Helen Whately

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

Animal Welfare: Offensive Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has any plans to review the regulation of catapults in relation to animal welfare concerns.

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

Animal Welfare: Offensive Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the legal (a) sale and (b) possession of catapults on animal welfare.

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

Animal Welfare: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of legislation for (a) deterring and (b) prosecuting people who attack (i) wildlife and (ii) livestock with catapults; an

5 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefit: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people had their claim rejected for (a) Universal Credit, (b) the State Pension and (c) other public funds due to having a no recourse to public funds condition in each year since 2020.

5 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Migrants: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have had their indefinite leave to remain claim rejected because they have applied to lift no recourse to public funds.

5 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Migrants: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have asked for their no recourse to public funds to be lifted in each year since 2020.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an estimate of the value of Access to Work claims waiting to be processed.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the number of outstanding Access to Work applications was in each of the last 12 months.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken was to process Access to Work claims once an invoice had been submitted in each of the last 12 months.

2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Department for Health and Social Care's press release entitled Crack teams get patients off waiting lists at twice the speed, published on 16 March 2025, what estimate he has

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on 29 April 2025, Official Report, col 236, how many sickfluencers have been prosecuted under

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with ineligible immigration status applied for (a) Universal Credit and (b) other welfare payments in the last 12 months.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with no recourse to public funds applied for (a) Universal Credit and (b) other welfare payments in the last 12 months.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-UK and Irish nationals have applied for (a) Universal Credit and (b) other welfare payments in the last 12 months.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households on Universal Credit had (a) five, (b) six, (c) seven, (d), eight, (e) nine and (f) 10 or more children since November 2018.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Tax Credit: Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Tax Credit claimants were moved onto Universal Credit in each year since 2020.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Tax Credit: Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Child Tax Credit claimants have been moved onto Universal Credit.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

High Speed 1 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report commissioned by the Office of Rail and Road entitled Temple Mills Depot – Independent Capacity Assessment 2025, published on 31 March 2025, what steps her Department is taking to in

6 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of pensioners who are eligible for Pension Credit but not claiming it.

6 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in the debate on the Report stage of the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill o

6 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people that will not fall into long term economic inactivity due to funding announced in the Spring Statement 2025.

6 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people that will receive additional (a) employment, (b) health and (c) skills support through funding announced in the Spring Statement 2025.

30 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fruit: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) consult and (b) inform businesses importing fruit from non-EU countries of changes to (i) inspection regimes and (ii) risk categorisation; and what discu

30 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fruit: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the overnight holding of perishable fruit consignments at borders on affected businesses; and what steps his Departme

30 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fruit: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that importers of fresh fruit from outside the UK receive timely advance notification of border inspections.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Proceeds of Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times her Department has used the Proceeds Of Crime Act 2002 to recover assets following criminal prosecutions in each of the last five years.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Solar Power: Lithium-ion Batteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will instruct the Environment Agency to provide information on their planned inspections of battery storage units at Cleve Hill Solar Park before they are switched on.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Agency: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to monitor the responsiveness of the Environment Agency to enquiries from hon. Members.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Solar Power: Lithium-ion Batteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has recent discussions with the Environment Agency on their inspection plans for the battery storage units at Cleve Hill Solar Park.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Solar Power: Lithium-ion Batteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the Environment Agency responds to requests from the hon. Member for Faversham and Mid Kent on battery safety at Cleve Hill Solar Park.