Written questions
83 written questions tabled, most recent first.
16 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests: Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the average number of weeks that learner drivers are waiting to take their driving test in Derbyshire; and what steps she is taking to reduce this.
16 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Apprentices: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of withdrawing funding for level 7 apprenticeships on the number of people completing these apprenticeships.
11 Sep 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions his Department has had with the trustees of the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme on the transfer of its investment reserve to members.
18 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Bolsover
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional urgent dental appointments have been made available in Bolsover constituency in 2025.
18 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have been hospitalised needing treatment for dental decay in (a) Bolsover constituency, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England in each of the last five years.
18 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Bolsover
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of dental care provision in Bolsover constituency.
18 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Bolsover
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve access to NHS dentistry in Bolsover constituency.
18 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dentistry
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how may dentists offering NHS treatment to adults there are per 1,000 people in (a) Bolsover constituency, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England.
15 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport
M1: Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made a recent assessment of the safety of vehicles queuing on the carriageway as they exit the motorway at junction 28 of the M1.
15 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Bolsover
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many registered care homes received a Care Quality Commission assessment as (a) requires improvement and (b) inadequate, in each of the last five years in Bolsover constituency.
15 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport
M1: Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of upgrading Junction 28 of the M1 on the implementation of the Government's missions.
15 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport
M1: Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to upgrade Junction 28 of the M1.
8 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line: Bolsover
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when HS2 safeguarding measures will be removed from land in Bolsover constituency.
7 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Childcare: Tax Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of parents with three and four-year-olds from (a) Bolsover, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England have used their entitlement to 15 hours of free childcare in each of the last three years.
7 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Childcare: Tax Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of eligible working parents with children aged from nine months have accessed 15 hours of free childcare per week in (a) Bolsover constituency and (b) England since September 2024.
7 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Childcare: Tax Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of of free childcare hours for disadvantaged two-year-olds were taken up in (a) Bolsover, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England in each of the past three years.
16 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
School Rebuilding Programme: Bolsover
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in Bolsover constituency will receive funding from the school rebuilding programme.
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Shirebrook
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of when the JobCentre in Shirebrook will re-open.
30 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Bolsover
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with (a) less than two children and (b) more than two children receive both the Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity payment and Universal Credit in Bolsover constituency.
30 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Bolsover
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people (a) with less than two children and (b) more than two children receive the standard allowance for Universal Credit in Bolsover constituency.
30 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Bolsover
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claim Universal Credit in Bolsover constituency.
13 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Parental Responsibility: Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications have been made to the courts to strip people convicted of (a) rape and (b) other serious crime of their parental responsibility in each of the last five years.
13 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Child Arrangements Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many barring orders have been made by family courts to prevent a parent from applying for child arrangements orders where (a) rape and (b) domestic abuse have been cited as the reason in each of the last five
13 May 2025 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that all communities in (a) rural and (b) semi-rural areas have access to public transport.
13 May 2025 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding to Derbyshire County Council for bus routes in rural areas.
7 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Oil: Russia
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help ensure that sanctioned Russian (a) oil and (b) oil products are not being sold in the UK lubricant and engine oil market.
7 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Oil: United Arab Emirates
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he expects the Trade Remedies Authority to report the results of its investigation into imports of lubricant and engine oil from Lithuania and the United Arab Emirates.
7 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Oil: United Arab Emirates
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact for his policies of the dumping of imported products from the UAE in the (a) lubricant and (b) engine oil market.
7 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Charging Points: Motorway Service Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help promote private funding for new EV charging infrastructure at motorway service areas.
31 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Motorway Service Areas: Leasehold
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with motorway service area operators on the renewal of leases of those areas.
Source: official written-questions record.