Written questions

Lee Anderson

1,705 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Academic Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to defend the right to free speech on university campuses.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of online taxi app companies on (a) independent taxi companies and (b) their drivers.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department holds data on changes in bus usage in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England since the increase in the bus fare cap.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce increased (a) sanctions and (b) deterrents to help tackle fly tipping.

4 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to give the police increased powers to tackle antisocial behaviour.

4 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Bank Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that people (a) in Ashfield constituency and (b) nationwide have access to face to face banking services.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Robin Hood Line: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve (a) reliability and (b) frequency on the Robin Hood Line in Nottinghamshire.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) the Family Farm Tax and (b) increased solar panel construction on arable land on national food security.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackling potential water shortages relating to population growth in the future.

4 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Personal Care Services: Money Laundering

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of money laundering by Turkish barber shops on (a) the community and (b) the wider economy.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Warehouses: Conditions of Employment and Working Conditions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to improve working conditions for people who work in distribution centres.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Large Goods Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate on towns with large vehicle production industries.

4 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2025 to Question 54350 on Cash Dispensing: Ashfield, how she defines the reasonable provision of free cash withdrawal and deposit facilities for personal current accounts.

4 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Tobacco: Smuggling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2025 to Question 54343 on Tobacco: Smuggling, how many and what proportion of those referrals resulted in the revocation of the business's economic operator registration.

4 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Tobacco: Smuggling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2025 to Question 54343 on Tobacco: Smuggling, how many and what proportion of those referrals resulted in a penalty; and what the average penalty was.

4 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of US tariffs on Chinese vape products on the level of illegal Chinese vapes entering the UK.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve levels of care for children in social care.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Children: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many warning letters Ofsted has sent to unregistered care settings for children in the last year.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Children: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to tackle unregistered care settings for children.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people began receiving Pension Credit after the announcement of changes to the eligibility criteria for the Winter Fuel Payment in 2024.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Trade Unions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trade union access proposals on SMEs that employ less than 200 people.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to help support (a) seriously ill and (b) disabled people who may be affected by proposed changes to the Personal Independence Payment.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what interim support his Department is providing to integrated care boards in relation to NHS dentist shortages in Ashfield constituency.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of access to NHS dental care in Ashfield constituency.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of available NHS dental appointments in Ashfield constituency.