Written questions

902 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there are any pensioners entitled to pensions credit who are not in receipt of that benefit.

28 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many tribunal cases on personal independence payment have taken place in the last 12 months.

29 Jan 2019 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when EU citizens living in the UK who have paid the £65 settled status fee will receive their refund.

23 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authorities overspent on children’s services in the last 12 months; and how much additional investment for children’s services is planned for the 2019-20 financial year.

23 Jan 2019 · Treasury

Social Services: Children

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of total public expenditure is spent on children’s services delivered by local government.

23 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that local government has the resources it needs to deliver services to children and families.

23 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with directors of children’s services on their ability to deliver their statutory duties to children and families.

23 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons there has been an increase in the number of (a) looked-after children, (b) child protection plans and (c) children in need since 2010.

21 Jan 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of mandatory reconsideration cases for welfare benefits have resulted in the original ruling being overturned in each year for which information is available.

21 Jan 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of applicants for personal independence payment have gone on to apply for mandatory reconsideration.

21 Jan 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost to the public purse is of a mandatory reconsideration process for welfare benefits.

19 Dec 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Game: Birds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which organisation or Department holds data on the mortality rates for game bird farms.

19 Dec 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Game: Birds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information the Animal and Plant Health Agency holds on the estimated number of game birds on game farm premises as supplied by owners of those game farms to that agency.

15 Nov 2018 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Inquiry

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on how the Infected Blood Inquiry will be run.

15 Nov 2018 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Inquiry

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to hold discussions with the devolved administrations on a UK-wide response to Sir Brian Langstaff's letter on the contaminated blood scandal.

14 Nov 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners: Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people of pensionable age in Wansbeck Constituency are in receipt of (a) attendance allowance, (b) disability living allowance or personal independence payment and (c) pension credits.

1 Nov 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the effect of the full roll out of universal credit on the number of children living in poverty in (a) the UK, (b) the north east, (c) Northumberland and (d) Wansbeck const

24 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood: Contamination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of contaminated blood products on the mental health of people who received those products.

24 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood: Contamination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the average life expectancy of all sub-groups who were affected by contaminated blood products.

24 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood: Contamination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the presence of pathogens in contaminated blood products.

8 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the announcement, Government announces new generation of council housing, published on 3 October 2018, what steps he is taking to encourage local authorities to

8 Oct 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence claimants claimants had their decision overturned at (a) mandatory reconsideration and (b) Tribunal in the last 12 months.

8 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what comparative assessment he has made of the the average waiting time for visa applicants in (a) the last six months and (b) 2010.

8 Oct 2018 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Career Development

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants have been internally promoted (a) temporarily and (b) permanently without competition in the last three years; and what proportion of those civil servants were (a) women and (b) BAME.

12 Jul 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is planning for an increase in water rates; and if he will make a statement.

12 Jul 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the (a) potential effect of increased water rates on people with (i) Chrones and (ii) similar conditions who use more water than the average househ

12 Jul 2018 · Treasury

Import Duties: Western Sahara

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2018 to Question 158255, on Import Duties: Western Sahara, for what reasons the Western Sahara Campaign UK is included in the list of consultees when it states that it was not consul

12 Jul 2018 · Treasury

Import Duties: Western Sahara

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2018 to Question 158255, on Western Sahara: Imports, whether products entering the UK under the ISO code EH pay import duty.

2 Jul 2018 · Treasury

Treasury: Correspondence

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what time target his Department has for the answer of Departmental correspondence relating to constituency cases.

2 Jul 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Wansbeck

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the proportion of people in receipt of universal credit in Wansbeck constituency who will have a household income of £7000 or less.

Source: official written-questions record.