Cat Smith

14 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Bills Rebate: Houseboats and Park Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of households living in (a) park homes and (b) houseboats that are (i) eligible for the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Fund payment and (ii) h

14 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Driving License 2021 data published on 13 January 2023 which showed that 53 per cent of Black people and 76 per cent of White people had a driving licence, if h

14 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Voter Authority Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who will apply for a voter authority certificate; and how many and what proportion of those people have been issued with a ce

14 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Voter Authority Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many and what proportion of applications for voter authority certificates have been rejected; and what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who will require a vote

14 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an estimate on the number of eligible voters who may be unable to vote at polling stations due to the new Voter ID legislation because of a lack of (a) acceptable

14 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Gender

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to help tackle gender stereotypes in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.

14 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Travel: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the rights of disabled travellers are being met by transport companies; and what penalties are in place for transport providers who do not meet their obligatio

14 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of people in receipt of Local Housing Allowance who were not able to meet their housing costs in the last 12 months.

14 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Refugees: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that asylum seekers who are removed to (a) Rwanda and (b) other safe third countries under the Illegal Migration Bill will not be subject to discriminatio

8 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brian House Children's Hospice: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of Government support for Brian House Children's Hospice.

8 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to monitor the activities of (a) Patriotic Alternative and (b) other far-right groups relating to refugees.

8 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of rises in the cost of energy on families with disabled children.

8 Mar 2023 · Treasury

Cost of Living Payments: Disability

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what evidential basis his Department set the disability cost of living payment at £150.

8 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance: Earnings Rules

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of raising the earnings limit for people receiving carers allowance to £200 a week.

8 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Privatisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report by Goodair and Reeves entitled Outsourcing health-care services to the private sector and treatable mortal

8 Mar 2023 · Women and Equalities

Epilepsy: Family Planning

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to support women with epilepsy to make informed family planning choices and have safe pregnancies.

7 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

River Wyre: Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to address the presence of toxic perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances in the River Wyre.

7 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Illegal Immigration Bill, what steps she plans to take to ensure that children are not separated from their parents.

7 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether pregnant women will be exempt from immediate detainment and removal under the Illegal Immigration Bill.

7 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Harassment and Intimidation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent the intimidation and harassment of asylum seekers; and if she will make a statement.

6 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Bills Rebate: Caravans and Park Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will expand the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding to include people whose primary residence is on a non-permanent caravan or mobile home site.

20 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Arthritis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department intends to spend on research into arthritis treatment in each of the next five years.

20 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Arthritis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on research into arthritis treatment in each of the last five years.

8 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescription Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether consideration was given to including guidance on (a) withdrawal from prescription drugs and (b) support for those withdrawing from prescription drugs in the (i) Structured medication review

8 Feb 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 2 August 2022 to Question 39893 on Prescription Drugs: Addictions, if his Department will issue guidance for patients on tapering the dosage of prescription medicine

7 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescription Drugs: Addictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 August 2022 to Question 39893 on Prescription Drugs: Addictions, when NHS England plans to publish its framework to support integrated care boards with prescribing medic

7 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescription Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescriptions were issued for each drug categorised under the drug groups (a) clonazepam and other benzodiazepines, (b) z-drugs, (c) antidepressants and (d) opioids in the (i) last 12 mont

1 Feb 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what length of time it takes to process payments under the Energy Bill Support Scheme Alternative Funding once an application has been submitted.

1 Feb 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of individuals eligible to make an application for payment under Energy Bill Support Scheme Alternative Funding.

1 Feb 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Bills Rebate: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason the application portal for the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding did not open in January 2023.