Written questions

2,665 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Private Education: Fylde

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the revenue from applying VAT to independent schools in Fylde constituency in the next financial year.

3 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Private Education: Fylde

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the revenue from applying business rates to independent schools in Fylde constituency in the next financial year.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the change is in the rate of unemployment in Fylde since the Autumn Budget 2024.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payments: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Fylde constituency are awaiting winter fuel payments for 2024-25.

27 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Internal Drainage Boards: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support is available from his Department to set up a new Internal Drainage Board for the Fylde coast.

27 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Soil: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent soil degradation on agricultural land impacted by repeated flooding.

27 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward legislation on sustainable drainage systems.

27 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure women presenting symptoms of endometriosis receive sufficient care during early stages of diagnosis.

21 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Apprentices and Vocational Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support the uptake of apprenticeships and technical education.

21 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance Taskforce: Membership

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the membership is of the motor insurance taskforce announced on 16 October 2024; and what progress the taskforce has made.

21 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Wind Power: Lytham St Annes

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether proposals to temporarily close parts of St Anne’s beach to lay cables to connect the Morgan and Morecambe windfarm to its substations includes provisions to compensate affected busine

20 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Wind Power: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on the area’s badger population of proposals for the Morgan and Morecambe (a) cabling corridor and (b) substations.

20 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Wind Power: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on biodiversity of proposals for the Morgan and Morecambe windfarm (a) cabling corridor and (b) substations.

17 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve teacher (a) recruitment and (b) retention in (i) Lancashire and (ii) Fylde constituency.

17 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to NHS dentistry in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.

17 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether nursing positions for the provision of care in corridors will be advertised in Lancashire.

8 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Government Securities: Public Sector Debt

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increased long term gilt rates on Government borrowing costs.

8 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Driving under Influence: Arrests

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) arrested and (b) charged for (i) drink and (ii) drug driving in December 2024.

8 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Police: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on the number of police officers in Lancashire.

17 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Wind Power: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2024 to question 19898 on Wind Power: Fylde, what account the cost assessments have taken of existing infrastructure connecting Stanah to Penwortham.

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Children: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of children being placed in residential children's homes more than 20 miles away from their family homes on their care.

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Children: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are in a residential children's home over 20 miles from their family home.

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport

Driving under Influence: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 15346 on Driving under Influence: Drugs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending section 5A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to inclu

12 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department issues to planning authorities on (a) ensuring applications for lawful development certificates are properly assessed and (b) taking into account the

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Wind Power: Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his oral Answer to the Question from the hon. Member for Fylde of 8 October 2024, Official Report, column 140, whether his Department has made an assessment of the viability

12 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the National Planning Policy Framework, announced on 12 December 2024, on infrastructure and services in (a) Fylde constit

12 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure the reforms set out in the National Planning Policy Framework, published on 12 December 2024, safeguard the beauty and character of (a) Fylde c

12 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government will take with respect to councils who do not meet the targets set out in the National Policy Planning Framework, announced on 12 December 2024.

12 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of removing the role of elected councillors from certain planning processes under the new National Planning Policy Framework

12 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Economic Situation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of paragraph 2.45 of the Office for Budget Responsibility's report entitled Economic and fiscal outl

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