Written questions

181 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Pepper Spray

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether Ministers in her Department have had discussions with the Prison Officers' Association on the issuing of PAVA spray to prison officers in the youth estate since the general election.

4 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of recent changes to the prisoner early release scheme on demand for housing from local authorities.

4 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of prisoners who will be released having served 40% of their sentences who will not have stable accommodation to be released to.

4 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential merits of using accommodation contracted by the Home Office to provide housing for prisoners released wh

4 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

Local Transport Fund: Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Local Transport Fund allocations 2025 to 2032, published on 26 February 2024, what her Department's planned timetable is for making available the funding allocated to Leicestershire County

30 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment: Melton

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the Melton Borough received winter fuel allowance payments in 2023.

30 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Melton

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Melton Borough claimed pension credit in 2023.

26 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria National Highways use when determining which junctions qualify for funding for safety improvements.

26 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport

A52: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents involving (a) fatalities, (b) serious injuries and (c) minor injuries have occurred at (i) Nottingham road, (ii) Belvoir road, (iii) Grantham road, (iv) Castle view road and (v)

26 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Razors

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the written ministerial statement of 21 May 2024 entitled Prisons safety update: wet-shave razors, HCWS493, whether she plans to implement the phased removal of wet-shave razors from an initial

26 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety Measures

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much contingency funding for urgent safety- critical projects National Highways has set aside in its 2024-2025 budget for in-year funding bids.

19 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Charnwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total capital investment by his Department was in schools in Charnwood constituency in the financial year 2021-22, by school.

19 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport

A46: Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if (a) his Department and (b) National Highways will make an assessment of the potential merits of road safety junction improvement works at the A46 Seagrave-Thanington cross-over in Leicestershire.

19 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport

East Midlands Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of delivery to date of (a) service improvements and (b) investment in new rolling stock as set out in the East Midlands 2019 rail franchise agreement.

19 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of progress on reviewing the funding formula for Government funding to local authorities.

17 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the viability of extending BRCA testing to all women over 30 on request.

15 May 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Churches: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what new models of financing the repair and maintenance of church buildings are being considered by the Government as part of the pilot scheme under the Taylor Review on the sustainabili

15 May 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Cricket

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the gross value added to the (a) UK and (b) East Midlands economy of (i) international and (ii) county-level cricket in the most recent year for which data i

9 May 2018 · Northern Ireland Office

Economic Growth: Northern Ireland

What recent assessment she has made of the level of growth in the Northern Ireland economy.

2 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Speech and Language Disorders: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the recommendations of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist report, Bercow: Ten Years, published on 20 March 2

2 May 2018 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to improve the identification of and support for speech, language, and communications needs, as part of the Green paper on transforming children and young people's mental health provision.

2 May 2018 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to ensure that practitioners working in alternative provision are able to access schools to identify and support language and communication needs in children.

1 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list the number of registered diabetics in each clinical commissioning group area.

26 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to tackle cyclists cycling on pavements.

29 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

What steps his Department is taking to improve support for children with special educational needs and disabilities.

9 Jan 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Oman: Diplomatic Relations

What recent assessment he has made of diplomatic relations with Oman.

23 Nov 2017 · Department for International Development

South Sudan: Polio

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the ability of South Sudan to maintain its vaccine programme after the global polio eradication initiative in that country has been wound down.

6 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list by police force area the (a) number of officers of superintendent rank or above in each local force and (b) proportion of each local police force's warranted strength that is of super

30 Oct 2017 · Department for Transport

M1: Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of expected traffic volumes on the M1 between junctions 21 and 22 in Leicestershire over the next 10 years.

7 Sep 2017 · HM Treasury

Financial Services

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he or Ministers of his Department have had with representatives of the (a) insurance, (b) mortgage and (c) banking industry on updating their standard terms and conditions to reflect increased life e

Source: official written-questions record.