Written questions
1,298 written questions tabled, most recent first.
12 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewage: South Shields
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Ofwat’s recent enforcement package on Northumbrian Water was in respect of overflows from sewage works in South Shields constituency.
8 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthy Start Scheme: South Shields
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of eligible families are receiving Healthy Start in South Shields constituency.
1 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthy Start Scheme: South Shields
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many families receive Healthy Start in South Shields.
25 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tumours: Immunotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Tumour-infiltrating Lymphocytes therapy has been licenced in the UK.
5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the Children and Young People’s Cancer Taskforce to report.
5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the terms of reference will be for the Children and Young People’s Cancer Taskforce.
5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2025 to Question 26821 on Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce, whether the taskforce plans to engage with (a) families with lived experience of childhood
28 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the Children and Young People's Cancer Taskforce has made.
22 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time period is for issuing payments via the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme.
22 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of applications to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (a) are pending, (b) have been paid and (c) have been refused.
17 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Budgeting Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on Budgeting Loans (a) overall and (b) in each category in the 2023-24 financial year.
17 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Warm Home Discount Scheme: Pensioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many pensioners are eligible for the Warm Homes Discount in each region.
13 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nuclear Weapons: Testing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her policy to (a) review and (b) update the National Radiological Protection Board report published on 4 January 1988.
11 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Radiation Exposure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's timetable is for its review of the medical records of nuclear veterans.
11 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Radiation Exposure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear veterans have (a) applied for and (b) been refused compensation under the War Pension Scheme.
2 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence
AUKUS
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2024 to Question 12460 on AUKUS, whether he has received Sir Stephen Lovegrove’s report on AUKUS; and when he plans to publish that report.
29 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 17 April 2024 to Question 21056 on Defence: Artificial Intelligence, whether the Capability Lead, AI Talent and Skills is now in post.
5 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthy Start Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to automatically enrol eligible families in the NHS Healthy Start programme.
16 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Pension Credit applications her Department received in each region in each of the last three months for which data is available.
16 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants for Pension Credit were (a) initially turned down and (b) successful on appeal in each region in the latest period for which data is available.
16 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average Pension Credit processing time is (a) per month in the latest three-month period for which data is available and (b) in each region.
16 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department's review of Universal Credit will include the income threshold used to determine eligibility for (a) free school meals and (b) the NHS Healthy Start scheme.
16 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to launch her Department's review of Universal Credit.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many referrals were made by Jobcentre Plus to employment support programmes that are (a) centrally contracted and (b) not centrally contracted by her Department to (i) voluntary and community sector
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of incapacity benefit claimants receiving (a) Universal Credit Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity element and (b) Employment and Support Allowance are parents of d
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department collects data on the average time SEND pupils spend in isolation across England.
25 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthy Start Scheme: Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average weekly payment to beneficiaries on the Healthy Start scheme was in June 2024.
30 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Physician Associates
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many physician associates have been employed in each NHS Trust in each year since 2019.
30 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Patients: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many never events occurred in each NHS Trust in each year since 2019.
25 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Army Foundation College: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Army Foundation College is next due to be inspected by Ofsted.
Source: official written-questions record.