Written questions
1,155 written questions tabled, most recent first.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
East Anglia Rail Franchise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has for the future of the East Anglia railway franchise.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
Railway Stations: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has for further funding under the Access for All scheme; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allocating such funding to provide step-free access at Marks Tey railway sta
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
Witham Station: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to provide funding for the renovation of Witham railway station.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
A12: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will provide additional funding to National Highways for the A12 Chelmsford to A120 widening scheme.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
Roads: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding she plans to provide to Essex County Council for highways in each of the next five years.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
A12: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with National Highways on the planned timetable for work on the A12 Chelmsford to A120 widening scheme.
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has for the adult social care precept in the next five years.
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Council Tax: Single People
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households receive a single person discount on their council tax liability; and what the total value was of that discount in the latest period for which data is availabl
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the level of funding that her Department will provide to local authorities in each of the next five years.
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how her Department calculated revised housing targets affecting (a) Braintree District Council, (b) Colchester City Council and (c) Maldon District Council.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education
School Rebuilding Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the timescale for the completion of works at each school announced in the School Rebuilding Programme in February 2024.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education
Academies Enterprise Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she received notice from the Academies Enterprise Trust of its proposed change of name to Lift Schools; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of this name change on public confidenc
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Winter Fuel Payment: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of changing the eligibility criteria for the winter fuel payment on (a) the number of additional patients that will require N
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Winter Fuel Payment: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of people in (a) Witham constituency and (b) Essex who (i) are eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment and (ii) will be eligible for the payment under the propose
4 Oct 2024 · Treasury
Fuels: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what modelling assumptions her Department has made of revenue to the Exchequer arising from fuel duty in each of the next five financial years.
4 Oct 2024 · Treasury
Fuels: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what modelling assumptions her Department has made of the rate of fuel duty in each of the next five financial years.
4 Oct 2024 · Treasury
Fuels: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing fuel duty by between one and 25 pence per litre by each one penny increment on (a) revenues to the Exchequer, (b) costs to businesses and (c) hous
12 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport
Roads: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to announce new investment for highways in Essex.
30 Aug 2024 · Treasury
First Time Buyers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) merits of extending First Time Buyers’ Relief after March 2025 and (b) impact of not extending First Time Buyers’ Relief after March 2025 on first time buyers.
25 Apr 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Business: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support her Department is providing to businesses in Essex to increase the export of goods and services.
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Witham Industrial Watch: Business Improvement Districts
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to respond to the correspondence of 29 January 2024 from Witham Industrial Watch Ltd providing notice under regulation 3(2) of the Business Improvement Dist
28 Feb 2024 · Treasury
Seas and Oceans: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the future revenue to the Exchequer from the lease of the seabed by the Crown Estate for offshore wind farms.
28 Feb 2024 · Treasury
Bank Services: Small Businesses
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to protect small businesses from being de-banked.
28 Feb 2024 · Treasury
Income Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the introduction of the Pillar 2 OECD global minimum income tax on the UK economy.
28 Feb 2024 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the performance of HMRC in answering telephone enquiries.
28 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Learning Support Fund: Pharmacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling pharmacy students to utilise the NHS learning support fund.
28 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Lampard Inquiry
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress has been made on the Lampard Inquiry into mental health services in Essex.
28 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase the number of GPs in Essex.
28 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she (a) has reviewed and (b) plans to review the (i) provision and (ii) location of (A) inpatient and (B) outpatient health services in Essex.
28 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Leasehold
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the number of leaseholders in (a) Witham constituency, (b) Essex and (c) England.
Source: official written-questions record.