Written questions

2,061 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Oct 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of contracts between her Department and charities include a gagging clause; and if she will make a statement.

8 Oct 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for any late payments of universal credit in the last 12 months.

8 Oct 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the preparedness of digital systems to respond to a potential increase in the volume of universal credit claims during the process of managed migration.

8 Oct 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who have applied for universal credit advance loan payments in the last 12 months; and how many of those applications were successful.

8 Oct 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to pages 8-11 of the report entitled Rough Justice, published by the Child Poverty Action Group in August 2018, what assessment she has made of the appropriateness of monthly assessments

8 Oct 2018 · Department for Education

Teachers: Stress

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to assess the effect of work-related stress on the retention of teaching staff; and if he will make a statement.

10 Sep 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to complete its review of research on food banks carried out by organisations such as the Trussell Trust.

7 Sep 2018 · Home Office

Crime: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the document Crime in England and Wales: Police Force Area Data Tables, published by the Office for National Statistics on 19 July 2018, what assessment his Department has made of th

7 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the reduction in the number of magistrates in (a) England and Wales and (b) Northumbria in the last three years.

7 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Thromboembolism

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the research conducted by the Health Service Journal, published on 8 May 2018, if he will make an estimate on the number of patients at risk of developing a venous thromboembolism

6 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to ensure that all investigations into deaths of homeless people involve an assessment of whether the death could have been prevented.

4 Sep 2018 · Home Office

Police: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the level of the 2018-2019 policing budget on police numbers in Northumbria for (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21.

4 Sep 2018 · Home Office

Antisocial Behaviour: Crime Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in police officer numbers on the ability of police to respond to anti-social behaviour.

4 Sep 2018 · Home Office

Police: Northumbria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers, (b) police staff and (c) police community support officers were in post in Northumbria in each year from 2010 until the most recent period for which data is available.

3 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of levels of (a) homelessness and (b) rough sleeping in (i) Sunderland and (ii) the North East from 2010 until the most recent year for which informatio

3 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Clinical Commissioning Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to encourage NHS England to publish online aggregate figures for 18 week wait performances by Clinical Commissioning Groups.

3 Sep 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Universal Credit sanctions made to couples which are a result of only one member of a couple not meeting their claimant commitment.

3 Sep 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of jobcentre closures on the ease with which vulnerable people can manage their Universal Credit claims.

3 Sep 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Associations: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the payments of rent to Housing Associations in cases where alternative payment arrangements are in place are regular and without delay.

3 Sep 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of easements in benefit conditionality for claimants of universal credit experiencing domestic abuse.

3 Sep 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Interviews

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has plans to ensure that (a) people seeking asylum are able to access legal advice prior to their screening interviews and (b) screening interviews for asylum are not used during credibilit

3 Sep 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has plans to fund independent advice on the asylum process for people subject to asylum processes.

3 Sep 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Interpreters

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are in place to ensure that interpreters of interviews during the asylum process are able to translate to a high quality and produce work to an accredited standard.

3 Sep 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has plans to extend the length of time that newly recognised refugees can continue to claim asylum support after a decision to grant leave to remain.

3 Sep 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the rates of financial assistance provided through asylum support.

3 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons contributing to trends in the level of homelessness.

3 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to prevent the deaths of homeless people during the winter of 2018-19; and what long-term prevention strategy is being developed by his Department in rela

3 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates' Courts: Sunderland

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department plans to spend on upgrading Sunderland Magistrates Court.

3 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates' Courts: Sunderland

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2018 to Question 166155, to which budget headlines will the £825,000 of income for reinvestment in the Sunderland Magistrates’ court be allocated.

19 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates' Courts: Sunderland

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the letter from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Courts of 6 July 2018 to the non. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South and the hon. Member for Sunderland Central, whether the

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