Written questions
2,665 written questions tabled, most recent first.
9 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Teachers: Career Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support teachers in Continuous Professional Development programmes in state schools.
9 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Electronic Cigarettes: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has provided guidance to the police on the steps to take when the sale of single use vapes is reported to them.
9 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Electronic Cigarettes
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the ban on single use vapes on the prevalence of vaping in schools.
9 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ambulance Services: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for ambulances in the Lancashire Ambulance Service area.
8 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Planning Permission: Biodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to publish a publicly accessible register of biodiversity net gain credit schemes with information on (a) location, (b) pricing and (c) habitat type to sup
8 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Planning Authorities and Property Development: Biodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms exist for (a) developers and (b) local planning authorities to appeal the (i) availability and (ii) cost of mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain credits in cases where viabl
8 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Biodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of trends in regional differences in the (a) availability and (b) pricing of Biodiversity Net Gain credits.
8 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Property Development: Biodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) securing and (b) verifying Biodiversity Net Gain credits on small and medium-sized developers.
7 Jul 2025 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: DNA and Fingerprints
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on recording the (a) DNA and (b) fingerprints of migrants who arrive in the UK illegally.
7 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Coastal Areas: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has issued to the public on rights of access to (a) coastal paths and (b) beaches.
7 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Coastal Areas: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department funds educational programmes on coastal conservation for schools visiting beaches.
7 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport
Beaches: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase safety measures at beaches during (a) summer months and (b) other periods of increased activity.
7 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Beaches: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of miles of public beaches that were inaccessible due to (a) private ownership and (b) development on 7 July 2025.
7 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Beaches: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the cleanliness of beaches in Lancashire.
7 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Languages: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage more students to study languages in schools.
7 Jul 2025 · Home Office
Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 49682 on Deportation, what estimate she has made of the number of those 24,000 people that entered the UK illegally.
7 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agricultural Products: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an estimate of the cost of introducing a not for EU labelling scheme for agri-food businesses in Fylde constituency.
7 Jul 2025 · Treasury
Government Assistance: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support people who were ineligible for government financial support measures during the Covid pandemic.
7 Jul 2025 · Home Office
Gender Based Violence: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce violence against women and girls in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.
7 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Conditions of Employment: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on the number of working days lost to strike action in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.
7 Jul 2025 · Treasury
Food: Prices
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of fiscal policy on levels of food inflation in Fylde constituency since 4 July 2025.
7 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Mobile Phones: Military Bases
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps with the Secretary of State for Defence to improve mobile signal at military sites.
7 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Military Bases: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase mobile phone signal in barracks.
4 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Artificial Intelligence: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to provide training opportunities for people to upskill in the use of artificial intelligence.
4 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Innovation: Fylde
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has plans to expand regional tech clusters in the North West of England; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of locating new innovation hubs i
4 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Stem Subjects: Fylde
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support STEM skills development in (a) secondary schools and (b) colleges in Fylde constituency.
4 Jul 2025 · Home Office
Drugs: Organised Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on tackling county lines gangs in schools.
4 Jul 2025 · Home Office
Drugs: Organised Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of people engaged in county lines activity.
4 Jul 2025 · Home Office
Drugs: Organised Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle county lines gangs operating in Lancashire.
4 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Typhoon Aircraft: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will meet with representatives from Unite the Union at BAE Systems Warton to discuss the impact of not purchasing new Typhoon jets for use by the Royal Air Force.
Source: official written-questions record.