Written questions
3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.
28 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to introduce a cap on annual net migration.
28 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to ensure that a proportion of the money raised from the statutory levy on gambling operators will be allocated to (a) charities and (b) other organisations that fo
27 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Police: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much police forces in England and Wales spent on roles related to equity, diversity and inclusion in the last three years.
27 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Cats: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ban the importation of pregnant cats in the last half of their pregnancy.
26 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Industry: Agriculture
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason there is no mention of (a) farming and (b) agriculture in the Government's industrial strategy entitled Invest 2035: the UK's modern industrial strategy, published in October 2024.
26 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Lincolnshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase (a) recruitment and (b) retention of NHS staff in (i) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (ii) Lincolnshire.
26 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Car Washes: Undocumented Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people working illegally in car washes.
26 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Undocumented Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many business owners have been charged with employing illegal workers in each of the last three years.
26 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Construction: Undocumented Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of people working illegally in the construction industry.
25 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Lincolnshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve access to public transport in rural areas within (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
25 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Agriculture
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that active funding programmes focused on supporting farmers and farming communities abroad is value for money.
25 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Non-crime Hate Incidents
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of hours of police time spent each week on investigating non crime hate incidents.
25 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Sham Marriage
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to collect data on the number of applications to stay in the UK that are made on the basis of a sham (a) marriage and (b) civil partnership.
25 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Radiation Exposure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to create a memorial in central London to nuclear test veterans.
25 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Crime: Retail Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle retail crime in rural communities.
25 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: South Holland and the Deepings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of GP surgeries in South Holland and the Deepings constituency are rated as (a) outstanding and (b) good by the Care Quality Commission.
22 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help support victims of domestic abuse in (a) rural and (b) remote areas.
22 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
T-levels: South Holland and the Deepings
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people started T-levels in South Holland and the Deepings constituency in each year since 2020.
22 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support hospices in (a) rural and (b) remote areas.
22 Nov 2024 · Treasury
Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the number of farmers who will be affected by changes to business property relief in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
22 Nov 2024 · Home Office
People Smuggling
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department plans to use to assess the effectiveness of its policy to tackle smuggling gangs involved in illegally trafficking people into the UK.
20 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the potential cost to the public purse is for hotels that have opened to provide contingency accommodation for people seeking asylum since 5 July 2024.
20 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Fuel Poverty: Lincolnshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire in fuel poverty.
19 Nov 2024 · Attorney General
Veterans: Radiation Exposure
To ask the Solicitor General, if she will make a comparative assessment of the testimony given to the High Court during AB and others v. Ministry of Defence (2009) and records released by the Atomic Weapons Establishment relating to nuclear test veterans
19 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Logistics: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in employers’ National Insurance contributions on the logistics sector.
19 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Food: Lincolnshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support food producers from Lincolnshire to increase exports.
19 Nov 2024 · Women and Equalities
Office for Equality and Opportunity: Staff
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many full time equivalent staff are employed by the Office for Equality and Opportunity.
19 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Maternity Allowance: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Maternity Allowance claimants were not UK citizens in the last three years.
18 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants have received a refund for paying the immigration health surcharge since 2017.
18 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants have received a waiver from paying the immigration health surcharge in each year since 2017.
Source: official written-questions record.