Written Answers
← Back to speeches
Cabinet Office
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many suicides there were in Northamptonshire in each year since 2020; and how many of these were men.
View full answer ↗
Department for Business and Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he is taking steps to (a) strengthen the right to flexible working for people with neuro-disabilities and (b) make it the default position for all employers to offer reasonable adjustments for people with (i) cerebral palsy and (ii)…
View full answer ↗
Department for Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with North Northamptonshire Council on school transport fees.
View full answer ↗
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will hold discussions with the electrical contracting industry on estimated future trends in the level of demand for electricians for the implementation of low carbon technologies.
View full answer ↗
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the temporary removal of tariffs on egg imports from Ukraine on UK egg producers.
View full answer ↗
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to support sugar beet growers.
View full answer ↗
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Environment Agency spent on flood defences in Corby and East Northamptonshire constituency in each year since 2019.
View full answer ↗
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent retailers from misrepresenting the origin of (a) meat and (b) dairy products that are not (i) raised and (ii) produced in the UK.
View full answer ↗
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department issues on licence approvals for incineration plants in residential areas.
View full answer ↗
Department for Work and Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the qualifying period for (a) Disability Living Allowance, (b) Personal Independence Payment and (c) Carers Allowance on applicants under 25 with a confirmed diagnosis of cancer; and if…
View full answer ↗
Department of Health and Social Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish monthly data from the Capacity Tracker on the number of returned care packages, by (a) NHS-funded and (b) Local Authority-funded recipients.
View full answer ↗
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking tackle the shortfall in the children's health and therapy workforce across integrated care systems.
View full answer ↗
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with stakeholders on regulating advertisements of products that are high in (a) fat, (b) salt and (c) sugar (i) on TV and (ii) online.
View full answer ↗
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to consult with communities on the use of Pride in Place funding in Corby and East Northamptonshire constituency.
View full answer ↗
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will issue guidance on a reasonable timeframe for the (a) construction and (b) completion of an energy recovery facility with a capacity of 350,000 tonnes per year following the granting of planning…
View full answer ↗
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to introduce greater flexibility in the National Planning Policy Framework to support small almshouse charities in building affordable homes.
View full answer ↗
Ministry of Justice
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the rationale for requiring separate applications for a Health and Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney and a Property and Financial Affairs Lasting Power of Attorney, where both powers are granted to the same individual.
View full answer ↗
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department will publish the conclusions of the consultation on the regulation of the debt enforcement sector.
View full answer ↗
Treasury
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to help protect British businesses in (a) the hobby sector and (b) other sectors from (i) TEMU and (ii) other cheap import companies.
View full answer ↗
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade of the potential impact of withdrawing temporary easement for wine on business operations and the UK supply chain.
View full answer ↗
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the cost to businesses of administering the excise duty system following the end of the temporary easement on 1 February 2025.
View full answer ↗
