Written questions

2,665 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Creative Foundations Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) rural and (b) small arts venues will be able to apply to the Creative Foundations Fund.

30 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Creative Foundations Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria her Department plans to use to determine the eligibility of arts and cultural organisations applying for funding through the Creative Foundations Fund.

30 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Private Rented Housing: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he is taking steps to support landlords to reach an EPC C rating in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to increase community involvement in the planning process in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.

30 May 2025 · Treasury

Cryptocurrencies: Fylde

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to protect people living in Fylde constituency from cryptocurrency scams.

30 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Power: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to taking to secure (a) domestic and (b) international investment in the nuclear industry.

30 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that nuclear energy contributes to the resilience of the UK’s energy supply.

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Stewardship Scheme: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to consult with (a) farmers and (b) agricultural stakeholders from Fylde constituency in advance of the implementation of the new Higher Level Stewa

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Stewardship Scheme: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to monitor Higher Level Stewardship payments to ensure they deliver (a) measurable environmental benefits and (b) value for money in (i) rural communities and (

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Stewardship Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether farmers currently on expiring Higher Level Stewardship agreements will be eligible for the new payment rates if they (a) renew and (b) transition to Environmental Land Manageme

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Stewardship Scheme: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers are (a) enrolled in the Higher Level Stewardship scheme and (b) expected to receive an uplift in payments from January 2025 in (i) Lancashire and (ii) Fylde constituen

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has a long-term strategy for improving road safety in Fylde constituency.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what initiatives are in place for local communities to help identify road safety issues in Fylde constituency.

30 May 2025 · Home Office

Emergency Services: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that emergency response teams are adequately (a) trained and (b) equipped to respond to road traffic incidents in (i) Fylde constituency and (ii) Lancashi

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to assess the quality of road construction in Fylde constituency.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to introduce a public awareness campaign on road safety in Fylde constituency.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve road safety in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.

30 May 2025 · Department for Education

Digital Technology: Adult Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support adults to expand their digital capability.

30 May 2025 · Treasury

Bank Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with banking sector representatives on the future of face-to-face banking services for (a) older people, (b) people with limited digital access and (c) other people.

30 May 2025 · Treasury

Banking Hubs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2025 to Question 36179 on Bank Services: Visual Impairment, what proportion of announced banking hubs are operational as of June 2025; and what steps she is taking to expedite the

30 May 2025 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2025 to Question 36179 on Bank Services: Visual Impairment, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the FCA’s regulatory rules for access to cash introduced in Septemb

30 May 2025 · Treasury

Banks: Closures

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2025 to Question 36179 on Bank Services: Visual Impairment, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the FCA monitors the potential impact of branch closures on vulnerabl

30 May 2025 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2025 to Question 36179 on Bank Services: Visual Impairment, what support is available to communities in instances when LINK has not recommend a new service following a cash access

30 May 2025 · Treasury

Banking Hubs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2025 to Question 36179 on Bank Services: Visual Impairment, whether she plans to increase the number of banking hubs beyond 350 if demand or need increases.

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

National Housing Delivery Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure adequate (a) transparency and (b) accountability in the (i) allocation and (ii) use of National Housing Delivery Fund funding.

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

National Housing Delivery Fund: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria she plans to use to allocate National Housing Delivery Fund funding to SME housebuilders in Fylde.

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure that SMEs in Fylde can access (a) the National Housing Delivery Fund and (b) other financial support mechanisms.

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the reforms announced in her Department's press release entitled Government backs SME builders to get Britain building, published on 28 May 2025, what steps she

30 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Electric Bicycles: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to prevent the sale of illegally modified electric bikes.

30 May 2025 · Home Office

Electric Bicycles

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the use of illegally modified electric bikes.

Source: official written-questions record.