Written questions

902 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase the training provided to and (b) improve the understanding of dealing with cases sensitively and effectively of (i) medical students and (ii) jun

4 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that public health campaigns (a) take into account the welfare of people affected by eating disorders and (b) do not (i) inadvertently reinforce unhealthy thoug

30 Jan 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans the Government has to allocate funding to scientific research in the North East.

30 Jan 2020 · Cabinet Office

Average Earnings: Wansbeck

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average wage in Wansbeck constituency is.

30 Jan 2020 · Cabinet Office

Redundancy

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were made redundant in (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) Northumberland and (c) England in the last six months.

30 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Wansbeck

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of people killed whilst serving in the Armed Forces from the Wansbeck constituency in each of the last ten years.

30 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Wansbeck

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of people wounded whilst serving in the Armed Forces from the Wansbeck constituency in each of the last ten years.

30 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Wansbeck

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of people from the Wansbeck constituency who served in the Armed Forces in each of the last ten years.

30 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Northumberland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid in working-age benefits to claimants in (a) Wansbeck constituency and (b) postcode areas (i) NE61, (ii) NE62, (iii) NE63, (iv) NE64 and (v) NE22 in each of the last 10 years.

23 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to make changes to universal credit.

23 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Living Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of disability living allowance in (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) Northumberland and (c) England.

23 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of personal independence payment in (a) Wansbeck constituency (b) Northumberland and (c) England.

22 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the quality of service provided under contracts outsourced by his Department.

22 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Social Mobility

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of levels of social mobility in the armed forces.

20 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

British Nationals Abroad: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the provision of healthcare to UK citizens living in other EU countries after the UK has left the EU.

17 Jan 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hunting Act 2004

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has plans to bring forward legislative proposals in relation to the Hunting Act 2004.

17 Jan 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: North East

To ask the Minister of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which arts organisations in the North East of England his Department plans to allocate funding to in 2020.

17 Jan 2020 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Inquiry

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to consult people affected by the Contaminated Blood Scandal on the (a) effect of infection on their health and (b) adequacy of the treatment they received.

17 Jan 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

St Helena: Population

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the population was of St Helena in each of the last 10 years; and what assessment he has made of trends in the level of that population over that period.

14 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport

Roads: Horses

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving horses on public highways were recorded in (a) each of the last 10 years and (b) the last 12 months.

23 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Attendance Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the the effect on vulnerable claimants of the requirement for six months proof of eligibility when applying for attendance allowance.

23 Oct 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices and Vocational Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to promote (a) vocational qualifications and (b) apprenticeships to students and young people.

21 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Attendance Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of attendance allowance claims are due to dementia.

21 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Attendance Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of attendance allowance claims have been successful since (a) 2010, (b) 2015 and (c) 2018.

21 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Attendance Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of changing application forms for attendance allowance .

21 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Attendance Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to promote the attendance allowance to people entitled to claim it.

17 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce the time taken for welfare benefits appeals to be heard by the tribunal service and (b) tackle the backlog of those appeals in (i) Wansbeck constituency and (ii)

2 Oct 2019 · Women and Equalities

Candidates: Females

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to encourage more women to seek elected office.

2 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Refuges: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to fund women’s refuges.

30 Sep 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Japanese Knotweed: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the strategy to deal with invasive Japanese knotweed in (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) Northumberland and (c) the North

Source: official written-questions record.