Written questions

443 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on financial deficits within police constabularies in England and Wales.

27 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of electric vehicle charging points installed in (a) small towns and (b) rural communities; and whether she plans to take steps to ensure they are even

27 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) assessments and (b) consultations her Department undertakes when determining locations for the installation of electric vehicle charging points.

27 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions: Small Businesses

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of lowering the National Insurance contribution threshold to £5,000 on small businesses that employ part time employees.

27 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Secondhand Goods

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to encourage consumers to purchase second-hand electric vehicles.

27 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure schools in rural areas have access to full fibre broadband.

27 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the mental health of teachers.

27 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department are taking to increase +-teacher retention rates in rural areas.

27 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Tewkesbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote women’s sport in Tewkesbury constituency.

25 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Fund; and whether the (a) funding and (b) services provided will extend beyond March 2025.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: Gloucestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve transport infrastructure in Gloucestershire.

20 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Home Country Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support people who came to the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.

20 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Care Workers: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure health and care worker’s on Tier 2 visa’s are protected from exploitation by their employers.

20 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is to help ensure that the proposed 1.5 million new homes are carbon neutral.

20 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Press: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote local journalism in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) other rural areas.

18 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Garden Communities

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department's policy is on the future of the garden communities programme.

17 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Government has increased vehicle excise duty for (a) electric and (b) low emission vehicles; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of this on trends in the level of consu

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the backlog of Education, Health and Care Plans in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) England.

5 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle extreme flooding in (a) Tewkesbury constituency and (b) rural communities.

5 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of proposed changes to inheritance tax on (a) small family farm closures and (b) internal food production security.

5 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to ensure that additional funding for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in mainstream schools is equitably distributed in rural areas.

5 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour: Sports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) help tackle anti-social behaviour and (b) cooperate with the police in communities that host large-scale sporting events other than football.

5 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horse Racing: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure animal welfare standards are (a) observed and (b) reviewed in the horse racing industry.

Source: official written-questions record.