Natalie Fleet MP: written questions
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Written questions
People SmugglingForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 908778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking with international counterparts to help tackle organised immigration crime.
Answer: We are determined to disrupt the small boats gangs and work with international partners more closely to take Organised Immigration Crime (OIC), and this is why the Foreign Secretary convened leading Foreign Ministers to discuss this at the Munich Security...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSevern Trent Water and Yorkshire Water: SewageDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2026 to question 119539, whether she plans to take action against a) Yorkshire Water for monitoring sewage overflow levels at Palterton Main Street C
Answer: The Environment Agency ensures that water companies are properly monitoring discharges to the environment. It analyses Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) data from all water companies to assess compliance and, where appropriate, take enforcement action. This...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordInsulation: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what grants are available to help low income families living in houses of solid wall construction, such as former colliery-built houses, increase their homes' energy efficiency.
Answer: Through the Warm Homes Plan, around ?4.4 billion of grant funding is allocated up to 2030 for low-income and fuel poor households to install solar panels, batteries, heat pumps and insulation. The Warm Homes: Local Grant delivers upgrades via local author...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSewage: BolsoverDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119539More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action is being taken to ensure that monitoring at combined sewage overflow locations in Bolsover constituency is active 100 per cent of the time.
Answer: The Environment Act 2021 requires all water companies, including Severn Trent, to publish near real time Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) data for all storm overflows. EDM installation follows specifications set out in the CIWEM (Chartered Institution of W...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Written QuestionsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she intends to publish an answer to Question 105314, tabled on 13 January 2026.
Answer: The response to Written Parliamentary Question 105314 was published on 20 March 2026.
Answered 20 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordOil: United Arab EmiratesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to help prevent circumvention of anti-dumping measures on certain engine oils and hydraulic fluids imported from Lithuania and the UAE by importers.
Answer: On 12 December 2025, a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of Lithuanian and UAE engine oils and hydraulic fluids came into effect. The circumvention of imports into the UK is monitored by HMRC which carries out risk-based and intelligence-led checks ...
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordUnadopted Roads: SchoolsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109644More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support is available for schools situated (a) on and (b) close to unadopted roads where no parties are maintaining (i) those roads and (ii) street furniture to an acceptable
Answer: Responsibility for maintaining unadopted private roads rests with the frontagers of the road, who are the owners of properties or land that front, border or have access to the road. If the road becomes dangerous, the relevant local authority has enforceme...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving: EyesightDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of DVLA-mandated eye tests in rural and semi-rural communities.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s contract with Specsavers for vision testing services provide coverage across England, Wales and Scotland, with 436 stores able to perform the services required. Specsavers is working to increase the number of stor...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: SewersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the capacity of sewage works in a local area is assessed before planning permission is given for new housing developments; and what steps he is taking to ensure that capa
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 103042 on 14 January 2026.
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: Rural AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure that housing developers build an adequate amount of affordable housing in (a) Bolsover constituency and (b) other rural areas.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 101017 on 6 January 2026 and to the Written Ministerial Statements made on 2 July 2025 (HCWS771) and 28 January (HCWS1283).
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of customers who have been overcharged for their energy use due to smart meter errors in each of the last three years.
Answer: Accuracy levels for both smart and analogue meters must comply with the Measuring Instruments Regulations (SI 2016/1153). Consumers have the right to have their meter independently tested if they dispute its accuracy. The Department does not hold data on ...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: BolsoverDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to question 98962, what discussions he has had with Derbyshire County Council in the time taken to issue education, health and care plans, since an improvement notice for its SEND services was issued i
Answer: Since issuing the improvement notice to Derbyshire County Council in January 2025, the department is regularly and closely monitoring and tracking outcomes against Derbyshire’s local area partnership’s special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) imp...
Answered 20 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMineworkers' Pension SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the trustees of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme about protecting members' bonus pensions by removing standstill from the MPS Rules.
Answer: I am meeting the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme Trustees in early February to discuss potential changes to the scheme, including standstill.
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMidwives: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of NHS midwives undertaking trauma-informed training as part of their maternity care training.
Answer: Many National Health Service trusts and Accredited Education Providers such as universities have developed their own training programmes or academic modules around Trauma Informed Care (TIC) for midwives. NHS England is undertaking a rapid scoping exercis...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for patients awaiting assessment by a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service doctor has been for each of the last five years for which data is available in a) Derb
Answer: The following table shows the median waiting time in days between a referral start date and the end of the year for referrals for children and young people aged under 18 years old supported through National Health Service funded mental health, who are sti...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordFood: HygieneDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on making the display of food safety ratings for food businesses compulsory.
Answer: The Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) is operated by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in partnership with local authorities across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Businesses in Wales and Northern Ireland are legally required to display their rating s...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDementia: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of joined up working between local authority social services and the NHS in dementia cases where a patient and their carer live in different local author
Answer: Carer support where a carer lives in a different local authority or National Health Service integrated care board area is not specifically detailed in the dementia guidance documents. However, all core dementia guidance, including The Dementia 100, The De...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDementia: Health ProfessionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101508More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what terms dementia care specialists have been employed by the NHS in Derbyshire in each of the last five years.
Answer: This information is not held centrally.Care for those living with dementia is provided by multidisciplinary teams, with many elements of this care being in place for many years. This includes, but is not limited to, general practitioners, nurses, speech a...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDefence: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of a) the quantity and b) the origin of aluminium used in key Ministry of Defence contracts.
Answer: The Department does not currently track the use of aluminium within the supply chain. Following the recent publication of the Critical Minerals Strategy, of which aluminium is included, the Department will be scoping the best way to build this into the mo...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMobile Phones: BolsoverDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure full mobile phone signal in Bolsover constituency.
Answer: Ofcom is responsible for assessing and reporting on mobile network coverage across the UK. As part of the work to improve the accuracy of mobile coverage data, Ofcom updated their definition of ‘good’ mobile coverage in June 2025 to align with user’s expe...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: BolsoverDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with Derbyshire County Council on the adequacy of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities in Bolsover constituency.
Answer: A joint local area special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) inspection was undertaken by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in September 2024, which found widespread and systemic failings leading to significant concerns about the experi...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadband: East MidlandsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what comparative estimate she has made of the average download broadband speed in (a) Bolsover constituency, (b) other Derbyshire constituencies and (c) the East Midlands; and what step
Answer: According to independent website Thinkbroadband, approximately 94% of premises in the Bolsover constituency have access to gigabit-capable broadband, this is higher than the UK average of 89%. They report that the average download speeds in the constituen...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMobile Broadband: BolsoverDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the (a) quality and (b) area coverage area for (i) 5G and (ii) other wireless data reception in Bolsover constituency; and what steps she is taking to help
Answer: Ofcom is responsible for assessing and reporting on mobile network coverage across the UK. As part of the work to improve the accuracy of mobile coverage data, Ofcom updated their definition of ‘good’ mobile coverage in June 2025 to align with user’s expe...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordThe Brigg Infant School: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97918More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on securing funding for repair and maintenance works on the early years building at The Brigg Infant School in South Normanton.
Answer: Ensuring schools and colleges have the resources and buildings they need is a key part of the department’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and give every young person the best start in life.The department is investing almost £3 billion per y...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: FreightDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken to assist British road haulage companies which also operate in the European Union to obtain dual registration of their vehicles.
Answer: The Department for Transport implemented the dual registration measure in summer 2022 to support the UK’s road haulage companies that specialise in cultural touring internationally. This was in recognition of the particular challenges this sub-sector face...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
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