Written questions

3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Sep 2024 · Treasury

Tobacco: Smuggling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking at a retail level to tackle the illicit tobacco trade.

10 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Peterborough City Hospital: Accident and Emergency Department

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce accident and emergency waiting times at Peterborough City Hospital.

10 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Mission Boards

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Mission Delivery Boards have met since 5 July 2024.

10 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pilgrim Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce accident and emergency waiting times at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston.

10 Sep 2024 · Department for Education

Pupils: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the real-term funding per pupil in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in South Holland and the Deepings constituency was in each financial year since 2010.

10 Sep 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many vacant state secondary school places there were in (a) Lincolnshire County Council and (b) South Holland and The Deepings constituency on 6 September 2024.

10 Sep 2024 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle online grooming of children.

10 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Migraines: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of access to (a) specialist care and (b) NICE-approved treatments for patients with migraine.

10 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department informs victims when perpetrators of crimes against them are due to be released under her Department's scheme to temporarily reduce the proportion of some custodial sentences served in pris

10 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has had recent discussions with the Victims' Commissioner on the potential impact on victims of her Department's scheme to temporarily reduce the proportion of some custodial sentences served in priso

9 Sep 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the number of households that do not have internet access in (a) South Holland and The Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

9 Sep 2024 · Department for Education

Teachers: South Holland and the Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the number of teachers in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.

9 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a hardship fund for women affected by the change to the State Pension age.

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

Green Belt: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to protect the greenbelt in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

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

Devolution: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has for district councils in the Greater Lincolnshire devolution deal.

9 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of people who (a) have been convicted of domestic abuse and (b) will be released early from prison as part of the SDS40 scheme.

9 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing five year block awards to councils for pothole management.

9 Sep 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

ICT: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an estimate of the cost-benefit return of the projected Edinburgh supercomputer.

9 Sep 2024 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing: Lincolnshire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of pay to use ATMs in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

9 Sep 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Ministers in his Department have met representatives of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change since 5 July 2024.

9 Sep 2024 · Home Office

National Crime Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have (a) been recruited by and (b) left the National Crime Agency since January 2023.

9 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Mission Boards

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether minutes from mission delivery boards will be made publicly available.

9 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of sending prisoners serving sentences in England and Wales to prisons overseas.

9 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help reduce waiting times for practical driving tests in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

9 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

Motorways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to end the use of smart motorways.

5 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an estimate of the potential impact of changes to the eligibility criteria for Winter Fuel Payment on mortality rates in winter 2024-25.

5 Sep 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Trade Unions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his oral contribution of 25 July 2024 in response to the question from the hon. Member for Islington North, if he will publish a summary of his meeting with civil service unions.

5 Sep 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what trade deals his Department is (a) negotiating and (b) not currently negotiating.

5 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Ministers in her Department have met representatives of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change since 5 July 2024.

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

Empty Property: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the number of unoccupied dwellings there are in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

Source: official written-questions record.