Cat Smith

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Photographs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department employs in-house photographers to capture images of Ministers undertaking their official duties.

4 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to reduce the use of out-of-area placements for young people in mental health inpatient services.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Electoral Commission’s findings in its interim report on the impact of voter ID on voting accessibility during

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure NHS mental health workforce staff pay keeps pace with other sectors.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescription Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 27 January 2021 to Question 137239 on Prescription Drugs, what information his Department holds on the number of unique patients who have been prescribed drugs categ

17 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Drugs: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prosecutions of pharmaceutical companies withholding information from the Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency have occurred in the last twenty years.

17 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Benzodiazepines

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the potential impact of benzodiazepine use on (a) dementia risk, (b) brain health and (c) cancer risk.

13 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Ticket Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of closing train station ticket offices in Lancaster on the (a) safety and (b) accessibility of passenger rail travel in the North West.

4 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he is making to his Israeli counterparts on the protection of Palestinian (a) healthcare and (b) civilians in the West Bank from Israeli military operati

3 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the adequacy of the treatment of Palestinian children detained by the Israeli military.

29 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Electoral Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report by the Association of Electoral Administrators entitled AEA 2023 post polls review - Under pressure: in

29 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) testing for levels of (i) tranquillisers, antidepressants and other psychotropic drugs in drinking water and (ii) psychotrop

29 Jun 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Drugs: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information the Government holds on the number of pharmaceutical companies that have been prosecuted for withholding information on their products in the last twenty years.

29 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescription Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by NHS England entitled Optimising personalised care for adults prescribed medicines associated with dependence or withdrawal symptoms: framework for action for integra

29 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescription Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential long-term health impacts of (a) benzodiazepines, (b) z drugs and (c) antidepressants on people that take those drugs.

29 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescription Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department collects on levels of (a) dependence on and (b) treatment for dependence on prescribed drugs.

28 Jun 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent assessment of the (a) effectiveness of systems and (b) potential pressures on his Department's phonelines during summer 2023 of requirements to notify his Department of trip

26 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Specialist Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet with providers of specialist schools to discuss the registration process for new specialist schools.

23 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Specialist Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the current waiting time is for the registration of new specialist schools; and what recent steps she is taking to speed up the process.

23 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Specialist Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of specialist schools are approved (a) 1, (b) 2-3, (c) 4-5 and (d) more than 6 months after their first registration.

22 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal and Plant Health Agency: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she made of the adequacy of the Animal Plant and Health Agency’s veterinary resources within Lancashire; and if she will make a statement.

21 Jun 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Victims: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to support victims in the criminal justice system.

21 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Lancaster and Fleetwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency have left the profession in the last (a) one, (b) two and (c) five years.

21 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Secondary Education: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average staff-to-student ratio was in secondary schools (a) nationally and (b) in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021 and (iv) 2022.

21 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

School Teachers' Review Body

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the publication date of the School Teacher Review Body report on the ability of head teachers to plan their school budgets.

14 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the settlement decision of NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board not to grant additional funding to hospices on (a) patient c

14 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Out-patients: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase funding for outpatient (a) services and (b) staff training.

14 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Out-patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the target in NHS England's publication entitled Implementing patient initiated follow-up: Guidance for local health and care systems, published on 17 May 2022, that outpatient fo

14 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Out-patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's publication entitled Implementing patient initiated follow-up: Guidance for local health and care systems, published on 17 May 2022, on what evidential basis NHS Eng

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beaches: Fleetwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the quality of bathing water in Fleetwood.