Written questions

1,820 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to introduce dental buses to treat (a) low-income, (b) elderly and (c) disabled patients in West Dorset constituency.

6 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support local commissioning bodies during dental contract reforms.

6 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Coastal Areas and Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of short-term models to ensure dental access in (a) rural and (b) coastal areas with no current NHS dental practices.

6 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rights of Way

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Green Lane Association on sustainable countryside access.

6 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rights of Way

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of responsible green lane use on the health and well-being of people.

6 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rights of Way: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help protect access to green lanes for people with mobility difficulties.

6 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bees: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has considered temporarily restricting imports of queen bees from regions with a high risk of parasitic infestation.

6 May 2025 · Home Office

Emergency Services: Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding is available to police forces for the purchase of inflatable rescue mats used to prevent injuries from high-level jumps.

6 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of crash mat availability in (a) Dorset and (b) other rural fire services.

6 May 2025 · Home Office

Emergency Services: Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether crash mats are included in national resilience equipment standards.

6 May 2025 · Home Office

Police: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has received applications for (a) the Safer Streets Fund and (b) other funding streams for fall-prevention equipment from the Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset.

6 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Police: Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of fire departments have inflatable crash mats.

6 May 2025 · Home Office

Police: Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of police forces have inflatable crash mats.

6 May 2025 · Home Office

Police: Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of standardising the availability of fall-prevention equipment across police forces.

6 May 2025 · Home Office

Emergency Services: Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national (a) specification or (b) reserve for inflatable crash mats for the emergency services.

6 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of local authority enforcement powers to prevent fly tipping.

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

Fly-tipping: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to increase penalties for repeat fly tipping offences.

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

Fly-tipping: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support rural Dorset Council in managing rising fly tipping incidents.

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

Rights of Way

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish the consultation on access reform; and whether it will include provisions for enhancing public rights of way.

2 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abiraterone

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 of April 2025 to Question 46588 on Abiraterone, what discussions she has had with NICE on its engagement with health authorities on the (a) appraisal and (b) use of abi

2 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of regulation to help tackle third-party resellers charging inflated prices for driving test appointments.

2 May 2025 · Home Office

Police: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department has provided to rural police forces for the procurement of emergency equipment.

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

Bees: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to monitor imports of queen bees from Ukraine for the presence of Tropilaelaps mites.

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

Import Controls: France

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has raised concerns with his French counterpart on the lack of visible (a) controls and (b) public information at French ports of departure on the new import restrictions.

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

Dairy Products and Meat: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that appropriate biosecurity checks are conducted on (a) vehicles and (b) goods arriving in the UK from France, following the introduction

2 May 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered establishing a dedicated National Crime Agency unit to investigate institutional failings in cases of group-based child sexual exploitation.

2 May 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of ongoing investigations into institutional failings related to group-based child sexual exploitation.

2 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Community Energy Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to extend the Community Energy Fund to support additional eligible projects.

2 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department provides funding to rural communities for the cost of connecting to the electricity mains.

2 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what information his Department holds on the average cost of connecting to the electricity grid in (a) rural and (b) urban areas; and whether he plans to take steps to help reduce differences

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