Written questions

3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Pylons: Nature Reserves

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the impact of proposed pylons in the Grimsby to Walpole scheme on the Wash National Nature Reserve.

29 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Shoplifting: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken with relevant authorities to reduce shop lifting in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

29 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the dementia diagnosis rate in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

29 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Drugs: Seized Articles

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total (a) amount and (b) value was of Class A drugs coming into the UK that were seized at the borders in the last five years.

28 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of those convicted for sexual offences were not given prison sentences in the last five years.

28 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tree Planting: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many trees were planted in (a) South Holland district and (b) South Kesteven district in the last ten years.

28 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Home Office: Runnymede Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have met the Runnymede Trust charity since July 5 2024.

28 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce the backlog of court cases in Lincolnshire.

28 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Neighbourhood Policing: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of levels of neighbourhood policing in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

28 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Drugs: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce levels of drug offences in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

28 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Pupils: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce school absences in rural areas.

28 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Industrial Injuries: Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to reduce work-related injuries in the agricultural sector.

25 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Drugs: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle county lines operations in Lincolnshire.

25 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Runnymede Trust: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has provided funding to the Runnymede Trust in the last ten years.

25 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners released under the early release scheme on (a) 10 September 2024 and (b) 22 October 2024 are registered as residing in (i) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (ii) Lincolnshire.

25 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

National Grid: Electric Cables

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials have held recent discussions with National Grid on the viability of using an underground cable system instead of pylons as part of the great grid upgra

25 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with NHS England on improving access to radiotherapy treatments for cancer patients in rural areas.

25 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of radiotherapy treatment machines in England.

25 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Mermaids

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Ministers in his Department have met representatives of the Mermaids charity since 5 July 2024.

23 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase funding for arts and culture in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

23 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Open Prisons: Prisoner Escapes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have escaped from Category D prisons in the last 10 years.

23 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Runnymede Trust: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has provided funding to the Runnymede Trust in the last ten years.

23 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers: South Holland and the Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of unpaid carers in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.

23 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Arden Strategies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Ministers in his Department have met representatives of Arden Strategies since 5 July 2024.

23 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will publish the offences committed by prisoners released under the early release scheme.

22 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many confiscations of mobile phones took place in prisons in (a) England and (b) Wales in each of the last three years.

22 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many confiscations of Class A drugs took place in prisons in (a) England and (b) Wales in each of the last three years.

22 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: East Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test centres there are in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) the East Midlands.

22 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Solar Power: Land Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to block applications for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects which include solar photovoltaic panels on grade 1, 2 and 3a farmland.

22 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Hereditary Peers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the projected cost to the public purse is of removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords.

Source: official written-questions record.