Written questions

902 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Feb 2025 · Cabinet Office

Life Expectancy

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the life expectancy is for (a) women and (b) men in each local area in the UK.

25 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Altrad

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many contracts his Department has awarded to Altrad since 2022; what the value of those contracts is; and how many of those contracts relate to the removal of asbestos.

22 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were living in poverty in (a) Northumberland, (b) the North East and (c) nationally in (i) 2022-23 and (ii) 2023-24.

21 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Basic Skills: Primary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to tackle the decline in pupils achieving the expected standard in (a) reading, (b) writing and (c) maths by age 11 in Northumberland.

21 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Pupil Exclusions: Blyth and Ashington

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many exclusions there were in each school in Blyth and Ashington constituency in the academic year (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24.

25 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who reoffended were homeless in each of the last three years.

25 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners Release: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released without details held of a fixed address is the last 12 months.

21 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Offenders: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many registered sex offenders have no fixed accommodation.

21 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Probation: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to improve probation services.

21 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many high risk prison leavers have no fixed address.

21 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation officers work in the justice system.

21 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison leavers there were (a) in total and (b) in permanent homes in April (i) 2023 and (ii) 2024.

21 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prison leavers are recalled to prison for (a) breach of licence conditions and (b) other behaviour.

21 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons were rated good for rehabilitation and release planning by inspectors from April 2023 to April 2024.

21 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of temporarily housing acquitted remand prisoners who are homeless.

17 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support farmers to reduce emissions.

15 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Menopause: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure employers support women managing the menopause in the workplace.

15 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Flexible Working: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to support flexible working by women.

15 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Further Education: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase pay in the further education sector.

15 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Sector Council: Membership

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the selection criteria for membership to the Hospitality Sector Council is.

15 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of means-testing the winter fuel payment on trends in the level of excess deaths in winter.

15 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

TGI Fridays: Closures and Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with D&D London on its announcement of closures and redundancies at its TGI Fridays stores.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Standing Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had recent discussions with Ofgem on (a) the level of standing charges for (i) gas and (ii) electricity in the North East and (b) regional variations in standing charges.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Kinship Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on implementing the national kinship care strategy in schools

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Kinship Care: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made a recent comparative assessment of the educational needs of (a) children in kinship care and (b) other children.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Kinship Care: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide the same access to (a) health and (b) therapeutic support for children in kinship care as those in formal care settings.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Kinship Care: Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing the same rights to leave for kinship carers as are are in place for adoption leave.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Foster Care and Kinship Care: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to provide the same level of access to (a) training and (b) support to (i) kinship and (ii) foster carers.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Foster Care and Kinship Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide additional funding to equalise allowances between foster and kinship families.

30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Sexual Dysfunction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department is undertaking on permanent antidepressant induced sexual dysfunction.

Source: official written-questions record.