Written questions

2,665 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Avanti West Coast: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 36175, what steps she is taking to improve the Network Rail infrastructure reliability.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Avanti West Coast: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 36175, what conclusions were drawn from the minister's meeting with AWC and Network Rail.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Avanti West Coast: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 36175 on Avanti West Coast: Standards, what conclusions were drawn from the minister's meeting with Avanti West Coast.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of infrastructure developments on agricultural land in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Products: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to encourage people to buy Lancashire produce.

13 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Rural Areas: Lancashire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on levels of business confidence in rural communities in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce fly-tipping in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farmers: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on farmers’ mental health in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the number of farmers who will be affected by changes to (a) agricultural property relief and (b) business property relief in (i) Fylde constituency and

12 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Large Goods Vehicles: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the reclassification of double cab pick ups on (a) small businesses and (b) family farms in Lancashire.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of eligible people who have applied for and are waiting to receive the winter fuel payment for winter 2024-25 in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of means testing the Winter Fuel Payment on NHS services in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on employment rates in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of recent trends in the level of in the unemployment rate in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of means testing the Winter Fuel Payment on levels of pensioner poverty in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.

6 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will arrange local referenda before proceeding with local government reorganisation in Lancashire.

6 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that international development funding is spent more efficiently.

6 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Commonwealth: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to strength ties between the UK and (a) Canada, (b) New Zealand, (c) Australia and (d) other Commonwealth countries.

6 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Forests and Trees: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of the potential impact of urban (a) trees and (b) woodland on (i) mental and (ii) physical

6 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Great British Energy on household energy bills in Fylde.

6 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of obesity-related illnesses on health services in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire.

6 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce household energy bills in Fylde constituency.

6 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Employment: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take legislative steps to criminalise people who knowingly mislead a potential employer with a misrepresentative CV.

6 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Civil Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to manage the potential impact of recent legal cases against veterans on trends in the level of recruitment for the Armed Forces.

6 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help encourage young people to learn to play a musical instrument.

6 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Children and Young People: Reading

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to increase access to books for young people.

6 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Countryside: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people can access the countryside.

6 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Bank Services: Visual Impairment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support blind people to access cash when local bank branches close.

6 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

West Coast Main Line: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to communicate upcoming service cancellations on the West Coast Mainline to (a) passengers and (b) potential passengers.

6 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Northern: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure reliable Sunday services on Northern Rail train services in Fylde constituency.

Source: official written-questions record.