Written questions

3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Groceries Code Adjudicator

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will update the powers of the Groceries Code Adjudicator to increase the maximum fine levy amount.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Social Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing a discounted energy social tariff for disabled households.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: South Holland and the Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school students receive free school meals in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to promote investment opportunities for businesses based in Lincolnshire.

4 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Offenders: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been deported from the United Kingdom for convictions related to grooming in the last five years.

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

Cultural Heritage: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will introduce new protections under the National Policy Planning Framework to protect historically significant landscapes.

4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners released under the early release scheme have been electronically tagged.

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

Badgers: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many badgers have been culled in Lincolnshire since the beginning of the current cull regime.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of childhood cancers.

4 Oct 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland: Borders

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times Ministers in his Department have visited the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland since 5 July 2024.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people eligible for Winter Fuel Payments live overseas, broken down by country.

12 Sep 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Retail Trade: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many retailers were handed fines by the Groceries Code Adjudicator in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

12 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Job Creation: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support job creation schemes in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

12 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Government Departments: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to encourage Government Departments in Whitehall to prioritise the (a) procurement and (b) purchase of British produced (i) food and (ii) drink.

12 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will meet nuclear test veterans to discuss compensation.

12 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2024 to Question 1875 on Armed Forces: Radiation Exposure, which stakeholders he plans to consult on the commemorative medal criteria.

12 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants working in Whitehall are not UK nationals.

11 Sep 2024 · Treasury

Faith Schools: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of introducing VAT on independent schools on faith groups.

11 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Public Libraries: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has provided for library resources in Lincolnshire County Council in each of the last five years.

11 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people will be released from prisons in Lincolnshire under the early release scheme.

11 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to help support public bodies to prioritise the purchase of British produced (a) food and (b) drink.

11 Sep 2024 · Home Office

Tobacco: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many shops have been served closure orders for the sale of illegal tobacco and vapes in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire in each of the last five years.

11 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Spalding

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to introduce a rail freight terminal near Spalding.

11 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will meet Network Rail to discuss electrifying the Peterborough to Doncaster railway line.

11 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Spalding

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential economic benefits of introducing a Sunday service for trains serving Spalding railway station.

11 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the number of passenger miles travelled by bus in Lincolnshire.

11 Sep 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been sent from the Republic of Ireland to the United Kingdom in the last six months.

11 Sep 2024 · Treasury

Tobacco: Smuggling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had recent discussions with HMRC on tackling the illicit tobacco trade.

11 Sep 2024 · Treasury

Tobacco: Smuggling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had recent discussions with the National Crime Agency on tackling the illicit tobacco trade.

11 Sep 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: South Holland and the Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to promote access to sports for (a) young people and (b) people with disabilities in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.

Source: official written-questions record.