Written questions

36 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of adjusting the Lifetime ISA property price cap in line with (a) inflation and (b) average house prices.

11 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on increasing its capacity to clear the backlog of asylum applications.

11 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to introduce three year funding settlements for local authorities.

11 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of (a) reinstating and (b) replacing the New Homes Bonus and (c) increasing the S31 grant.

11 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to extend the flexible use of capital receipts to include (a) pensions and (b) voluntary redundancies.

6 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Crime: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to tackle rural crime in Lancashire.

4 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Crime: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to improve the enforcement of the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime in England and Wales.

7 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Act 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his planned timetable is for laying secondary legislation to implement the Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Act 2023.

7 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many child maintenance cases were moved from collect and pay to direct pay where the child maintenance service was aware of domestic abuse in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

7 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many child maintenance cases were moved from collect and pay to direct pay in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

16 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is working with her international counterparts to tackle supply issues relating to (a) semaglutide and (b) other glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists licensed for treating patients

16 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Semaglutide: Diabetes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the guidance submitted to medical professions on the prescription of semaglutide on the availability of that drug for people suffering from t

16 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Semaglutide: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking with pharmaceutical companies to increase the supply of semaglutide.

26 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Police: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to support local police forces to help them to deal with complaints backlogs.

23 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Pre-school education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) the requirement for maintained nursery schools to have at least one teacher with qualified teacher status and (b) other Ofsted requirements on

17 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Police: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the average time taken to investigate complaints by professional standards teams in police forces.

17 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply: Public Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to bring forward legislative proposals to make it easier for communities to establish a Water Management Board.

16 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Woodford Investment Management

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential risk to the UK financial services industry of the Financial Conduct Authority investigation into the LF Woodford Equity Income Fund.

15 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Elections: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make a comparative estimate of the cost to the public purse of holding a general election on (a) the same date as the local elections and (b) another date.

11 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister of the Cabinet Office on the role of the Government Resilience Framework in strengthening national flooding preparedness.

27 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to help reduce the number of potholes (a) nationally and (b) in West Lancashire constituency.

27 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department plans to use when allocating the new £2.5 billion fund for local transport across all areas in the North; and what his planned timetable is for announcing those funding decisions.

27 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Hinkley Point C Power Station and Sizewell C Power Station

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate her Department has made of when the (a) Hinkley and (b) Sizewell nuclear power plant will be operational.

23 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of elective surgeries cancelled in the last 12 months.

23 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help prepare the NHS for winter 2023-24.

22 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure there is adequate funding for the provision of SEND services in rural schools.

22 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure equitable standards of SEND provision in (a) urban and (b) rural communities.

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to support small businesses in rural areas.

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Industry: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department has taken to support the hospitality sector in the context of the rise in the cost of living.

16 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on strengthening national flooding preparedness.

Source: official written-questions record.