Simon Hoare

66576 • Farmers: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mental health support the Government provides to farmers.

66577 • Agriculture: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage more young people into farming.

66578 • Vocational Education: North Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department can provide to establish a technical college in north Dorset.

66579 • Schools: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students require transport to mainstream schools (a) nationally and (b) in Dorset.

66580 • Further Education and Sixth Form Education: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students are required to pay for transport to attend (a) sixth form and (b) college; and what the average cost is per student.

66581 • Loneliness: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help tackle loneliness in rural areas.

66582 • Bus Services: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the removal of the £2 cap on fairs on the number of people using buses in (a) Dorset and (b) England.

66583 • Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish an analysis of the trends in bus usage for the full duration of the £2 bus cap.

66584 • Bus Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what further steps she plans to take to make rural bus routes sustainable.

66585 • Schools: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support she plans to make available to increase after school transport in rural areas.

66586 • UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding will be made available to small and medium size businesses when transitional arrangements for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund end.

66587 • Rural England Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding will be made available to small and medium size businesses when transitional arrangements for the Rural England Prosperity Fund end.

27862 • Roads: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to publish the Road Investment Strategy 3; and what funding is available via that scheme.

27863 • 5G: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the coverage is of 5G in Dorset; and what steps he is taking to improve 5G coverage in rural areas.

27864 • Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the coverage is of superfast broadband in (a) Dorset and (b) North Dorset constituency; and what steps he is taking to improve superfast broadband coverage in hard-to-reach areas.

27865 • Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed increase in employer National Insurance contributions on employment rates (a) nationally, (b) in Dorset and (c) in North Dorset constituency in the next 12 months.

27866 • Local Government Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the impact of the provision of council services in rural areas on the cost of those services in (a) North Dorset constituency and (b) other rural areas.

27867 • Banks: Closures

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to ensure access to banking services in areas affected by bank closures.

23801 • Local Government Finance: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Local Government and English Devolution in response to the hon. Member for North Dorset during the Oral Statement of 16 December 2024 on English Devolution, Official Report, column 53, when her Department will commence a review into fair funding for rural councils.

23802 • Local Government Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the additional costs of providing council services in rural areas.

EDM 1206 • Upholding biological sex-based protections in single-sex spaces

That this House notes the recent UK Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers, which clari...

EDM 997 • Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance 25th anniversary

That this House recognises the brilliant work of Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance on its 25th anniversary of dedicated ...

EDM 659 • Hospices and palliative care

That this House recognises the essential care provided by hospices and other palliative care providers, such as Weldmar ...