Ian Lavery

14 Dec 2017 · Home Office

Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what relationship the Government has with (a) Cifas and (b) other fraud prevention organisations; and what steps the Government has taken to regulate the operation of such organisations.

18 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set out the criteria by which UK citizens living abroad are eligible for annual increases in the state pension; and if he will publish a list of countries in which people are not eligible for

18 Oct 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department plans to award any new prison contracts to private sector organisations during the course of the current Parliament.

18 Oct 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Video Games

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the trends in the level of gambling content in video games played by children; and if she will make a statement.

18 Oct 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Video Games

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure appropriate age restrictions are applied to video games and other digital content; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure such ag

13 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to review the rules on Disclosure and Barring Service checks that cover the criminal convictions of children being carried over into adulthood.

13 Oct 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Video Games: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the regulation of the video games industry.

11 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on pre-adult criminal offences being carried over into adulthood when a Disclosure and Barring Service check is requested by a legal adult.

10 Oct 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offenders: Criminal Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's policy is on criminal offences of people under 18 being carried forward into adulthood.

10 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current waiting time is for processing a Disclosure and Barring Service check for a British citizen.

6 Oct 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Brexit

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if his Department still plans to complete negotiations on the UK leaving the EU by April 2019.

6 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current waiting time is for (a) a personal independence payment application to be processed, (b) an appeal against a decision to be actioned and (c) an appointment for a work capability assessm

6 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how long a conviction or criminal offence is required to be shown a Disclosure and Barring Service check; and whether children and young people under the age of 18 are required to carry forward co

6 Oct 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in (a) HM Prison Northumberland, (b) the North East and (c) the UK have died by suicide whilst incarcerated in each year since 2010.

6 Oct 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Equal Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has made to the BBC on its gender pay gap.

6 Oct 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Film: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the film industry in (a) the North East and (b) Northumberland.

6 Oct 2017 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that changes in the level of funding for schools do not result in the reduction of pastoral or other child support services.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent from the public purse by his Department on appeals and tribunals for all welfare benefits in the last seven years; and whether that information is available at parliamentary cons

4 Sep 2017 · HM Treasury

Welfare Tax Credits

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been lost from the public purse as a result of HM Revenue and Customs errors in respect of tax credits in (a) the UK and (b) Wansbeck constituency in the last seven years.

4 Sep 2017 · HM Treasury

Welfare Tax Credits

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent from the public purse in compensation to recipients of tax credits for errors caused by HM Revenue and Customs in the last seven years in (a) the UK and (b) Wansbeck constituency.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Transport

Transport: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the capital spend on transport was per head of population in (a) the North East, (b) Northumberland and (c) Wansbeck constituency in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

4 Sep 2017 · Home Office

British Nationality: English Language

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons her Department has blacklisted citizenship applications from applicants who took the TOEIC test through companies accused of fraudulent activities; when those applicants were defraude

4 Sep 2017 · Department of Health

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons his Department is ruling out adding chronic conditions such as cystic fibrosis to the prescription charges exemption list.

4 Sep 2017 · Department of Health

Junior Doctors: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that adequate numbers of junior doctors are being trained.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Education

Vocational Guidance: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage more young people to work towards a career in the healthcare professions.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Education

Universities: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons some universities are limited on the number of students that can be admitted in one academic year for degrees such as medicine.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Northumberland

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning appeals from Northumberland have been heard by Ministers since 2010.

29 Mar 2017 · Department of Health

Junior Doctors: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that adequate numbers of junior doctors are being trained.

29 Mar 2017 · Department for Education

Health Services: Vocational Guidance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage young people to work towards a career in healthcare.

22 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Northumberland

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of withdrawing Sodexo's prisons contract at HM Prison Northumberland as a result of the reports of mismanagement and understaffing at that prison.