Written questions

314 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many secure mental health beds were available on the secure estate in each of the last ten financial years.

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

Inland Border Facilities: Dover

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there were any financial implications to the Exchequer of the sale of the White Cliffs Business Park that hosts the Bastion Point Inland Border Facility site on 4 September 202

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

Import Controls: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of vehicles entering the Port of Dover being under no obligation to attend Sevington Border Control Point if asked to do so on

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

Meat: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of (a) dangerous and (b) illegal meat were intercepted at the (i) Port of Dover, (ii) Port of Felixstowe, (iii) Port of Liverpool, (iv) Port of London, (v) Port of Grim

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

Animal Products: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many products of animal origin spot checks were undertaken at the (a) Port of Dover, (b) Port of Felixstowe, (c) Port of Liverpool, (d) Port of London, (e) Port of Grimsby and Immi

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

Animal Products: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent on products of animal origin spot checks at the (a) Port of Dover, (b) Port of Felixstowe, (c) Port of Liverpool, (d) Port of London, (e) Port of Grimsby and Immingh

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

Inland Border Facilities: Dover

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2024 to Question 10797 on Inland Border Facilities: Dover, what the operating status is of Bastion Point Border Control Point as of 22 January 2025

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

Animal Products: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times the Timed Out Decision Contingency Feature has been used for medium-risk animal products in each month since February 2024.

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

Meat: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of (a) dangerous and (b) otherwise illegal meat have been intercepted by the Dover Port Health Authority in each of the last 10 financial years.

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

Homelessness: Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the total Government budget to tackle homelessness was allocated to allocated to Norfolk County Council in this financial year.

14 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Norfolk

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

14 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was in the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital emergency department in each of the last ten years.

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

Floods: Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of flooding have been reported in (a) South Norfolk constituency and (b) Norfolk in the last five years.

14 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the disparity in progress 8 attainment between students who (a) are and (b) are not eligible for free school meals (i) in South Norfolk constituency and (ii) n

14 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Foster Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support children in foster care and (b) the work of foster carers (i) in South Norfolk constituency and (ii) nationally.

14 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much additional funding her Department has allocated for special educational needs provision by Norfolk County Council since the Autumn Budget 2024.

10 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of single justice procedure convictions were for which recordable offences in the most recent year for which data is available.

16 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Life Imprisonment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the people serving life sentences for second listed offences in prisons in England and Wales on the 31 October 2024 (a) were serving a recall and (b) have never been released.

16 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Life Imprisonment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of the people serving life sentences for second listed offences in prisons in England and Wales on 31 October 2024 were sentenced (a) on or prior to 9 November 2000, (b) between 9 Nov

16 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Life Imprisonment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were serving life sentences for second listed offences in prisons in England and Wales on 31 October 2024.

12 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates' Courts: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of sentences handed out in open magistrates' courts were fines in each of the last five financial years.

12 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates' Courts: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of magistrates' court sentences were fines in each of the last five financial years.

12 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Sentencing: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of all sentences under the Single Justice Procedure were fines in each of the last five financial years.

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

Planning Authorities: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated to local authority planning departments in each of the last ten financial years.

27 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Public Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help ensure value for money in public spending.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sustainable Farming Incentive

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Sustainable Farming Incentive payments were made (a) within and (b) after four months.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: South Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of the bus fare cap on the average annual reduction in bus fares for people in South Norfolk constituency in each of the next three financial years.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Technology: South Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is adequate funding for (a) innovation and (b) development in technology in South Norfolk constituency.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Poverty: Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households that are in fuel poverty in (a) South Norfolk constituency and (b) Norfolk.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Foreign Investment in UK: South Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an estimate of the number of jobs created via foreign direct investment in South Norfolk constituency in the last 12 months.

Source: official written-questions record.