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.