Rachael Maskell

25 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the increase in energy prices on care homes' running costs; and if he will take steps to provide support to care homes with their energy costs.

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what methodology her Department uses for analysing the energy costs of schools; and whether she is taking steps to help reduce those costs.

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the context of rising energy costs, if she will take steps to (a) ensure schools have financial support to retrofit their buildings with energy saving measures and (b) provide funding for school rebuilding p

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Swimming Pools: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will set up an emergency support fund to help provide support to public swimming pools in the context of the increases in energy costs.

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that partner agencies promote the energy support to customers on pre-payment meters.

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Social Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons he has not launched a consultation on introducing a social energy tariff.

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking to help energy companies share data about which customers are on pre-payment schemes.

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requesting that energy companies (a) hand deliver or (b) post energy support prepayment meter cards to customers to help inc

25 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Intensive Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the resilience and pandemic preparedness of the acute intensive care system.

25 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Intensive Care: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to ensure that there is a clear workforce strategy for intensive care which is consistent with high quality professional standards.

25 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Intensive Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to strengthen the Guidelines for the Provision of intensive Care Services.

25 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paediatrics: Intensive Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that there are a sufficient number of (a) pediatric intensive care unit beds and (b) qualified professionals to support these beds.

25 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Intensive Care: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of skills loss on the ability of Intensive Therapy Units to (a) deliver care through an experienced team and (b) train staff to acquire the level of profes

25 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Intensive Care: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the vacancy level is for (a) nurses, (b) post-registration trained nurses in critical care nursing, (c) consultants, (d) registrars, (e) physios and (f) other health professional in Intensive

25 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Intensive Care: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trauma on staff working in Intensive Therapy Units; and what steps he is taking to reduce that impact on staff.

25 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Intensive Care: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that more Intensive Therapy Unit nursing staff receive a post-registration qualification in critical care nursing.

25 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Intensive Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of retention in Intensive Therapy Units.

25 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Intensive Care: Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ICU beds there are in England; what the average occupancy of those ICU beds is; and what guidance he provides to hospitals on levels of safe occupancy of those beds.

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an estimate of the number of families accessing foodbank (a) vouchers and (b) foodbank more than once a month.

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing teachers who are unwell on days of industrial action in the NHS to self-certify as unwell and not seek a note from a doctor in order to help reli

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BBC Radio: Local Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the merits of BBC Local Radio for people who use their services.

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BBC Radio: Local Broadcasting:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with BBC on the potential impact of the BBC funding the license fee exemption for elderly people on levels of BBC Local Radio services.

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BBC Radio: Local Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with BBC Local Radio on maintaining current programming commitments.

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BBC Radio: Local Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the Local BBC Radio sharing proposal changes.

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has she made of the effectiveness of the scrutiny processes for public appointments within her Department.

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that households entitled to social security benefits are claiming all they are entitled to.

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on (a) methods to identify in schools families experiencing food poverty and (b) provide additional welfare support to those families in those circums

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment has he made of the effectiveness of the under-occupancy penalty; and what steps he is taking to help ensure that penalty does not contribute to household poverty.

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to remove the benefit cap for large families to help tackle child poverty.

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on providing support to households to tackle early years child poverty.