Written questions

1,705 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the DVSA on waiting times for driving tests.

30 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the eligibility criteria for the Winter Fuel Allowance to enable more people to claim it

22 May 2025 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing: Ashfield

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help ensure access to cash in Ashfield constituency.

22 May 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Iran

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps is she taking to help tackle illegal immigration from Iran.

22 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will increase sentences for offences committed with a knife.

22 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Knives: Nottinghamshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many knife crimes were reported in Nottinghamshire in each of the last five years.

22 May 2025 · Home Office

Neighbourhood Policing: Nottinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will increase the number of police officers in neighbourhood teams in Nottinghamshire.

22 May 2025 · Home Office

Police: Nottinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to retain police officers in Nottinghamshire.

22 May 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in National Insurance contributions on organisations that deliver services for SEND children.

22 May 2025 · Treasury

Tobacco: Smuggling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many referrals has HMRC received from local enforcement authorities in relation to the penalty regime introduced through the Tobacco Products (Traceability and Security Features) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.

15 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Shoplifting: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to increase the length of sentences for shoplifting.

15 May 2025 · Home Office

Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of retail workers who have experienced violent crime at work in each of the last five years.

15 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will increase the length of sentences for people who commit violent crime against retail workers.

15 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

McClure Solicitors: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has had discussions with the Solicitors Regulation Authority on trusts that were under the authority of WW&J McClure solicitors.

15 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

McClure Solicitors: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions her Department has had with third parties who sold trusts that then came under the authority of WW&J McClure solicitors.

15 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

McClure Solicitors: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to inform clients of WW&J McClure solicitors that their trusts are no longer viable.

14 May 2025 · Home Office

Tobacco: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seizures of (a) cigarettes, (b) hand rolling tobacco and (c) other tobacco products have been made by Border Force at (i) seaports, (ii) airports and (iii) postal services, in each of the las

13 May 2025 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks and Tobacco: Smuggling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) calls and (b) online submissions have been made to HMRC fraud hotline in relation to (i) illegal tobacco and (ii) illegal alcohol in each of the last five years.

2 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Coal: Mining

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to support future applications for sustainable mining of coal.

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needss: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many SEN schools have informed her Department that they require additional funding in each of the last five years.

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Nottinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase SEND funding in Nottinghamshire.

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Nottinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is she taking to meet the demand for specialist SEND school places in Nottinghamshire.

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Political Impartiality

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure teachers remain political impartiality in secondary schools in Nottinghamshire.

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of school buildings in Ashfield constituency.

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Education: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in attainment levels between boys and girls in schools in Ashfield constituency.

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools ban the use of mobile phones by pupils during the school day in Ashfield constituency.

25 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to healthcare for the elderly population in Ashfield constituency.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions: Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will remove net zero targets for key strategic industries.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much her Department has spent on keeping foreign nationals imprisoned in prisons in each of the last five years.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison Service: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were assessed for a role in the Prison Service by nationality in the latest period for which data is available.

Source: official written-questions record.