Written questions
198 written questions tabled, most recent first.
9 Jan 2025 · Department for Education
Department for Education: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on measures to achieve net zero targets in the last five years.
9 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on measures to achieve net zero targets in the last five years.
9 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Mobile Phones: Boston and Skegness
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help improve mobile phone signal coverage in rural areas of Boston and Skegness constituency; and what plans he has to ensure that (a) residents and (b) busin
9 Jan 2025 · Home Office
Police: Boston and Skegness
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will increase police funding in Boston and Skegness constituency.
9 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Heat Pumps: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people who received grants for heat source pumps under (a) the Green Homes Grant and (b) similar schemes are supported when systems prove un
8 Jan 2025 · Home Office
Offences against Children: Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to deport people with dual citizenship who are charged with child grooming offences.
8 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Combined Authorities: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that candidates standing in combined authority elections are not also responsible for (a) setting up and (b) overseeing those authorities.
8 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Minerals: National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reliance on imported rare earth minerals for net zero technologies on national security.
8 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Minerals: Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) mining and (b) processing rare earth minerals required for renewable technologies including (i) wind turbines and (ii) solar panels
8 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Manufacturing Industries: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of net zero policies on (a) UK manufacturing competitiveness and (b) jobs in carbon-intensive industries.
13 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Congenital Abnormalities
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many birth defects were reported among children born to couples who are first cousins in each of the last three years, broken down by the nationality of the parents.
13 Dec 2024 · Home Office
Marriage: Relatives
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many first-cousin marriages were recorded in each of the last three years, broken down by the nationalities of the parties involved.
12 Dec 2024 · Department for Education
Private Education: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of (a) the number of SEN pupils expected to transition to the state sector as a result of the introduction of VAT on independent school fees and (b) the cost to the state education sy
6 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what contingency measures his Department has should negotiations with Jingye on the future of steel blast furnaces collapse.
3 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what national framework contractors have been appointed for flood management; and how and on what criteria they were appointed.
2 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Feed: 3-nitrooxypropanol
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of long-term health concerns associated with the use of 3-Nitrooxypropanol in cattle feed.
2 Dec 2024 · Home Office
Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been deported (a) in total and (b) by nationality in each month since July 2024.
25 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of training NHS staff recruited from abroad in the last 12 months.
25 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on (a) the total cost of recruitment fees for employing overseas workers and (b) the average recruitment cost for each overseas employee incurred by NHS trusts
21 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what data his Department holds on (a) the annual costs incurred to date in implementing Net Zero policies and (b) the measurable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions achieved as a direct re
19 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much (a) United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust and (b) Lincolnshire Community Health Services spent on (i) translation and (ii) interpretation services in each of the last five years.
19 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Lincolnshire Police: Translation Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much Lincolnshire Police spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation services in each of the last three years.
19 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Non-crime Hate Incidents: Lincolnshire
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-crime hate incidents were recorded in Lincolnshire in each of the last three years.
18 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fishing Vessels: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many enforcement actions his Department has taken against foreign fishing vessels operating illegally in UK waters in each of the last five years.
18 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Hamas: Hostage Taking
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) diplomatic and (b) operational steps his Department has taken to help secure the release of (i) Emily Damari and (ii) other hostages held by Hamas in the last three
18 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Firearms: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have surrendered firearms licences in the last 12 months; and what data her Department holds on the reasons recorded for those surrenders.
18 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Home Office: Crime and Non-crime Hate Incidents
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the staff time taken to (a) record and (b) investigate (i) non-crime hate incidents and (ii) suspected criminal offences in each of the last five years; what the cost
18 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) training and (b) otherwise integrating NHS staff recruited from abroad in the last 12 months.
18 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS staff are (a) qualified healthcare professionals and (b) administrative staff.
18 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of NHS funding was spent on (a) administration and (b) patient care in the latest period for which data is available.
Source: official written-questions record.