Karin Smyth

24 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Amey: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with Amey on increasing the number of apprenticeships at their central Bristol office.

24 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Great Western Railway: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Great Western Rail on increasing the number of apprenticeships at their St Philip's Marsh depot.

24 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Hitachi Rail Europe: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Hitachi Rail on increasing the number of apprenticeships at their Filton depot near Bristol.

24 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) electrifying the main railway line between Bristol and Birmingham and (b) connecting Britsol to the HS2 terminus under construction at Birmingham Curzo

22 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the outcome of the High Court case (R [Blundell & Ors] v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions) whether her Department permits the placing of deductions for Child Maintenance paymen

22 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Continuing Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the additional resources required to ensure that outstanding Continuing Health Care assessments are undertaken in a timely manner in accordance with the statutory gui

22 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Continuing Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of Continuing Health Care assessments that are outstanding as a result of the six-month suspension imposed in response to the covid-19 outbreak.

25 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on improving consumer protection in the residential building industry.

24 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Firearms: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish her Department's response to its Firearms Safety consultation.

19 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Public Health: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the provision of public health grants in 2021-2022.

10 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the number of people in receipt of income based jobseekers' allowance who have not been migrated to universal credit and have not received the £20 uplift to their benefit

9 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Environment Protection: Coronavirus

What plans he has to promote a green recovery from the covid-19 outbreak.

8 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes

What additional funding she plans to allocate to domestic abuse helplines to help meet demand during the covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021.

2 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Airguns

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2021 to Questions 143826 on Airguns: Scotland and 143828 on Airguns, whether the arrangements considered by her Department that apply to the controls on air weapon

28 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Further Education: Remote Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that further education colleges receive a further allocation of laptops.

28 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Further Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to allocate catch-up funding to further education colleges due to the covid-19 outbreak in the 2021-22 academic year.

28 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of public sector organisations have met the public sector apprentice target in each year since the target was introduced.

28 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Nurses: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nursing (a) apprenticeship starts and (b) apprentices there were in 2019-20.

26 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Airguns

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the evidence gathered for the Air Weapons Review on the safety of air weapons in Scotland and Northern Ireland, where air weapons are subject to a licensing regime.

26 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Airguns: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with ONS on the publication of data on types of offences involving air weapons and whether an offence resulted in injury, for each year since 2015-16.

26 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Airguns: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the effect of licensing air weapons in Scotland on the number of offences involving air weapons in that country from 2015-16 and 20

26 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Mortgages and Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment she has made of the adequacy of social security support for (a) mortgage costs and (b) renters during the covid-19 outbreak.

25 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Airguns: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the ages of the perpetrators of serious air weapons offences, alongside that of the ages of victims of serious air weapons offences currently provided by the ONS under Offences inv

25 Jan 2021 · Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body

Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Right hon. Member for East Hampshire, representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, what the timetable is for the publication of the Strategic Review on Renewal and Restoration.

25 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Remote Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2020 to Question 122787 on Apprentices, what support he plans to provide for employers who are unable to fund a laptop for an apprentice to enable that apprenticeship to con

25 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2020 to Question 22783 on Apprentices: Taxation, where that unspent levy money is located in his departmental budget.

25 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the adequacy of benefit rates during the covid-19 outbreak for disabled people on legacy benefits.

25 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policies of the Disability Benefits Consortium report on the benefit losses that disabled people experienced during the benefit freeze.

25 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2021 to Question 910674 on Buildings: Insulation, when his Department plans to respond to the proposal by the all-party parliamentary group o

25 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Business Premises: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data his Department has collected to assess the effectiveness of the voluntary Code of Practice for commercial property relationships introduced in June 2020 as a response t