Written questions

1,820 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Fire and Rescue Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of new fire safety regulations on the workload of fire and rescue services.

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

Fire and Rescue Services: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help improve the cyber security resilience of fire and rescue services.

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

Livestock Worrying

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of Gladis' Law.

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

Livestock Worrying: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to implement penalties for dog attacks on livestock; and when those penalties will be enforced.

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

Livestock Worrying

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help increase levels of public awareness of the responsibilities of dog owners to prevent livestock worrying incidents.

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

Livestock Worrying

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) support and (b) resources his Department has provided to farmers to protect livestock from dog attacks.

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

Derelict Land: Community Land Trusts

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding options are available to community land trusts for (a) site remediation and (b) preliminary infrastructure work following the abolition of the Derelict Land Grant.

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

Derelict Land: Community Land Trusts

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will consider extending existing site remediation funding to Community Land Trusts.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Capture and Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to incentivise investment in UK-based carbon removal (a) manufacturing and (b) engineering capabilities.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Capture and Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support the growth of UK-based manufacturing capabilities for engineered carbon removal technology.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department issues to drivers on (a) verifying the accuracy of their driving licence entitlements and (b) what recourse is available to them if discrepancies to their licence entitlements are f

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Active Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help teach children about active travel to school.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Cycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage children to cycle to school.

22 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Motor Vehicles: Anti-social Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to improve enforcement measures against street racing in West Dorset constituency.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department provides funding for safe cycling routes to schools in rural areas.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Cycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of integrating cycling infrastructure with rural train stations.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to facilitate the carriage of (a) e-scooters and (b) e-bikes on rural train services.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to integrate (a) e-scooter and (b) e-bike infrastructure with rural bus services.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the accessibility of (a) e-scooters, (b) e-bikes and (c) bicycles in rural areas.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support her Department provides to local councils for reducing speed limits in villages.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending 20mph zones in rural villages in West Dorset constituency.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria her Department uses to determine speed limits in villages.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving: Cannabis

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department provides to drivers prescribed medicinal cannabis on (a) driving safety and (b) legal responsibilities.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has conducted public awareness campaigns on the dangers of mobile phone use while driving.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to introduce stricter penalties for mobile phone use while driving.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of mobile phone usage while driving on the number of road accidents in the past five years.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Instruction: Operating Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of supporting driving instructors with operational costs.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Instruction: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to help reduce the cost of driving lessons for learners in rural areas.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Neighbourhood Policing: Speed Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Community Speed Watch programmes in reducing speeding in West Dorset constituency.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Dangerous Driving: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support Community Speed Watch schemes and (b) deter (i) antisocial driving and (ii) street racing in rural areas.

Source: official written-questions record.