Written questions

2,665 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces have (a) appointed a dedicated antisocial behaviour lead, (b) established an antisocial behaviour action plan and (c) increased patrols in hotspot areas.

27 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Neighbourhood Policing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) help improve (i) public confidence and (ii) perceptions of fairness in policing and (b) measure progress on the implementation of the measures set out in the

27 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Neighbourhood Policing: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to publish force-level recruitment figures for neighbourhood policing roles.

27 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Police: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional (a) neighbourhood police officers, (b) police community support officers and (c) special constables have been recruited since the start of this Parliament.

27 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services and Social Services: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making frontline health and social care workers eligible for the autumn 2025 covid-19 vaccination programme.

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

South Fylde Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help increase the capacity of passenger rail services on the Lytham to Preston rail line.

26 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2025 to Question 61866 on Armed Forces: Buildings, if he will make an estimate of the cost of answering that Question.

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Squirrels: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to support the conservation of native red squirrel populations.

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an estimate of the cost of hiring new teachers due to changes in employer National Insurance contributions for schools in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.

26 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the cost of hiring new staff due to changes in employer National Insurance contributions for GP practices in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire

26 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of wastewater capacity in Fylde constituency for planned housing developments.

26 Jun 2025 · Attorney General

Non-crime Hate Incidents

To ask the Solicitor General, whether the Crown Prosecution Service uses information about recorded non-crime hate incidents in deciding whether to (a) bring charges and (b) recommend bail conditions.

26 Jun 2025 · Attorney General

Non-crime Hate Incidents

To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the recording of non-crime hate incidents on the sentencing of individuals in future criminal proceedings.

26 Jun 2025 · Attorney General

Hate Crime: Prosecutions

To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions for hate crimes have the CPS commenced in each of the last 12 months; and how many and what proportion of these prosecutions resulted in conviction.

26 Jun 2025 · Attorney General

Freedom of Expression: Prosecutions

To ask the Solicitor General, if she will publish the guidance issued to the Crown Prosecution Service on the application of the public interest test in cases involving freedom of expression.

26 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Defibrillators

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's policies on maintaining the defibrillator network.

26 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Defibrillators: Public Buildings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure defibrillators in public buildings are properly serviced.

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

First Aid: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the teaching of CPR in schools.

26 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Business: Lancashire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Spring Statement of 26 March 2025 on levels of business confidence in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2024 to Question 12182 on Schools: Fylde, what recent estimate she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of VAT on independent school fees on the number of ch

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the 3,000 (a) new and (b) expanded school-based nurseries will be in Fylde.

26 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans Support Centres: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adding Lancashire to the pilot of the VALOUR veteran support centres.

26 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what processes are in place to ensure that veterans self-identifying in NHS primary care settings are effectively referred to VALOUR centres.

26 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans Support Centres: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many VALOUR support centres for veterans he plans to locate in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire.

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Undocumented Workers: Gig Economy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of regulations governing online platforms used by the gig economy..

25 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alzheimer's Disease: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June to Question 61301 on Alzheimer's Disease: Drugs, if he will publish a (a) summary and (b) redacted version of the economic models used in the NICE appraisals of (i

25 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alzheimer's Disease: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June to Question 61301 on Alzheimer's Disease: Drugs, whether NICE has made an assessment of the potential impact of not publishing the economic models for (a) lecanema

25 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June to Question 61581 on Undocumented Migrants: Lancashire, which stakeholders in Lancashire have been consulted in the last (a) month and (b) 12 months.

25 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Home Office: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60629 on Undocumented Migrants: Lancashire, if she will make an estimate of the cost of answering that Question.

25 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) retail staff and (b) police officers are aware of the new offence of assaulting a retail worker.

Source: official written-questions record.