Written questions

3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of new driving licences were issued to foreign nationals in each of the last three years.

22 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

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

21 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Crossbows: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the findings of the consultation entitled Controls on the use of crossbows on public safety grounds, published on 14 February 2024.

21 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to appoint an independent expert to conduct a cumulative impact assessment of all energy infrastructure proposed for Lincolnshire.

21 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Migration Advisory Committee

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ask the Migration Advisory Committee to add consideration of population growth to their ongoing work.

21 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has held recent discussions with (a) the Russell Group, (b) the University Alliance, (c) MillionPlus and (d) the 1994 Group on the bringing into force of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act

21 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Rugby: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of levels of funding for grassroots rugby infrastructure.

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

Temporary Accommodation: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of families living in temporary accommodation in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

21 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Lincolnshire Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding levels for Lincolnshire Police.

21 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prevent migrants who are not entitled to use NHS services from using (a) hospitals, (b) GP services and (c) other NHS services.

18 Oct 2024 · Women and Equalities

Religious Freedom

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will amend the Equality Act 2010 to protect the right of people to silently pray in the United Kingdom.

18 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been granted visas to work in the United Kingdom in the last three years without passing criminal record checks.

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

Food: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will have discussions with major (a) supermarkets and (b) food retailers on reducing food waste.

18 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to improve the energy efficiency of homes in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.

17 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Abortion: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish guidance on the application of safe access zones around abortion clinics to private property within such zones.

17 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Abortion: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish guidance on safe access buffer zones around abortion clinics.

17 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of asylum claims her Department has processed since 5 July 2024.

16 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels have started housing asylum seekers awaiting a decision on whether they will be granted refugee status since 5 July 2024.

16 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire who have unmet care needs; and what steps his Department is taking t

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

Community Ownership Fund: South Holland and the Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding was provided through the Community Ownership Fund to projects in South Holland and the Deepings constituency in each year since 2019.

15 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Driving under Influence: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help reduce the number of people driving while under the influence of illegal drugs.

15 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Agricultural Machinery: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of farm machinery theft in the last five years.

15 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of community pharmacies that have closed in (a) South Holland and the Deeping constituency and (b) Lincolnshire since 2014.

15 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many publicly available roadside electric vehicle chargers will be required for the phase out of the sale of internal combustion engine vehicles in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Li

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

UK Shared Prosperity Fund: South Holland and the Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding was provided through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to projects in South Holland and the Deepings constituency in each year since 2019.

15 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in childhood obesity levels in (a) South Holland and The Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire in each of the last three years.

15 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether Ministers in his Department have met representatives of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change since 5 July 2024.

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

Food: Production

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make the Fens a designated area for food production in planning policy.

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of women affected by the changes to the State Pension age in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

National Grid: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the potential cost of including a package of community benefits in the proposal for the Grimsby to Walpole project under the Great Grid Upgrade.

Source: official written-questions record.