Written questions
902 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of a decrease in the number of people immigrating to the UK after the UK leaves the EU on house prices.
17 Jul 2019 · Department for Exiting the European Union
Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effects of the UK leaving the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal on inter-continental travel.
16 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Calea: Parenteral Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with Calea UK Limited to ensure that (a) outpatients and (b) inpatients who are reliant on total parenteral nutrition are able to access the supplies and equipme
15 Jul 2019 · Department for Education
Teachers: Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of teaching staff currently signed-off from work with a stress-related illness in (a) England, (b) the North East, and (c) Northumberland in the latest period
9 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
HIV/AIDS: Morpeth
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that Gay and Bisexual men accessing the Morpeth Clinic, Northumberland Sexual Health Services have access to PrEP.
9 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
HIV/AIDS: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Morpeth Clinic, Northumberland Sexual Health Services to not provide services to Gay and Bisexual men on the PrEP impact trial.
9 Jul 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Climate Change: International Cooperation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to preserve international co-operation on climate change when the UK leaves the EU.
9 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Palliative Care: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that parents are responsible for the end-of-life decisions for their child.
9 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Sign Language
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the procurement processes operated by NHS trusts for the purpose of hiring British Sign Language translators.
9 Jul 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the extent to which people are excluded from unemployment statistics as a result of not being eligible for social security benefits.
3 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Northumberland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support farmers in Northumberland in preparation for the UK leaving the EU.
3 Jul 2019 · Department for International Trade
Overseas Trade: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the concerns of export and import businesses in North east England on the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
3 Jul 2019 · Home Office
Hate Crime: LGBT+ People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crimes.
26 Jun 2019 · Department for Education
Pupils: Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of living in poverty on the school attendance record of students.
26 Jun 2019 · Treasury
Schools: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the adequacy of central government funding for schools.
25 Apr 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Game: Birds
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many inspections of game bird farms were undertaken by (a) the Animal and Plant Health Agency and (b) local trading standards in 2018; and how many of those visits resulted in an a
25 Apr 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Game: Birds
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many game birds are kept in barren cages; and what legal recourse is available in relation to people caught keeping game birds in those cages.
18 Apr 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints her Department has received about personal independence payment assessments in (a) the last 12 months and (b) since the introduction of personal independence payment.
18 Apr 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Bowel Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of additional endoscopists that will be required to deliver the Government’s commitment to lower the bowel screening age to 50.
9 Apr 2019 · Home Office
Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people deported in the last 12 months (a) had previously been a student in the UK, (b) were in the UK on a work visas and (c) were known to the Government.
9 Apr 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the number of (a) men and (b) women receiving the lowest possible amount of state pension payment.
9 Apr 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) men and (b) women receiving pension payments that are below the state pension minimum.
9 Apr 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) men and (b) women receiving a state pension under the old pension rate.
29 Mar 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants have been awarded personal independence payments without going to (a) mandatory reconsideration and (b) appeal since the introduction of the benefit.
29 Mar 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Single People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of single old age pensioners who currently rely solely on basic state pension for income.
29 Mar 2019 · Home Office
Visas: Families
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many family settlement visas which were initially turned down due to the financial threshold criteria were subsequently turned down on reapplication for a different reason.
19 Mar 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Blood: Contamination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information the Government holds via the National Haemophilia Database on the number of haemophiliacs classed as Leiden who were infected via contaminated blood products.
12 Mar 2019 · Home Office
Knives: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on tackling knife crime in each year since 2010.
12 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Knives: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of people under the age of 18 being prosecuted for possession of a knife (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) the North East and (c) the UK since 2010.
12 Mar 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of personal independence payment tribunal cases were attended by (a) presenting officers and (b) departmental staff in each year for which information is available.
Source: official written-questions record.