Written questions
3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.
22 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport
Public Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to further enable local authorities to encourage and prioritise the use of public transport on the road network by civil enforcement of traffic contraventions; and if he will make a
20 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Off-payroll Working
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2018 to Question 183335, if he will make an assessment of the effect on NHS staffing levels of the IR35 tax changes.
20 Nov 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit sanctions have been issued to Easington constituents in receipt of (a) jobseekers allowance, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) universal credit in each of the last five years
20 Nov 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2018 to Question 172595, what plans she has for the legacy benefit IT systems when the roll-out of universal credit is completed.
20 Nov 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will review the (a) purpose, (b) merits and (c) economic and health effects of sanctioning social security claimants in receipt of an out-of-work benefit.
20 Nov 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will give universal credit work coaches greater autonomy over whether to apply sanctioning guidelines to a claimant when they consider that a sanction would hinder that person's ability to (a) en
20 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Social Security Benefits: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 September 2018 to Question 172598, what the (a) shortest, (b) longest and (c) average waiting time was for social security tribunal hearings at the Sunderland tribunal venue in each o
20 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Social Security Benefits: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 September 2018 to Question 172598, if she will set a reasonable waiting time target for the hearing of cases by the social security tribunal.
20 Nov 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant the Answer of 14 September 2018 to Question 171353; how many universal credit claims were determined on the scrutiny of written information alone in each of the last five years.
20 Nov 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Epilepsy
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2018 to 178277, what support his Department provides to claimants suffering multiple epileptic seizures on a weekly basis to gain and sustain employment; and what gu
20 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diabetes: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October to Question 180697, how many NHS patients have received a Freestyle Libre glucose monitoring system to date.
20 Nov 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2018 to Question 190427, what information her Department collects on the number of home consultations carried out by the Centre for Health and Disabilities Assessme
20 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS prescription fines have been issued to people in (a) Easington constituency and (b) England in each of the last five years.
20 Nov 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Armed Forces: Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to disregard income from an Armed Forces medical pension when calculating universal credit payments.
19 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Hunting: County Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases have (a) gone to trial and (b) been successfully prosecuted for breaches of the Hunting Act 2004 in County Durham in each of the last five years.
19 Nov 2018 · Home Office
Hunting: County Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) detection and (b) policing of illegal fox hunting activities in County Durham.
19 Nov 2018 · Home Office
Hunting: County Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested by Durham constabulary for breaches of the Hunting Act 2004 in each of the last five years.
19 Nov 2018 · Home Office
Hunting: County Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of breaches of the Hunting Act 2004 were referred to the Crown Prosecution Service by Durham constabulary in each of the last five years.
13 Nov 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Centre for Health and Disability Assessments: Sunderland
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will (a) undertake a review of safety at the Sunderland assessment centre managed by the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments and (b) require the installation of CCTV recording equipment
12 Nov 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will remove social security sanctions in circumstances where someone is (a) pregnant and (b) caring for a severely disabled person.
12 Nov 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will suspend the sanctioning regime in universal credit areas until Jobcentre staff and claimants have a better understanding of the new system.
12 Nov 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many home visits to applicants for universal credit have been conducted by the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments in the Easington constituency for each year in which information is availa
12 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport
Buses: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to encourage the introduction of low emission buses outside London by amending the terms of the Bus Service Operators Grant.
12 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will support the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry campaign to encourage parents to take their children to the dentist before they are one year old.
9 Nov 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many home assessments have been provided to personal independence payment claimants living in the Easington constituency in each of the last five years.
9 Nov 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many home assessments have been provided to universal credit claimants living in the Easington constituency.
9 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nutrition: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will hold discussions with (a) advertisers and (b) major supermarkets on reducing the amount of advertisement of foods and drinks that are high in sugar.
9 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to improve food labelling to tackle levels of tooth decay.
9 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Health: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the government has made of the effect of the (a) sugar tax and (b) ban on energy drinks for people under the age of 16 on improving child dental health.
9 Nov 2018 · Department for Education
Basic Skills: Surveys
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to conduct a further Skill for Life Survey which was last carried out in 2011.
Source: official written-questions record.