Simon Hoare

26 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Police: Medals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to progress proposals for a medal of recognition for police officers injured in the line of service.

1 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Income Tax: Young People

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people pay income tax at age (a) 16, (b) 17, (c) 18, (d) 19, (e) 20 and (f) 21.

10 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rural England Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding will be made available to small and medium size businesses when transitional arrangements for the Rural England Prosperity Fund end.

10 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding will be made available to small and medium size businesses when transitional arrangements for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund end.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support she plans to make available to increase after school transport in rural areas.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what further steps she plans to take to make rural bus routes sustainable.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish an analysis of the trends in bus usage for the full duration of the £2 bus cap.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the removal of the £2 cap on fairs on the number of people using buses in (a) Dorset and (b) England.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Loneliness: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help tackle loneliness in rural areas.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Further Education and Sixth Form Education: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students are required to pay for transport to attend (a) sixth form and (b) college; and what the average cost is per student.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students require transport to mainstream schools (a) nationally and (b) in Dorset.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Vocational Education: North Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department can provide to establish a technical college in north Dorset.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage more young people into farming.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farmers: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mental health support the Government provides to farmers.

31 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Banks: Closures

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to ensure access to banking services in areas affected by bank closures.

31 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the impact of the provision of council services in rural areas on the cost of those services in (a) North Dorset constituency and (b) other rural

31 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed increase in employer National Insurance contributions on employment rates (a) nationally, (b) in Dorset and (c) in North Dorset constituency in th

31 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the coverage is of superfast broadband in (a) Dorset and (b) North Dorset constituency; and what steps he is taking to improve superfast broadband coverage in hard-to-reach areas.

31 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

5G: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the coverage is of 5G in Dorset; and what steps he is taking to improve 5G coverage in rural areas.

31 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to publish the Road Investment Strategy 3; and what funding is available via that scheme.

14 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of farms that will be affected by changes made to agricultural property relief and Inheritance Tax at the Autumn Budget 2024 in (a) North Dors

14 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Private Education: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of VAT changes on (a) private schools and (b) demand on the state sector in North Dorset constituency.

14 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Funerals: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress she has made on changing licensing in the funeral home sector.

14 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the additional costs of providing council services in rural areas.

14 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Local Government and English Devolution in response to the hon. Member for North Dorset during the Oral Statement of 1

23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Ownership Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to continue the Community Ownership Fund with the same terms of reference.

11 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Gambling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the financial impact of gambling-related (a) fraud and (b) other acquisitive crimes on the victims of those crimes; what the value was of assets recovered u

11 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to publish the impact assessment for the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill before the commencement of the Committee of the Whole House debate on the

31 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) removed for entering the UK illegally via the Ireland and Northern Ireland land border in each of the past five years.

22 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

India and Pakistan: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much overseas aid her Department has allocated to (a) India and (b) Pakistan in each year between 2015 and year end 2022; and what amount will be allocated to (a) India a