Caroline Voaden

12 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Restoration Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Water Restoration Fund will open for new applications in 2026.

12 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Empty Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for trends in the number of long-term empty homes.

8 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the fishing industry following recent changes to the EU regulations for UK vessels operating in EU waters.

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Angling: White Fish

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support recreational angling operators in the light of recent changes to pollack catch limits.

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Fishing Vessels: Wrecks

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has had with the fishing industry in the South West on the sinking of a vessel off the coast of South Devon on 11 October 2025.

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Delivery Services: Consumers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions she has had with OFCOM on levels of compliance of delivery companies with consumer rights legislation.

17 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property Development: Coastal Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to prevent speculative development on greenfield sites in coastal locations.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to ensure local authorities are adequately funded to support public libraries.

4 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to solar feed in tariff contract conditions on households with solar panels.

3 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure SEND is taken into account in school attendance policies.

2 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve the responsiveness of his Department's helplines.

26 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Overseas Territories: Tax Evasion

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help tackle tax evasion in the Overseas Territories.

17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

IVF: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure female same-sex couples have access to NHS-funded IVF treatment.

5 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress her Department has made on rolling out Project Gigabit in the South West.

28 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure consistent access to post-diagnostic dementia support.

27 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Sea Mines: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what process is in place to ensure mariners are notified of training mines set in UK waters.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Peatlands: Controlled Burning

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the threshold is for Natural England to investigate reported burns on deep peat.

22 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Financial Conduct Authority's regulatory regime entitled PS24/8: Access to cash.

22 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Business Rates: CCTV

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of including CCTV systems as rateable items on businesses.

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support innovation in the agricultural sector.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his planned timetable is for informing local transport authorities of their Local Transport Grant allocation.

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

National Parks: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the potential impact of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on levels

10 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Disability: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the guidance entitled Reliefs from VAT for disabled and older people (VAT Notice 701/7), published on 18 December 2014, for people with permanent disabilities who are

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 17 of his Department's publication entitled Reforming elective care for patients, published on 6 January 2025, what progress has been made with reviewing local patient transp

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fertilisers: Microplastics and Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure biosolids used as fertiliser do not contain (a) per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and (b) microplastics.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to allocate funding for seafish-related (a) skills and (b) other training for the 2025-26 financial year.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has considered extending temporary licences to (a) crab and (b) lobster fishers who have been affected by recent trends in the number of octopuses.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what process her Department uses to reallocate unused licences that allow fishing for bass.

3 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers' Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 56493 on Teachers' Pensions, what progress she has made on resolving outstanding Cash Equivalent Transfer Value cases.

18 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Crisis and Resilience Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to publish further information on the Crisis and Resilience Fund.