Ian Lavery

23 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many fit for work decisions were overturned on appeal in each month since October 2008.

23 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support will be provided to people no longer entitled to claim employment and support allowance following the changes proposed by the employment and support allowance repeat claims project who are

23 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of individuals previously entitled to claim employment and support allowance who will be entitled to but will not claim jobseeker's allowance following the change

23 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of individuals previously entitled to claim employment and support allowance who will claim jobseeker's allowance following the changes proposed by the employment

23 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason improving the mandatory reconsideration process was not included within the scope of his Department's employment and support allowance repeat claims project.

18 Mar 2015 · Department of Health

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) the North East and (d) nationally.

18 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on research into possible links between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and employment in heavy industry.

9 Mar 2015 · Department for Transport

Bus Service Operators Grant

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the oil price on the uptake of the Bus Service Operators Grant for tendered bus services.

9 Mar 2015 · Department for Transport

Bus Service Operators Grant

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of oil prices on the uptake of the Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) by operators of commercial bus services; what the total BSOG claimed from his Department for comme

9 Mar 2015 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average passenger fare increase on deregulated bus services in England since July 2014.

9 Mar 2015 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authorities in England do not tender contracts for bus transport services, other than those that they are statutorily obliged to do so.

9 Mar 2015 · Department for Transport

Bus Service Operators Grant

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the bus services operators grant (BSOG) was allocated by local authorities to operators of tendered bus services in each year since 2012-13; what estimate he has made of the total BSOG to operators

9 Mar 2015 · Department for Transport

Oil: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the effect on fares for (a) rail and (b) bus passengers of changes in the price of a barrel of oil since August 2014.

4 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payments assessments were carried out within 16 weeks by (a) Capita and (b) Atos in 2014.

4 Mar 2015 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on which dates in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015 officials from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) met representatives of the Public and Commercial Services Union to consult them, pursuant to the Employee Relations Agreement, rega

24 Feb 2015 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from local authorities in support of using traffic regulation orders to enforce a prohibition on the footway.

24 Feb 2015 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the contribution of Baroness Williams of Trafford of 11 February 2015, Official Report, House of Lords, column 1333, that targeted local bans on pavement parking outside London would be more e

24 Feb 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Information Commissioner's Office: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average percentage pay rise was of Executive Team staff at the Information Commissioner's Office since June 2014; and what average pay increase has been proposed for non-executive staff excluding buy-out

24 Feb 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Senior Civil Servants: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative information his Department holds on pay rates of the Information Commissioner's Office and other independent regulators and ombudsmen with similar functions for staff at the same grade.

24 Feb 2015 · HM Treasury

Information Commissioner's Office: Pay

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what interventions his Department have made in relation to the latest pay remit for staff at the Information Commissioner's Office.

11 Feb 2015 · Department for International Development

Rio Tinto Group

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any former officials in her Department have taken employment with Rio Tinto plc in the last five years.

11 Feb 2015 · Department for International Development

Rio Tinto Group

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any employees of Rio Tinto plc have been seconded to her Department in the last five years.

11 Feb 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Rio Tinto Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any employees of Rio Tinto plc have been seconded to his Department in the last five years.

11 Feb 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Rio Tinto Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any former officials of his Department have taken employment with Rio Tinto plc in the last five years.

11 Feb 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Rio Tinto Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether any former officials of his Department have taken employment with Rio Tinto plc in the last five years.

11 Feb 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Rio Tinto Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether any employees of Rio Tinto plc has been seconded to his Department in the last five years.

11 Feb 2015 · HM Treasury

Mining: Tax Allowances

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department provides tax relief to encourage multinational mining corporations to maintain their headquarters in the UK.

11 Feb 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Rio Tinto Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether UK Export Finance has provided (a) loan guarantees and (b) low interest loans to Rio Tinto plc to support any of its investments or operations overseas in the last five years.

11 Feb 2015 · HM Treasury

Rio Tinto Group

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any former officials of his Department have taken employment with Rio Tinto plc in the last five years.

11 Feb 2015 · HM Treasury

Rio Tinto Group

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any employees of Rio Tinto plc were seconded to his Department in the last five years.