Written questions

3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Pylons: Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed Grimsby to Walpole pylon project on the availability of farmland.

10 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Radio: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to support new FM licences for radio stations in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

10 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Home Education: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of children that were home-schooled in Lincolnshire in the (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-2024 academic years.

10 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bees and Butterflies: Neonicotinoids

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the ban on the use of neonicotinoids on agricultural crops on (a) bee and (b) butterfly population trends.

10 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions: Agriculture

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increases in employer National Insurance contributions on agricultural businesses.

10 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of flooding have been reported in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire in the last five years.

8 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Machinery: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support SME manufacturers of farm equipment in cases where demand has fallen, in the context of funding provided by the Farming Investment Fund.

8 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to align future application windows of the Farm Equipment and Technology Fund with the agricultural calendar.

8 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farming Investment Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to announce his decision on the future of the Farming Investment Fund.

8 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the annual running costs of the Jet Zero Taskforce.

8 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Child Poverty Taskforce: Operating Costs

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the annual running costs of the Child Poverty Taskforce.

8 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

National Energy System Operator: Operating Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the annual running costs of the National Energy System Operator.

8 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Mission Control for Clean Power: Operating Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the annual running costs of Mission Control.

8 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Clean Energy: International Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the annual running costs of the Global Clean Power Alliance.

8 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Regulatory Innovation Office: Operating Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the annual running costs of the Regulatory Innovation Office.

8 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns Taskforce: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the annual running costs of the New Towns Taskforce.

8 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Taskforce: Operating Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the annual running costs of the Solar Taskforce.

8 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional funding his Department has provided to (a) communities and (b) local authorities affected by recent flooding in Lincolnshire.

7 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Resignations

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will commission a review into the reasons that teachers have left that profession in the last 10 years.

7 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will bring forward legislative proposals on the use of artificial intelligence to (a) address safety concerns and (b) ensure its responsible (i) development and (ii) deployment in

7 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to provide funding for the expansion of electric vehicle chargepoints in (a) South Holland and The Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

7 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Memory Clinics: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set targets to reduce memory clinic waiting times in (a) South Holland and The Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

7 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of prostate cancer services in (a) South Holland and The Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

6 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was paid in bonuses to staff in his Department in 2024.

6 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Public Sector: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the English Devolution White Paper on the delivery of public services in Lincolnshire.

6 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Shoplifting: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people convicted for shoplifting offences reoffended within (a) 12 months and (b) two years in each of the last five years.

6 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Charities: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will introduce an exemption from changes to employer National Insurance contributions for (a) small and (b) local charities.

6 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Uniforms

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to ensure school uniform is affordable.

6 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Ministers in her Department held meetings on grooming gangs in the last five years; and who the external attendees at those meetings were.

6 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arriving on small boats died in the English channel in each of the last three years.

Source: official written-questions record.