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.