Written questions

Adam Dance

610 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Litter: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessments he has made of the potential merits of supporting greater education in schools on (a) littering and (b) reducing littering.

30 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Litter: Public Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take reduce the public health impact of litter in rural communities.

30 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Litter: Public Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of litter on public health in rural communities.

30 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Deposit Return Schemes: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of supporting the introduction of bottle deposit schemes in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) other rural communities.

30 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Litter: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the primary causes of litter in rural communities.

30 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Litter: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to help tackle the sources of littering in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) rural communities.

29 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Yeovil

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to accelerate the processing of pensions claims made by retired firefighters in Yeovil constituency.

29 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Yeovil

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to compensate fire fighters in Yeovil constituency whose pensions were transferred from the 1992 Fire Fighters Pensions scheme to the 2015 Fire Fighters Pension

29 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the mandatory transfer of pensions from the 1992 Fire Fighters Pensions scheme to the 2015 Fire Fighters Pension Scheme on

29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of letters on NHS (a) appointments and (b) test results received late by patients in Yeovil constituency.

29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure patients in Yeovil constituency receive timely correspondence on NHS test results.

29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure patients in Yeovil constituency receive timely correspondence on NHS (a) appointments, (b) cancellations and (c) rescheduling of appointments.

29 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Yeovil dated 7 April 2025.

24 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Police Community Support Officers: Long Service Awards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of funding twenty years' service medals for Police Community Support Officers as recognition of their service to their community.

24 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Drugs: Organised Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help prevent the exploitation of vulnerable children by county lines gangs in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) Somerset.

24 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Drugs: Organised Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to help tackle the transportation of illegal drugs through county lines in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) Somerset.

3 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sustainable Farming Incentive: South Somerset

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with farmers in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) south Somerset on the closure of the Sustainable Farming Initiative.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish public guidance on the process for withdrawing certificates of exemption for dogs wrongly registered as XL Bullies.

1 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the application window for the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme to three months.

1 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason she removed the five year settled status pathway for Ukrainians living in the UK.

1 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to enable Ukrainians living and working in (a) Yeovil Constituency, (b) Somerset, and (c) the South West of England to stay in the UK if there is peace in Ukraine.

1 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support Ukrainians staying in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset, and (c) the South West of England in the long term.

1 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Banking Hubs: Rural Areas

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will hold discussions with LINK on the adequacy of (a) its assessment process for approving banking hubs in rural areas and (b) its considerations of the need for in-person banking services beyond access to c

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Somerset

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of the Spring Statement 2025 on the number of benefit claimants at risk of poverty in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) Somerset.