Rachael Maskell

15 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with NHS staff recruited from overseas about the cost of (a) living and(b) housing.

15 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Key Workers: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues about (a) increasing the supply of key worker housing and (b) the potential benefits of NHS accommodation for newly qualified staff.

15 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he has made an assessment of the impact of (a) housing and (b) cost of living costs on nurses pay in areas where there is a high cost of living; and what assessment he has made of the wider impa

15 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of impact of a pay settlement on NHS staff retention.

15 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Re-employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the financial cost to the public purse of staff leaving the NHS to be employed in NHS roles on a contract basis through agencies.

15 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to meet with health sector trade unions over the industrial dispute on pay.

15 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the NHS Pay Review Body on the level of resources needed to settle the industrial dispute with the health sector unions.

15 Dec 2022 · Department for Transport

Railways: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of Exchequer on potential options for resolving the pay element of the rail industrial dispute.

15 Dec 2022 · Department for Transport

Railways: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will involve ACAS in talks to agree terms for negotiations with the rail unions in the context of the industrial action.

15 Dec 2022 · Department for Transport

Travel Information: Christmas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help ensure that passengers receive clear communications regarding transport changes over the Christmas and New Year period 2022-23.

15 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Food Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to help provide access to food over the Christmas holidays for school children who live in food poverty.

15 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Food Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has surveyed schools to find out how many pupils go to school without breakfast; and what steps she is taking to help tackle pupil hunger.

15 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Teachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of trends in the level of the cost of living on teachers' (a) pay and (b) disposable income.

15 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has a policy on the minimum temperature at which (a) nursery, (b) primary and (c) secondary school classrooms can be safely used.

15 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Universities: Warm Spaces

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of universities are providing warm spaces for students to study (a) seven days a week and (b) 24 hours a day.

15 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Students: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to support students in the context of the increase in the costs of living.

15 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Students: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the financial effect of the cost of (a) accommodation and (b) living on students.

14 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the cost of energy for unpaid carers; and if he would take steps to provide additional assistance to unp

14 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to provide disabled people with further energy financial support.

14 Dec 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of benefits for disabled people, including those who run medical devices from energy supplies.

14 Dec 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of social security payments in the context of the increase in the costs of living.

14 Dec 2022 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure people who are fleeing countries where they are facing persecution are able to claim asylum in the UK.

14 Dec 2022 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission an independent analysis into the effects of her Department's policies on managing asylum seekers.

14 Dec 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: National Income

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with her European counterparts on the relationship between the number of asylum seekers accepted by a country and the GDP of that country.

14 Dec 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 , if she will take steps to transfer unaccompanied asylum-seeking children to the UK.

14 Dec 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that people in or around Afghanistan who have had to flee because of threats or torture from the Taliban are provided access other than under the ACRS scheme to

14 Dec 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to increase the speed and safety of routes (a) parents of children living in the UK and (b) other family reunion.

14 Dec 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the consequences for the asylum partnership agreement with Rwanda of the number of asylum seekers crossing the English Channel.

14 Dec 2022 · Home Office

People Smuggling: France

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when and how she plans to assess the effectiveness of steps taken to tackle criminal people traffickers on the coast of France.

14 Dec 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Community Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to help ensure asylum seekers integrate into local communities.