Lewis Cocking MP: written questions 2025
184 published records · newest first.
Written questions
Leasehold: Repairs and MaintenanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2025 to Question 57573 on Housing: Sales, when her Department plans to launch the consultation on new reforms to the section 20 ‘major works’ pr
Answer: As set out in my Written Ministerial Statement of 21 November 2024 (HCWS2440), the government are committed to consulting on new reforms to the section 20 ‘major works’ procedure that leaseholders must go through when they face large bills for such works....
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNew Businesses: Advisory ServicesTreasuryTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61280More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Entrepreneurship Advisor role on small businesses.
Answer: Reducing barriers for business, entrepreneurs and investors is key to boosting economic growth and delivering the government’s Plan for Change. Alex Depledge has been appointed as the government’s Entrepreneurship Advisor and brings extensive entrepreneur...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: OffendersHome OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54430 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, what steps her Department is taking to remove small boat arrivals who fail criminality checks.
Answer: The Home Office conducts mandatory identity and security checks on all small boat arrivals. In line with the Refugee Convention, we will deny the benefits of protection status to those who commit particularly serious crimes and are a danger to the communi...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: OffendersHome OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54430 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, how many and what proportion of people arriving by small boat undergo further checks on criminality.
Answer: The Home Office conducts mandatory identity and security checks on all small boat arrivals. In line with the Refugee Convention, we will deny the benefits of protection status to those who commit particularly serious crimes and are a danger to the communi...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: OffendersHome OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54430 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, how many people arriving in small boats have been found to have (a) convictions, (b) pending prosecut
Answer: The Home Office conducts mandatory identity and security checks on all small boat arrivals. In line with the Refugee Convention, we will deny the benefits of protection status to those who commit particularly serious crimes and are a danger to the communi...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: NHS Low Income SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of barring illegal migrants from being eligible to apply for an HC2 certificate.
Answer: The Department has no plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of barring illegal migrants from being eligible to apply for an HC2 certificate.An HC2 certificate is for full help with health costs and is received via the NHS Low Income Scheme, ...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Low Income Scheme: AsylumDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 49532 on NHS Low Income Scheme: Asylum, what the cost to the public purse has been of providing HC2 certificates to people seeking asylum since 5
Answer: The information is not held in the format requested. HC2 certificates are generic and do not have categories such as student or asylum seeker attributed to them. The NHS Business Services Authority does not collect information on what category a patient u...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBanking HubsTreasuryTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59408More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the target for the number of banking hubs to be opened by the end of this Parliament.
Answer: The Government understands the importance of face-to-face banking to communities and high streets across the UK, and is committed to championing sufficient access for all as a priority. This is why the Government is working closely with industry to roll o...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59405More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled, Transport Secretary acts to make thousands of extra driving tests available each month, published on 23 April 2025, whether the measures have been impl
Answer: Since the announcement by the Secretary of State for Transport, 23 April 2025, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has: Asked volunteers currently working in other roles, but qualified to examine, to carry out practical driving tests. Reintrodu...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: BroxbourneDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the mental health support available to people in the Broxbourne constituency.
Answer: Local integrated care boards are responsible for ensuring that mental health services are safe, effective, sustainable, and meet the needs of the population.Long waits are being driven by increasing demand in a system in desperate need of change. We are a...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55179More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the annual cost to the public purse for promoting diversity, equality and inclusion policies within the civil service.
Answer: Costs for equality, diversity and inclusion in the Civil Service have recently been published on Gov.uk. See the Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure Review and Civil Service 2024/2025 External Expenditure on Equality, Diversity and...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Land UseDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department's (a) rewilding and (b) land use policies on the amount of land available for (i) farming and (ii) food production
Answer: The Land Use Consultation published this year was underpinned by analysis of land use change for nature restoration and other objectives. This included analysis of potential spatial distributions of change to 2050, taking account of land’s suitability for...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55177More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of diversity, equality and inclusion policies on recruitment to the armed forces.
Answer: The recruitment and retention of talented personnel to the Armed Forces is mission critical. We must draw from the broadest diversity of thought, skills, and background to ensure we continue to meet the threats we face and safeguard the security, stabilit...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Border Force: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55176More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has considered deploying military assets to assist the Border Force in preventing illegal maritime entry into the UK.
Answer: The Home Office is the lead Government Department responsible for border security and migration. It has established the Border Security Command to strengthen global partnerships and enhance the UK’s efforts to investigate, arrest, and prosecute people smu...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: Gender DysphoriaDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's planned timetable is for issuing guidance on gender-questioning children to schools.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Broxbourne to the answer of 28 February 2025 to Question 31690.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: Greater LondonDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the Mayor of London on the effectiveness of enforcement measures against fare evasion on Transport for London services.
Answer: Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor, and TfL is responsible for operational decisions to support reduced fare evasion. Department for Transport ministers and officials have regular conversations with Transport for London on a variety of issues in...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPedicabs: Greater LondonDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Mayor of London on the potential impact of (a) unlicensed and (b) unregulated pedicab operators on (i) public safety and (ii) anti-social behaviour in central Lon
Answer: The Pedicabs (London) Act 2024 conferred powers onto Transport for London (TfL) to regulate London’s pedicab industry for the first time, giving TfL the tools it needs to tackle the unsafe, anti-social and nuisance behaviours of certain pedicab operators ...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPedicabs: Greater LondonDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Mayor of London on introducing regulations under the Pedicabs (London) Act 2024.
Answer: The Pedicabs (London) Act 2024 conferred powers onto Transport for London (TfL) to regulate London’s pedicab industry for the first time, giving TfL the tools it needs to tackle the unsafe, anti-social and nuisance behaviours of certain pedicab operators ...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the (a) cultural and (b) religious backgrounds of grooming gang offenders.
Answer: Earlier this year, the Home Secretary commissioned Baroness Louise Casey to undertake a national audit into the nature, scale and characteristics of this type of offending, including considering the cultural and societal drivers for this offending. I will...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment has he made of the potential financial impact of net zero policies on people in poverty.
Answer: The net zero transition will not only be the economic opportunity of the century, but it will also support the creation of hundreds of thousands of good jobs across the UK, protect our economy from future price shocks that reliance on fossil fuels create,...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCriminal ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that criminal (a) prosecution and (b) sentencing is applied consistently.
Answer: Charging decisions are a matter for the independent Crown Prosecution Service and sentencing is a matter for the independent judiciary, based on the circumstances of individual cases.Equality before the law is a fundamental principle of our justice system...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLucy ConnollyMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has received representations on the sentencing of Lucy Connolly.
Answer: Sentencing decisions in individual cases are entirely a matter for the independent judiciary, based on the facts of the case before them. It would not be appropriate for Government Ministers to comment on individual cases.
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the cost to the public purse of incarcerating foreign national offenders in the last 12 months.
Answer: We do not disaggregate prison running costs by nationality and the cost to hold individuals depends on the category of prison. Our unit costs for holding prisoners are published on GOV.UK alongside the HM Prison and Probation Service Annual Report and Acc...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the use of (a) electric bikes and (b) e-scooters by youth gangs involved in (i) drug dealing, (ii) theft and (iii) anti-social behaviour.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for this Government and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission to take back our streets.Our Crime and Policing Bill will give the police greater powers to clamp down on all vehicles involved in anti-social...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: OffendersHome OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants have been granted asylum after being convicted of a criminal offence in the UK in the last 12 months.
Answer: This information is not held in a reportable format and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as it would require a manual trawl of case records to retrieve.
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament record
Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →