Rachael Maskell

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners: Disposable Income

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of the increased cost of energy on the disposable income of people in receipt of the State Pension, after the measures announced on 3 February 2022 have been a

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to increase the benefit cap in response to the rise in the cost of living.

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what further poverty mitigating measures she is planning to support families who are subject to the benefits cap.

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Energy: Prices

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 support available to claimants to meet the rise in energy bills.

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to support claimants who are subject to the benefits cap and who are defaulting on private rental costs.

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the (a) setting of Broad Market Rental Area boundaries and (b) impact of those boundaries on the expendi

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Broad Market Rental Area (BMRA) in York which extends into the wider area of North Yorkshire and impacts on the level of Local Housing Allowance (LHA) set for the City of York wher

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to provide additional support for housing costs to families who are facing significant increases in their private rent.

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of the benefits cap on larger families in the private rented sector in areas of high rental costs.

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she made of the impact of the Benefit Cap on private renters in areas with high rental costs.

7 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason covid-19 restrictions have been eased in the context of high infection rates of covid-19.

7 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps in response to current high levels of covid-19 (a) infection and (b) transmission.

7 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his latest guidance is on steps to take to reduce covid-19 transmission in (a) York and (b) other areas with high infection rates.

7 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish his covid-19 vaccine strategy.

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help produce the next generation of vaccines to tackle transmission rates of covid-19.

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to introduce restrictions on the level of profit of energy companies.

4 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's oral contribution of 3 February 2022, Official Report, column 472, what guidance his Department is providing to local authorities

4 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport

Housing: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the extent to which digital residential parking schemes may exclude people who are not connected to digital technology.

4 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport

Housing: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what analysis he has undertaken to determine good practice when it comes to residential parking schemes; and which local authorities have adopted that model.

4 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated to the SEND transport budget (a) in York and (b) nationally in each of the last five years.

4 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport

Bus Services and Railways: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has he made of (a) the cost of (i) rail travel and (ii) bus travel on people's transport choices, and (b) the effectiveness of fare levels with regard to attracting more passengers, in the conte

4 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to (a) coordinate an integrated bus strategy and (b) increase leadership for the bus sector.

4 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to measure his levelling up agenda and how often that data will be published, to support parliamentary scrutiny of that agenda.

4 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, who will be (a) responsible for the delivery of the levelling up agenda and (b) accountable to Parliament for areas of that agenda which intersect with (i) health, (ii) education and

4 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Regional Planning and Development: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the economic benefit to York that will result from his proposals for levelling up.

4 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Sexual Offences: Criminal Investigation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the police in handling accusations of crimes of sexual violence.

4 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Sexual Offences: Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure more crimes of sexual violence go to trial.

4 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Gender Based Violence and Sexual Harassment: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if the Government will develop an app to support women who have experienced sexual harassment or violence to provide advice and navigate them to support services.

4 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Pensioners: Poverty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of making a further uplift in the rate of the state pension on the level of pensioner poverty as a result of increases in the cost of domestic energy.

4 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many eligible people are not currently claiming their pension credit (a) in York and (b) nationally in each of the last 2 years.