Written questions

Sir Ashley Fox

376 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether there are any requirements for civil servants to book a desk in advance in order to attend the office in person in each of (a) their Department's office workplaces and (b) the arm’s length bodies of the

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether there are any requirements for civil servants to book a desk in advance in order to attend the office in person in each of (a) their Department's office workplaces and (b) the arm’s lengt

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether there are any requirements for civil servants to book a desk in advance in order to attend the office in person in each of (a) their Department's office workplaces and (b) the arm’s length bodi

21 Feb 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Buildings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there are any requirements for civil servants to book a desk in advance in order to attend the office in person in each of (a) their Department's office workplaces and (b) the arm’s length bodies of thei

21 Feb 2025 · Attorney General

Attorney General's Office: Buildings

To ask the Solicitor General, whether there are any requirements for civil servants to book a desk in advance in order to attend the office in person in each of (a) their Department's office workplaces and (b) the arm’s length bodies of their Department.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2024 to Question 13354 on Dangerous Dogs, if he will take steps to set out a more detailed timeline on when he plans to publish guidance on withdr

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pets: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of neonicotinoids in spot pet treatments on the environment.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pets: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of neonicotinoids in spot pet treatments on natural habitats.

5 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to update the Cautioning and Relationship Abuse training for domestic abuse offenders with diagnosed mental health conditions.

27 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Standard Individual Export Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the average length of wait has been to receive the result of an application for a Standard Individual Export Licence using the new LITE system since it was launched.

27 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Standard Individual Export Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the average length of wait was to receive the result of an application for a Standard Individual Export Licence using the SPIRE system between January to July 2024.

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

Farms

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to update data held on farms by (a) constituency and (b) local authority.

9 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support the tourism sector.

8 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

HM Land Registry: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance she has issued to civil servants in the Land Registry on how frequently they should attend the office each week; how many and what proportion of desks were occupied

3 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Parole: Homicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of causing a death have been granted parole before the halfway point in their original sentences in the last year.

3 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to decrease the amount of time it takes for a repurposed medicine to be granted an MHRA licence.

3 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average length of time has been for a repurposed medicine to be granted an MHRA licence from the point of application in the last two years.

3 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many repurposed medicines have successfully been granted MHRA licences in the last two years.

17 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has agreed to meet with the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme Trustees.

16 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Processed Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the minutes from the recent Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition horizon scan meeting of 9 October 2024 on ultra-processed foods.

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2024 to Question 13145 on DWP: Buildings, how many staff were in attendance in Caxton House on average in the last week for which figures are available.

12 Dec 2024 · Wales Office

Wales Office: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2024 to Question 13970 on Wales Office: Buildings, how many staff attended the Department's HQ building in that period; and how many staff are assigned to that workplace.