Written questions
135 written questions tabled, most recent first.
18 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Land Use
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hectares of land have been taken out of food production in the last year.
17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the 2025 harvest on (a) farm profitability and (b) business viability.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Proof of Identity: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure the inclusion of people (a) in rural areas and (b) with poor connectivity in the proposed digital ID scheme.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Proof of Identity: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure that lessons learned from previous IT projects will be considered in the development of the proposed digital ID scheme.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Proof of Identity: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help ensure the inclusion of people living in (a) rural areas and (b) with poor internet connectivity in the proposed digital ID scheme.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Proof of Identity: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed Digital ID scheme on data security.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Proof of Identity: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an estimate of the potential cost of the implementation of a digital ID system.
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers are residing in Suffolk.
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the estimated annual cost of providing (a) healthcare, (b) education, and (a) welfare support to illegal migrants in (i) the UK and (b) in Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency.
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of unresolved asylum claims on local (a) councils and (b) services in Suffolk; and what additional resources she is providing to Suffolk Council to
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many outstanding asylum claims there are; and what the average time taken is for those claims to reach a final decision.
16 Sep 2025 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the countries with which the Government is conducting negotiations for the return of illegal migrants. started.
15 Sep 2025 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her priorities are to tackle illegal immigration; and how these differ from her immediate predecessor.
12 Sep 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the cost of housing asylum seekers in (a) hotels, (b) private rental accommodation and (c) council housing in each of the last five financial years.
12 Sep 2025 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of small boat crossings since 4 July 2024.
1 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Inland Waterways and Rivers: Damage
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) people and (b) groups have been prosecuted by the Environment Agency for damaging (i) watercourses and (ii) rivers.
30 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rivers: Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 57090 on Rivers: Flood Control, how much of the £200 million funding for river asset management will be allocated to preserve the Riv
30 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rivers: Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 57090 on Rivers: Flood Control, how much of the £200 million funding for river asset management will be allocated to Suffolk County C
30 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 57090 on Flood Control and the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 57092 on Flood Control: Finances, how much of the £2.65 billion fun
30 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 57090 on Flood Control and the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 57092 on Flood Control: Finances, if he will set out how the £2.65
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Flood Risk Activity Permits were issued in 2024.
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for Flood Risk Activity Permits were made in 2024.
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Land
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support landowners with riparian rights.
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department will allocate to councils in England to carry out recommendations of flood investigation reports under section 19 of the Flood and Water Management Act
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department allocated to councils in England to carry out recommendations of flood investigation reports under section 19 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rivers: Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the risk of river bank failure in cases of heavy rainfall.
3 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce inland flooding.
28 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Private Education: Domestic Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many private schools Ministers in her Department have visited since 5 July 2024; and which schools they have visited.
28 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Department for Education: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to provide a substantive response to the Freedom of Information Act request of 14 February 2025 with reference number 2025-0005461.
2 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Floods: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's Review of affordability and availability of flood insurance to help evaluate the effectiveness of FloodRe, published in October 2022, if he will publ
Source: official written-questions record.