Written questions

Alison McGovern

807 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase the speed of and (b) support children awaiting referral to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.

28 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to complete its assessments of the condition of school buildings constructed with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.

28 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to assess the safety of school buildings.

28 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the National Audit Office report entitled Condition of school buildings published on 28 June 2023, whether her Department plans to provide funding to schools to restore buildings beyond their

21 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

National Careers Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average length of a call was to the National Careers Service answered by a careers adviser in (a) April 2023 and (b) May 2023.

21 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

National Careers Service: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent careers advisers are employed to answer phone calls to the National Careers Service.

21 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Vocational Guidance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of careers (a) advice and (b) support offered by secondary schools.

21 Jun 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2023 to Question 183052 on Social Security Benefits: Disqualification, whether he has considered the potential merits of undertaking such research.

21 Jun 2023 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Correspondence

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2023 to Question 188915, what steps he is taking to increase compliance with the 20-day target across Departments.

21 Jun 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Swimming Pools: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on the provision of swimming facilities.

21 Jun 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Swimming Pools: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2023 to Question 189203, whether the Sport England data shows how many local authority swimming pools were open in the North West in June 2013.

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Athletics: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether oversight structures are in place to regulate the standard of running tracks (a) operated and (b) owned by local authorities in England.

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Swimming Pools: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many council-run swimming pools were open in June (a) 2013 and (b) 2023.

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Swimming Pools: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the number of swimming clubs in the North West that have had their home training pool closed down since December 2019.

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Swimming Pools: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many council-run swimming pools were open in the North West in (a) December 2019 and (b) June 2023.

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

World Cup: Television

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps her Department has taken with media stakeholders to help ensure that the FIFA Women's World Cup will be show on television.

12 Jun 2023 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Correspondence

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average time is for a Department to respond to casework queries from Rt hon. and hon. Members.

9 Jun 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches work for Jobcentre Plus by (a) region and (b) nation.

27 Apr 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has commissioned research on the reasons for jobcentres in northern England having on average higher sanction rates than those elsewhere in England.

26 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Notice Boards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 April 2023 on General Practitioners: Notice Boards, how many times his Department has been made aware that information on patient noticeboards is out of date since 2010

18 Apr 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Institute for Public Policy Research's paper entitled The Sanctions Surge published March 2023, what estimate he has made of the proportion of adverse decisions against Universal C

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of his Department's staff took a leave of absence for reasons of mental ill health between 1 May 2022 and 11 April 2023 (a) in total and (b) broken down by (i) gender (ii) age (d) UK reg

14 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Out of Area Treatment: Medical Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a patient's GP Practice will be informed if that patient visits different hospitals in other NHS trusts in relation to similar illnesses or injuries.

14 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Notice Boards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department issues guidance to GP surgeries on the frequency with which patient noticeboards are (a) checked for out of date information and (b) updated.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes there have ben in sanction rate for the over-60s since December 2019.