss their interest.