Written questions

3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Jun 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for a patient to receive a GP appointment in (a) England, (b) County Durham and (c) Easington constituency.

7 Jun 2018 · Church Commissioners

Churches: Seaham

To ask the Honourable Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 26 April 2018, Official Report, col 1014, whether she has held discussions with the diocese on St Mary’s the Virgin Church, Seaham.

7 Jun 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been made against healthcare practitioners by people in the Easington constituency claiming (a) Universal Credit and (b) Employment and Support Allowance as a result of a consul

7 Jun 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been made against healthcare practitioners by people claiming (a) universal credit and (b) employment and support allowance as a result of an consultation in each the last five

7 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of demographic changes on the housing requirements in (a) urban and (b) rural areas.

7 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his policy on increasing the number of disability-accessible bungalows in the social rented sector.

7 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has allocated to (a) housing regeneration, (b) site clearance, and (c) housing demolitions to prepare sites for redevelopment in each of the last

7 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Tribunals Service: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to establish an MP hotline for the Tribunal Service for Members to raise constituency cases.

7 Jun 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2018 to Question 147881 on Universal Credit, what information his Department holds on the number of claimants of universal credit that are in rent arrears.

7 Jun 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many face-to-face health assessment appointments have been cancelled by the supplier for (a) personal independence payments, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) universal credit in each of

7 Jun 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what figures her Department collects on her Department's decision makers for the purposes of performance management; and whether those figures include the number of (a) decisions made, (b) mandatory rec

7 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the average waiting time was for a social security tribunal hearing for each of the last five years.

1 Jun 2018 · Department for Transport

Northern: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the reported cancellation of over 2,500 trains in April puts Arriva Rail North in default of its franchise obligations.

1 Jun 2018 · Department for Transport

Northern: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent from the public purse to Arriva Rail North to reimburse or ameliorate net losses of the franchisee arising from industrial action.

24 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people in (a) Easington constituency and (b) England who are in receipt of universal credit and in rent arrears.

17 May 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sexting

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if the Government will bring forward legislative proposals to make it a criminal offence to send an explicit unsolicited picture via electronic means.

17 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Suicide: County Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the reasons for the higher than average rate of suicide in (a) Easington Constituency and (b) County Durham.

17 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Suicide: County Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to allocate additional funding from the NHS England suicide prevention and reduction scheme to (a) Easington Constituency and (b) County Durham.

17 May 2018 · Cabinet Office

Suicide

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the suicide rates were in (a) Easington Constituency, (b) County Durham, (c) North East of England and (d) the UK in the last 12 months.

16 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cold Weather Payments: County Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cold weather payments have been issued in 2018 for people in postcode area SR8; and what the timetable is for recipients to receive their payments.

16 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prisoners: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the support for drugs rehabilitation provided to prisoners on their release from prison.

16 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to her Answer of 28 March 2018 to Question 133504 on Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations, if she will list the key service levels her Department has agreed with the Centre for Health

15 May 2018 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Driver Information Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the DVSA is taking to monitor the (a) safety during the driving test and (b) effectiveness of the new sat nav element of the driving test.

15 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Naloxone: Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make the supply of the opioid-overdose antidote Naloxone to all at-risk prisoners upon their release a mandatory requirement for prisons.

15 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Naloxone: Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of prisoners with a history of opioid misuse were provided with Naloxone when released from prison in the latest year for which information is available; and from which

14 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Death Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the timetable for the introduction of the additional qualified informants for Death Certification provided for in the Coroners and Justice Act

14 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for (a) personal independence payment, b) employment and support allowance and c) universal credit (limited capability for work related activity element) were determined by paper assessm

14 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Easington

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2018 to Question 140056 on Universal Credit: Easington, what data his Department collects on individual claims for (a) Universal Credit and (b) Mandatory Reconsiderations

14 May 2018 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2018 to Question 140051 on Cycling: Rural Areas, how much of the £1.2 billion of funding available for cycling and walking has been allocated.

14 May 2018 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking: Easington

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2018 to Question 140051 on Cycling: Rural Areas, how much of the £1.2 billion of funding available for cycling and walking has been allocated to Easington constituency.

Source: official written-questions record.