Written questions

2,337 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of how many dogs were experimented on in Great Britain in each year since 2010.

11 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Coastal Erosion: Lowestoft

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of coastal erosion to the local (a) community and (b) economy in Lowestoft.

11 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Coastal Erosion: Lowestoft

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent funding his Department has allocated to Coastal Partnership East following recent tidal surges in Pakefield, Lowestoft.

11 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Coastal Erosion: Lowestoft

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of providing coastal armour to protect the cliffs at Pakefield, Lowestoft in the context of the recent tidal surges.

13 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Deposit Return Schemes: Devolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress the Government has made towards establishing a deposit return scheme framework that is consistent across the devolved nations in line with the provisions of the (a

13 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Deposit Return Schemes: Devolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his relevant (a) Welsh, (b) Scottish and (c) Northern Irish counterparts on the potential merits of aligning the scope of deposit return schemes in tho

13 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests: Developing Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to take steps with Cabinet colleagues to provide support to smallholder farmers in developing countries to meet the legal requirement to not contribute to deforestatio

13 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to bring forward secondary legislation under the Environment Act 2021 to require businesses to ensure that their supply chains do not contribute to defores

19 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sustainable Farming Incentive

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many expressions of interest her Department has received from farmers wanting to enter the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2024; and how many farmers have been invited to apply to th

19 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sustainable Farming Incentive

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's press release entitled First farmers receive Sustainable Farming Incentive early payment, published 18 October 2023, how many and what proportion of

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that its data on levels of packaging waste is accurate.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beetles: Non-native Species

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the dates on which her Department has identified the UK presence of the Colorado beetle since January 2021.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of dog legislation enforcement officers in each year since 2010.

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

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to Question 198378 on Water Companies: Fines tabled on 7 September 2023 for answer on 12 September.

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

Food: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing mandatory food waste reporting.

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

Food: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has taken recent steps to help reduce the volume of food waste produced by businesses.

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

Beetles

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department first identified the presence of the Colorado beetle in the UK.

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

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Domestic Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the (a) dates and (b) locations of each visit (i) the Secretary of State and (ii) other ministers in her Department have made outside of London in their formal mini

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

Water Companies: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of fines issued to water companies went uncollected in each year since 2010.

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

Water Companies: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total (a) value and (b) number of fines issued to water companies was in each region since 2010.

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

Water Companies: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the total sums collected in fines to water companies by the Environment Agency in each year since 2010.

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

Water Companies: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of fines issued to water companies by the Environment Agency in each year since 2010.

1 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Community Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the (a) average waiting time for community payback to commence one an individual has been sentenced and (b) the total number of people waiting to undergo community payback in each yea

1 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Rape: Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for a rape trial to begin in each year since 2010.

1 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison wings closed (a) permanently and (b) temporarily due to staff shortages in each year since 2010.

1 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Young Offender Institutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged 18 and over are being held in young offender institutions for people under the age of 18.

19 Jul 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the audit findings set out on page 7 of the National Audit Office's report entitled Ministry of Justice Departmental Overview 2021-22, published in January 2023, if he will make an estimate of t

12 Jul 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Income

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the net fee income of His Majesty's Court and Tribunal Service in each of the last 10 years.

12 Jul 2023 · Attorney General

Offensive Weapons: Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, what percentage of possession of weapon cases were stopped after a defendant had been charged due to a victim no longer supporting the prosecution in each year since 2010.

12 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Offensive Weapons: Criminal Investigation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the percentage of possession of weapon investigations which were closed once a charge had been made due to the victim not supporting police actions in each year since

Source: official written-questions record.