Ian Lavery

22 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Arts: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the integration of creative arts into mainstream education.

22 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on promoting a cross-curriculum approach to teaching; and if she will make a statement.

22 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans for changes to the national curriculum; and if she will make a statement.

22 Feb 2017 · Cabinet Office

Extended Ministerial Offices: Staff

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff employed in extended ministerial offices will be (a) redeployed to other posts within the Civil Service and (b) made redundant.

20 Feb 2017 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken by the Driver and Licensing Agency to reissue driving licences which have been withdrawn on medical grounds.

20 Feb 2017 · Department for Transport

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured on England's roads.

20 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps her Department has taken to secure the provision of legal aid for people on low incomes.

30 Jan 2017 · Cabinet Office

Cybersecurity

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking beyond those outlined in the Cyber Security Strategy of November 2016 to defend the UK from cyber attacks from abroad.

30 Jan 2017 · Cabinet Office

Cybersecurity

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any cyber attacks have been carried out on the UK which had the potential to affect its democratic processes.

26 Jan 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Emilsen Manyoma

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Colombian counterpart on the murder of Emilsen Manyoma on 17 January 2017; and if he will make a statement.

13 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people on low incomes are able to access essential legal advice and support.

13 Jan 2017 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage young people to participate in a variety of sports; and what steps she is taking to ensure that opportunities are accessible to low income familie

6 Jan 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobseeker's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the reassessment of the national living wage on the eligibility to claim jobseeker's allowance to his Department's quoted up to 16 hours for (a)

6 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many unsuccessful applications for personal independence payments were appealed in 2016; and what proportion of those appeals were (a) ruled in favour of the appellant and (b) upheld by the tribunal.

6 Jan 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Living Wage: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what effect the recent reassessment of the national living wage has had on the eligibility of (a) an over 25-year old single person, (b) an over 25-year old couple, (c) a single person aged between 21 a

6 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost per prisoner is.

6 Jan 2017 · Department of Health

Prisoners: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners have been diagnosed with mental health problems after their incarceration in the last three years; and what steps his Department is taking to tackle mental health problems during the prisoner re

6 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners released from prison in (a) Wansbeck constituency and (b) the North East have reoffended in each of the last three years.

19 Dec 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Industry: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how he plans to support industries located in the North East that receive funding in the event of the UK leaving the EU.

19 Dec 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Industry: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding to which industries in the North East the Government plans to provide (a) over the next three years; and if he will estimate how many jobs will be created by that

19 Dec 2016 · Department for Transport

Govia Thameslink Railway: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to support a resolution of the dispute between Southern Rail and the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union.

19 Dec 2016 · Department of Health

Life Expectancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated life expectancy is for people who earn (a) below and (b) above the average household income.

19 Dec 2016 · Department of Health

Health Services: Wansbeck

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding the Government plans to provide to which NHS services in Wansbeck constituency in each of the next five years.

12 Dec 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people are registered as using a pre-payment meter to access their electricity and other utilities in (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) the North East and (c) nationally.

12 Dec 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fuel Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people are classified as fuel poor in (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) North East England and (c) the UK.

12 Dec 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much he plans to financially invest in the steel industry in the UK in the next three years; and what plans he has to support steel workers.

12 Dec 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability living allowance claimants in (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) North East England and (c) the UK who have reapplied for personal independence payment have been unsuccessful in their ap

12 Dec 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been sanctioned by his Department in (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) the North East of England and (c) the UK in the last (i) six months and (ii) three years for which figures are av

12 Dec 2016 · Department for Transport

Roads: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much he plans to invest in the North East of England's highways to improve roads and to carry out essential maintenance up to 2020.

12 Dec 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Wansbeck

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people attempted to access legal aid and were declined in Wansbeck constituency in the last three years.