Written questions

Vikki Slade

433 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Plastics: Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps with the Secretary of State for Education to reduce the usage of single-use plastics in (a) early years and (b) childcare settings.

27 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Financial Conduct Authority: Complaints

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the Financial Conduct Authority responds in full to complainants against companies it has given permits to operate.

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Industry: Mid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, What steps he is taking to support the hospitality sector in Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency.

21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Relations: Racial Discrimination and Religion

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Pride in place strategy, published on 25 September 2025, what steps he is taking with local authorities to help tackle (a

21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Asylum and Migrants

21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Boilers: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department have made an assessment of the potential impact for home boiler longevity of amending Part L of the Building Regulations to mandate (a) boiler inhibitor ch

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Performance Certificates: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what grant funding is available to help small businesses improve their Energy Performance Certificate ratings to at least C; and whether he plans to introduce new such grants for small busine

14 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Digital Technology: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 22 September 2025 to Question HL10544 on Digital Technology: Taxation, what discussions she has had with her international counterparts on the development of an international approach

13 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Energy Performance Certificates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will introduce tax reliefs for small businesses undertaking works to improve their properties’ Energy Performance Certificate ratings to a minimum of an EPC rating of C.

13 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Crimes Against the Person: Retail Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will issue guidance on crime reporting for lone workers in the retail sector.

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

Animal Welfare: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing method of production labelling on (a) the economy and (b) farm incomes.

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Firearms: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of shooting incidents involving people (a) whose gun licences had been revoked and (b) who illegally retained possession of a firearm in the past five year

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Firearms: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of shooting incidents involving people who had previously been reported as persons of concern in the last five years.

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

National Trust and Sites of Special Scientific Iterest: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether land that is (a) owned by the National Trust and (b) a Site of Specific Scientific Interest requires Secretary of State approval before implementing proactive fire prevention m

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

Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of requiring Secretary of State sign-off for the cutting of firebreaks in Sites of Specific Scientific Interest during c

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Companies: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking with Companies House to ensure companies under the control of the same person or persons are connected on the Companies House website.

10 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) review and (b) update the automatic breast screening programme policy for women aged 70 and above as part of his National Cancer Plan.

10 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Multiple Myeloma: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Cancer Plan will include strategies to improve the accuracy of diagnoses for those with Myeloma.

9 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Absent Voting

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of postal vote applications that were not renewed between April 2021 and April 2024.

9 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Absent Voting

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking with local authorities to support people to renew their postal vote applications.

9 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Absent Voting

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of postal vote renewals during the last ten years.