Written questions

Lisa Smart

564 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Performance Certificates: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what comparative assessment he has made of the potential impact of EPC band requirements on (a) all homeowners and (b) homeowners with (i) detached and (ii) bungalow-style properties.

17 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Suicide: Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of contacts that each police force has had (a) with people experiencing suicidal ideation and (b) where a suicide is in progress in the last 12 mont

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of increasing funding for educational support for children with a cancer diagnosis on costs to the public purse.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a national funding scheme to support the education of children diagnosed with cancer.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of provisions within (a) the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill and (b) other relevant legislation intended to promote school attendance on chi

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of educational provision for children diagnosed with cancer.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Leisure: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of funding allocated to local leisure facilities.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Leisure Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities to (a) maintain and (b) improve community leisure centres.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Ownership Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to reopen the Community Ownership Fund.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Assets: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the closing of the Community Ownership Fund on local assets that previously received funding.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review Shared Care arrangements to ensure they are delivering effective outcomes for patients.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Music: Stockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support young people in the music industry in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of classifying income from pensions payments as unearned income for the purposes of Universal Credit assessments on people who are unable to wo

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital admissions were recorded for inflammatory bowel disease in the Hospital Episode Statistics dataset in (a) Hazel Grove constituency and (b) England in each of the last five years.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Performance Certificates: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of private landlords who will sell their properties as a result of the proposed change in Energy Performance Certificate standards.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Performance Certificates: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to Energy Performance Certificate requirements on trends in the level of privately rented housing stock

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to review speed limits on non-residential roads.

8 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Crimes of Violence: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she plans to take to tackle the backlog of court cases involving violence against women and girls.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will support the development of a new bypass to link the A6 at Hazel Grove with the M60 at Bredbury.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) current and (b) projected future capacity of the A6 road corridor between Hazel Grove and Whaley Bridge.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Electronic Government: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the National Cyber Security Centre on (a) preventing and (b) removing scam or impersonation websites that mimic (a) the DVLA and (b) government services.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to prevent third-party websites from misleading members of the public by imitating the DVLA online services.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce call waiting times on the PIP helpline.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Parking: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to increase the £2.50 fee charged by private parking companies for each V888/3 application to access vehicle keeper data from the DVLA to use in issuing parking charge notices.