Rachael Maskell

7 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Pension Funds: Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to incentivise pension funds to invest in the UK.

7 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Spring Budget 2024, HC 560, published on 6 March 2024, whether he made an assessment with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of the potential impact of freezing alcohol duty on p

7 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Household Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to assess the potential merits of extending the Household Support Fund after September 2024.

7 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he made an assessment of the potential merits of removing the under-occupancy penalty during the preparation of the Spring Budget.

7 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State Work and Pensions, whether he made an assessment of the potential merits of lifting the two child benefit cap during the preparation of the Spring Budget.

7 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons that people on Universal Credit may require budgeting advance loans.

7 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Public Finance: Equality

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department takes to ensure that the positive financial impact of measures in the Budget is equally experienced by people (a) with and (b) without protected characteristics.

7 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Equal Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help close the gender pay gap.

7 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Fiscal Policy: Gender

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using gender budgeting for his fiscal policies.

6 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Remote Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department issues guidance to schools on ensuring that children who refuse to attend school are (a) set work and (b) provided resources to enable them to continue to learn.

5 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Home Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps with local authorities to ensure that all children not in school are supervised daily through a virtual hub.

5 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Home Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that children not in school reach the same level of attainment as children in school.

5 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Pupils: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues on how regularly a child not in school should be contacted by the (a) school and (b) local authority to (i) help ensure their safety and (ii) check on their wellbeing.

5 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Pupils: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to measure (a) the mental wellbeing of children who are not in school and (b) changes in their wellbeing.

5 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Pupils: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an estimate of how many children not in school have been exploited.

5 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Pupils: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will commission research on why children are not in school.

5 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Pupil Exclusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of children who are suspended from school who have (a) mental health challenges, (b) care experience, (c) experienced trauma or adverse childhood experiences,

5 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Pupil Exclusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of children who have been off-rolled from school who have (a) mental health challenges, (b) care experience, (c) experienced trauma or adverse childhood exper

5 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Pupils: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of children who are absent from school who have (a) mental health challenges, (b) care experience, (c) experienced trauma or adverse childhood experiences, (d

5 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Out of Area Treatment: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the impact of having to visit (a) children and (b) babies in hospital out of area on low income families.

5 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Baby Care Units: Out of Area Treatment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to ensure that families of children in Special Care Baby Units whose babies are being treated out of their area are provided with financial assistance.

5 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Ceasefires

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to his oral contribution in response to the hon. Member for Hammersmith during the Oral Statement of 27 February 2024 on Israel and Gaza, Official Report, column 15

4 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide data sets to (a) City of York Council and (b) each other local authority showing levels of under-registration for free school meals.

4 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing automatic enrolment for free school meals.

4 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to assess the suitability of (a) opt-out and (b) opt-in models for free school meals eligibility where they are being provided as a universal benefit to all children.

4 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to support local authorities piloting an opt-out model for free school meal registration.

4 Mar 2024 · Church Commissioners

Clergy: Universal Credit

To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Commissioners have had discussions with the Department of Work and Pensions on the potential impact of the migration of claimants of Child Tax Credit to Univ

4 Mar 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Life Sciences: Technology Transfer

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to improve the life sciences translation process.

4 Mar 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Industry: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support economic sector clusters to bid for funding into research and development.

4 Mar 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps with her international counterparts to support the digital creative arts.