Written questions

3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many landlords were fined for allowing unauthorised migrants to rent their properties in 2022.

12 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs: Livestock Worrying

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to prevent dangerous dogs killing sheep in the context of the American Bully XL dog breed.

12 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has met with the RSPCA to discuss the effectiveness of the Dangerous Dogs Act in 2023.

11 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Agricultural Machinery: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the theft of farm (a) equipment and (b) machinery.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Lighting: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking with local authorities to help reduce light pollution in new housing developments.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with which organisations (a) she and (b) her officials have held discussions on the preparation of guidance on transgender pupils in schools.

11 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Bank Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the number of people who do not have access to a bank account.

11 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Politically Exposed Persons

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on how many people are listed as Politically Exposed Persons.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Lighting: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on taking light pollution into account when considering applications for new housing developments.

7 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government Finance: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will review the application of the local government formula grant to rural counties.

7 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bats: Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made a recent estimate of the number of bats that are killed by onshore wind turbines in each year.

7 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Birds: Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made a recent estimate of the number of birds that are killed by onshore wind turbines in each year.

7 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Delivery Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has held discussions with Transport for London on delivery drivers driving with learner plates; and if he will make an estimate of the number of delivery drivers in London driving with learner plates

6 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Vocational Guidance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve careers advice in schools in rural areas.

6 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Public Houses: Rural Areas

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is taking steps to increase financial support for pubs in rural areas.

6 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Resignations

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of dentists who have left the profession since 2013.

6 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many electric vehicle charge points there are in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

5 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Cash Machines: Rural Areas

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of closures of cashpoints in rural areas on the rural economy.

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Leisure Centres: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many local authority leisure centres closed in each year since 1997.

5 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Resignations

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of GPs that have qualified since 2010 and have left the NHS to practice overseas.

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

4G: South Holland and the Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many (a) partial and (b) total not-spots for 4G mobile signal are in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Responsible Dog Ownership working group has held recent discussions on the American Bully XL breed.

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Food: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has held discussions with representatives from supermarkets on the Competition Markets Authority investigation into food price rises.

4 Sep 2023 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Remote Working

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an estimate of the number of civil servants who were working remotely and logged in from overseas in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Leisure Centres: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an estimate of the number of leisure centres that might have been built using Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete.

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Diesel and Petrol

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to reassess the ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030.

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

A16 and A17: Dual Carriageways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential economic benefits of dualling the A16 and A17.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has made an estimate of what percentage of solar panels installed in the UK were manufactured in China.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Wind Power: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has made an estimate of what percentage of wind turbines installed in the UK were manufactured in China.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of foreign nationals accessing NHS services in each of the last five years.

Source: official written-questions record.