Written questions

Bill Esterson

1,699 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Oct 2021 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Care Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of adding entry level social care staff to the shortage occupation list.

21 Oct 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations she has received on the impact of using the universal credit online journal on people with mental health conditions .

15 Oct 2021 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Care Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) correspondence and (b) representations she has received from representatives of the social care sector on adding carers to the shortage occupation list.

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of varying the taper rate of universal credit for workers in the social care sector.

15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using recruitment and retention payments to tackle staff shortages in the social care sector.

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Forecasts

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the extent of delays in responding to requests for State Pension forecasts for people who have deferred their State Pension.

15 Oct 2021 · Department for International Trade

Tradeshow Access Programme: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the analysis by London Economics of the Tradeshow Access Programme to the UK economy; and what discussions she has had with the Cha

9 Sep 2021 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the (a) supply of and (b) demand for HGV Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency tests by region in last six months.

9 Sep 2021 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of HGV tests by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency to meet demand by region in last six months.

7 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Sefton Central to the Minister for International Trade, dated 3 August 2021.

21 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Empty Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent representations he has received from stakeholders on the upkeep and return to occupancy of vacant residential properties.

20 Jul 2021 · Department for International Trade

Tradeshow Access Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the total value was of the 42,000 grants provided by the Government to UK businesses through the Tradeshow Access Programme between April 2009 and March 2021.

14 Jul 2021 · Department for Education

Adoption Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the budget is for the Adoption Support Fund for the financial year 2021-22; and how much and what proportion of that budget has been spent as of 14 July 2021.

13 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Liverpool

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to relocate staff in his Department from Liverpool to Blackpool.

13 Jul 2021 · Department for International Trade

Tradeshow Access Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many successful grants were made via the Tradeshow Access Programme since it was launched in 2009.

13 Jul 2021 · Department for International Trade

Tradeshow Access Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policies of the finding by Export Partners UK that for every £1 invested by the Government in the Tradeshow Access Programme, £40 is

13 Jul 2021 · Department for International Trade

Tradeshow Access Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the effect on UK competitiveness of the decision to discontinue the Tradeshow Access Programme.

13 Jul 2021 · Department for International Trade

Tradeshow Access Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what economic impact assessment her Department has carried out on the decision to discontinue the Tradeshow Access Programme.

9 Jul 2021 · Department for Education

Adoption: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to evaluate the potential (a) effects and (b) consequences of social media on contact between adopted children and their birth families.

9 Jul 2021 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Department will publish its SEND review, commissioned in 2019.

9 Jul 2021 · Department for Education

Adoption: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report entitled Adoption UK’s Adoption Barometer 2021, published in June 2021, on the 28 per cent of adopted young people aged between 16-

9 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS Supply Chain’s response of 29 June 2021 to FOI Request SCCL-FOI-2021-063, which of the 16 companies set out in that FOI response that supply the NHS with rubber gloves from Ma