Dr Matthew Offord

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department are taking to collaborate with (a) local authorities and (b) water companies on flood mitigation measures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to ensure that action is taken by the Environment Agency against water companies when illegal sewage discharges occur.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to align the air quality strategy for England, published on 28 April 2023, with the Government's net zero strategy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many local authorities applied for funding through the air quality grant scheme in 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on the air quality strategy for England, published on 28 April 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many local authorities applied for the air quality grant scheme in 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) powers and (b) funding available to local authorities for regulating domestic wood burning.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to help local authorities to develop financial risk assessments for climate change related weather events.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the decision by the Planning Inspectorate not to approve the proposed West Oxfordshire Area Action Plan for a new ...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC has received legal advice on collecting loan charge refunds from (a) employees and (b) employers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of maintenance per mile on (a) motorways, (b) the strategic road network and (c) the local road network in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions she has had with the Local Net Zero Forum; and if she will list the outcomes generated by the Local Net Zero Forum.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which grants will be impacted by the planned £200m reduction in her Department’s capital expenditure in 2024-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Action Plan for Animal Welfare, published in May 2021, when her Department plans to publish the consultation on the cage keeping of farm animals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils are eligible for the Pupil Premium in Hendon constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of looked after children who live in unregulated accommodation in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that any new oil and gas licences will be compatible with the Government's 2050 net zero target.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make it her policy to introduce grants for houseboat (a) owners and (b) occupiers to decarbonise their heating systems.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the average cost is per household of the the Great British Insulation Scheme as of 4 September 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress her Department has made on delivering the Great British Insulation Scheme in making homes energy efficient.