Written questions
3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.
27 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport
Transport: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government will undertake a review of transport infrastructure to identify schemes with the aim of improving (a) regional connectivity, (b) economic performance and (c) employment opportunities in (i) th
27 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport
Public Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislation proposals to give local authorities control over regional public transport similar to the remit of Transport for London.
27 Jan 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Yemen: Military Intervention
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) size of armed groups trained by the United Arab Emirates operating in Yemen; and if he will make a statement.
27 Jan 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
United Arab Emirates: Freedom of Expression
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of freedom of expression in the United Arab Emirates.
27 Jan 2020 · Department for International Trade
World Expo: Dubai
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of protections of the (a) human rights and (b) safety of workers building the British pavilion for the Dubai Expo in the UAE; and whether there has been an
27 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will introduce a target to (a) reduce child poverty to four million children by 2021, (b) reduce child poverty to two million children by 2025 and (c) eradicate child poverty by 2030.
27 Jan 2020 · Department for Education
Children: Food Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for holiday hunger that resulted in the piloting of funding for free holiday activities and meals for disadvantaged families.
24 Jan 2020 · Home Office
Drugs: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on funding drug rehabilitation services to support crime reduction.
24 Jan 2020 · Home Office
Detection Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase detection rates for (a) anti-social behaviour, (b) burglary and (c) criminal damage.
24 Jan 2020 · Home Office
Crime Prevention: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the role youth centres, sports activities and community groups play in reducing anti-social behaviour and criminal activities.
24 Jan 2020 · Home Office
Durham Constabulary: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of (a) the quantity of additional funding Durham Constabulary will be allocated receive for training and recruitment and (b) the number of additional police officers expecte
24 Jan 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Television Licences: Older People
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives from the BBC on the decision to remove the free TV licence for pensioners aged 75 and over.
23 Jan 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UK Space Agency: Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps she is taking to promote the UK Space Agency’s SateLife Competition to young people living in Easington constituency.
23 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate NHS England has made of the number of linear accelerator radiotherapy machines in use at NHS Trusts in the (a) North East and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber regions that are past the re
23 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Radiotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of establishing new radiotherapy satellite centres; and if he will make a statement.
22 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will bring forward legislative proposals for the introduction of statutory targets to (a) reduce and (b) end child poverty.
22 Jan 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Fuel Poverty: Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of households in fuel poverty in Easington constituency.
22 Jan 2020 · Home Office
Police: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) identify and (b) support police officers with post-traumatic stress disorder.
22 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will consult on establishing a military federation to represent serving armed forces personnel on pay, pension and conditions similar to the Police Federation.
21 Jan 2020 · Department for Education
Schools: Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding in real terms has been allocated to schools in Easington constituency in each of the last five years.
21 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children in poverty lived in working households in each of the last five years.
21 Jan 2020 · Department for Education
Holiday Activities and Food Programme: County Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons his Department decided not to allocate funding from the free holiday activities and meals for disadvantaged families scheme to (a) Easington constituency and (b) County Durham.
21 Jan 2020 · Department for Education
Holiday Activities and Food Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria his Department used to determine which regions received funding from the free holiday activities and meals for disadvantaged families scheme.
21 Jan 2020 · Department for Education
Holiday Activities and Food Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Parliamentary constituencies were allocated funding for the free holiday activities and meals for disadvantaged families scheme; and how much funding was allocated to each project.
20 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Young Carers: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practices in (a) Easington constituency, (b) County Durham and (c) the North East have adopted the care for young carers package launched by NHS England.
20 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to allocated funding from the public purse to enable schools in Easington constituency to establish mental health and wellbeing teams to support pupils.
20 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport
Motorways: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to finding by Highways England in the report entitled Stationary Vehicle Detection, published in March 2016, what steps he has taken to ensure the safety of users of Smart motorways.
20 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport
Motorways: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will increase the frequency of emergency refuge areas on Smart motorways.
20 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport
Motorways: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of Smart motorways on trends in the number of fatal motorway accidents on those motorways.
17 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport
Tyne and Wear Metro: Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to extend Tyne and Wear Metro Services into Easington constituency.
Source: official written-questions record.