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.