Written questions

Catherine McKinnell

1,014 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Sexual Offences: Newcastle upon Tyne

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department has allocated to provide long-term support to victims of sexual abuse identified in Operation Sanctuary.

21 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent meetings her Department has had with social media companies on tackling online hate crime.

15 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of refugees residing in the UK who have been separated from their family due to not being eligible for family reunification.

15 Mar 2018 · Treasury

Personal Savings

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what barriers to investing in savings by people aged under 30 his Department has identified.

15 Mar 2018 · Treasury

Pensions: Self-employed

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to encourage self-employed people to save towards their retirement.

15 Mar 2018 · Treasury

Pensions

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to encourage people aged under 30 in employment to save towards their pensions.

15 Mar 2018 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Brexit: Bureaucracy

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will make an assessment of the implications for the Government's policies of the Oliver Wyman report entitled The Red Tape Cost of Brexit, published on 12 March 2018.

14 Mar 2018 · Treasury

Children: Day Care

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the effect on families with children between the age of 12 and 15 who (a) do not claim childcare vouchers before the closure of the scheme but would meet the scheme's eligibility

14 Mar 2018 · Treasury

Children: Day Care

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2018 to Question 124451, what the evidential basis is for the Government’s estimate that 1.5 million families with childcare costs will be eligible for tax-free childcare; and for

14 Mar 2018 · Treasury

Children: Day Care

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2018 to Question 127416, whether his Department has plans to collect data on the number of parents who (a) plan to stop and (b) have stopped using childcare vouchers in order to

14 Mar 2018 · Treasury

Children: Day Care

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has plans to publish information on the number of parents eligible for tax-free childcare by constituency.

14 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the Government classes older apprentices as those over the age of 25; and if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of raising that age.

14 Mar 2018 · Treasury

Children: Day Care

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124788, what the evidential basis is for the Government’s estimation that parents with children under the age of twelve have higher childcare costs than parents w

13 Mar 2018 · Treasury

Children: Day Care

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2018 to Question 126732, what the evidential basis is for HMRC’s estimation that less than one per cent of families eligible to receive tax-free childcare will not be able to use

13 Mar 2018 · Treasury

Pensions: Low Incomes

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to encourage people from low-income households to save towards their pensions.

13 Mar 2018 · Department for International Development

Democratic Republic of Congo: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2018 to Question 129962, on Democratic Republic of Congo: Politics and Government, what recent (a) meetings and (b) discussions the UK Government has had with t

12 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the net change in in-patient mental health beds has been in (a) Newcastle and (b) the North East of England since 2010.

12 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2018 to Question 129636 when the National Service Review of all Children and Young People’s Mental Health Tier 4 services will be (a) completed and (b) publish

12 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Illness: Debts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2018 to Question 130615, when the review of the effect of debt and financial difficulties on people with mental health problems will be (a) completed and (b) publi

12 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2018 to Question 128522, how many childcare providers in (a) the North East and (b) England (i) are and (ii) are not offering 30 hours free childcare without extra cost to

12 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment on the effect of the changes to the eligibility of free school meals under universal credit and on child poverty in the North East of England.