Written questions

Shivani Raja

485 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a new direct rail link between Leicester and Coventry for Leicester's economy.

19 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Taxis: Conditions of Employment and Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that private hire drivers (a) are not exploited and (b) receive (i) appropriate pay and (ii) equal employment rights.

19 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Cricket and Football: Sportsgrounds

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) football and (b) cricket pitches there are in England.

19 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Zero Hours Contracts: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes in the regulation of zero hours contracts on average (a) staffing and (b) other costs for SMEs.

15 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Sham Marriage: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that those who exploit immigration marriage fraud to gain entry to the UK are (a) identified and (b) removed from the country.

5 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Stamp Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a phased approach to stamp duty increases for those in pre-agreed property transactions.

5 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing student maintenance loans in line with Consumer Price Index inflation.

5 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Fireworks: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to work with local authorities to enforce noise curfews during fireworks.

23 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press notice entitled Thousands of new homes to be built as government unlocks brownfield sites, published on 15 October 2024, which local authorities will

18 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Sports: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the levels of funding for grassroots sports.

15 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to support University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust in the context of that Trust declaring a critical incident on 9 October 2024 and standing down that cri

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made on the potential impact of reductions in funding for sports on (a) access to physical activity for children and young people and (b) public health.

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Sports

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the current level of funding for sports programmes in schools is protected.

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Cricket: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of levels of funding for (a) women's cricket and (b) grassroots cricket infrastructure.

14 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the potential impact of prohibiting outdoor smoking and vaping on the hospitality sector.

8 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) Police and Crime Commissioners on updating the funding formula for police forces.

7 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Tax Allowances

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 October 2024 to Question 5439 on Arts: Tax Allowances, what grants are available to businesses in the creative industries; and what steps she is taking to help support

11 Sep 2024 · Treasury

Arts: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there are fiscal incentives for businesses looking to invest in creative industries in the UK; and whether she plans to take steps to encourage such investments.

11 Sep 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had recent discussions with industry stakeholders on increasing investment in the creative industries; and what steps her Department is taking to support new investors.

11 Sep 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Arts and Culture: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether financial support is available for firms looking to invest in the creative industries within the UK.

11 Sep 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Arts: Foreign Investment in UK

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to attract foreign direct investment into the UK’s creative industries.

9 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment: Leicester East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Leicester East constituency will be impacted by the decision to abolish universal winter fuel payments.