Written questions

1,820 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Farmers: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken with Cabinet colleagues to support farmers' mental health.

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

Environmental Land Management Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress his Department has made on the (a) allocation and (b) accessibility of funding to support farmers to transition to Environmental Land Management schemes; and what

10 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Cars: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.91 of the Autumn Budget 2024, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the reclassification of double cab pick-ups with a payload of one tonne or more as cars for tax pur

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

Slaughterhouses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) existing and (b) the creation of new local abattoirs.

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

Dairy Farming

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Andersons' report Andersons Outlook 2025, published on 5 November 2024, whether he has made an assessment of the reasons for the decline in dairy producers betwee

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

Agriculture: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support farmers to adapt to (a) flooding, (b) droughts and (c) other impacts of climate change.

10 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture: Holiday Accommodation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has taken steps to support farmers who have diversified into holiday accommodations to mitigate the potential financial impact of changes to the Furnished Holiday Lettings tax regime.

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

Agriculture: Property Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect the highest quality agricultural land from development pressures.

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

Agriculture: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure long-term stability in the agricultural budget.

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

Agriculture: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that the full farming budget is allocated to frontline agricultural support and does not result in a real-terms funding reduction for

31 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Special Educational Needs: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on transport companies who provide services for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

31 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Bank Services: West Dorset

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure continued access to in person banking services in West Dorset constituency.

31 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Lloyds Bank: Closures

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has had discussions with Lloyds Bank on the potential impact of the planned closure of its Dorchester branch on (a) local residents and (b) businesses.

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

Sewers: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of degraded drainage infrastructure on trends in flooding levels in rural areas.

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

Sewers: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of degraded drainage infrastructure on trends in flooding levels in West Dorset constituency.

31 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

West of England Line: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to take steps to upgrade the Salisbury to Exeter railway line from a single track with passing points to a double-track system.

31 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

West of England Line: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to support the electrification of the Salisbury to Exeter railway line.

31 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

ADHD: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of support provided by employers to their employees with ADHD.

31 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure police training is updated so that victims of disability hate crime are appropriately supported.

31 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of support provided by the NHS to people with ADHD after they have left full-time education.

31 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the level of car insurance costs on the ability of young people to access employment.

31 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the motor insurance sector on trends in the level of insurance prices for first-time drivers.

31 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Hate Crime: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions she has had with the Sentencing Council on the adequacy of the sentencing tariff for perpetrators of disability hate crime.

31 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's planned timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals to make disability hate crime an aggravated offence.

30 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Girls

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) levels of diagnosis and (b) difficulties of diagnosing ADHD in girls.

30 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of support for people with ADHD outside the school environment.

30 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the average waiting time for an ADHD assessment.

30 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for adult ADHD assessments in rural areas.

30 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) tackle and (b) improve reporting rates of disability hate crime.

30 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people over 65 can access free health checks every five years.

Source: official written-questions record.