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Written questions

Andy McDonald

1,329 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the employment support package in the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, takes into account her Department's Additio

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to establish a target for increased employment outcomes from the employment support package set out in the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the funding required for employment support to increase employment income in line with changes to welfare payments set out in the Pathways to Work: Reforming Ben

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the employment support funding required to secure employment income increases for people losing welfare payments as set out in the Pathways to Work Green Paper.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Chronic Illnesses and Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the employment support package set out in the Pathways to Work Green Paper on employment outcomes of (a) disabled people and (b) people

2 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinians: Recognition of States

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of supporting recognition of the State of Palestine at the UN General Assembly’s High-level International Conference for t

2 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinians: Recognition of States

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to seek the opinion of the House of Commons on recognition of the State of Palestine ahead of the UN General Assembly’s High-level International Conference f

2 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Public Sector: Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of public sector pay awards in the 2025-26 financial year on trends in the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of public sector staff.

2 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Public Sector: Industrial Relations

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing regularised direct negotiations with workforce trades unions on (a) recruitment and (b) retention.

2 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Public Sector: Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of implementing a long-term strategy to improve public sector pay in real terms.

2 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Public Sector: Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 19626 on Public Sector: Collective Bargaining, what steps plans to take to help increase confidence in the public sector pay review body process.

2 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Public Sector: Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the real terms value of public sector wages in each year since 2010.

22 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which ferry operators have signed up to the voluntary Seafarers Charter published by her Department on 18 July 2023; and what steps she is taking to improve (a) seafarer working conditions and (b) maritime safe

22 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what she has had recent discussions with her French counterpart on the potential impact of legislation on seafarer working conditions on ferry routes between the UK and France since 28 June 2024.

14 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Freeports: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) withholding and (b) removing access to Freeport policy benefits where there has been continued (i) no

14 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Freeports: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) the Freeports Security Forum and (b) any other government body has intervened where a Freeport has (i) underperformed, (ii) become non-compliant with regulations, (ii

14 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Freeports: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Freeports Security Forum has provided any recommendations to local Freeports to strengthen their local security apparatus.

14 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Freeports: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with each Freeport Governing Body on their engagement with local security stakeholders.

14 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Freeports: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the capacity of freeport governing bodies to conduct annual security audits.

14 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Freeports: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish (a) the date on which each Freeport's Annual Freeport Security Audit was received and (b) the Freeport Security Forum's assessment of each of those audits.

14 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Freeports Security Forum

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the dates on which the Freeports Security Forum met in the last 12 months.

14 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Freeports Security Forum

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to publish the attendees at each Freeports Security Forum meeting.

14 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Freeports Security Forum: Membership

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the membership of the Freeports Security Forum.

28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paramedical Staff: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of paramedic prescribers.

28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paramedical Staff: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to expand prescribing rights for controlled drugs by paramedic prescribers.

28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Misuse of Drugs (England and Wales and Scotland) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of The Misuse of Drugs (England, Wales, and Scotland) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulation 2023 on patient care.

3 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2025 to Question 39848 on Universal Credit: Disability, if she will publish the wider review of the PIP assessment before bringing forward legislation.

3 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2025 to Question 39851 on Social Security Benefits: Disability, whether the collaboration committees will discuss new PIP qualification criteria.

3 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she had discussions with disabled people's groups on the introduction of the requirement that claimants must score a minimum of four points in at least one daily living activity to be eligible f

3 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March to Question 39845 on Personal Independence Payments: Middlesbrough and Thornaby East, if she will publish that programme of analysis before bringing forward legislatio

Source: official written-questions record.