Helen Hayes

16 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Written Statement of 13 January 2020, Official Report HCWS 29, whether she has additional plans to reduce the gap between rents in London and local housing allowance.

16 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 13 January 2020, HCWS29 on Welfare, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the freeze in local housing allowance on claimants in (a) London a

15 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the average waiting time for an autism assessment in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what steps his Department is taking to re

15 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of VAT charges on medication on the finances of NHS Trusts.

15 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of NHS Trusts that have outsourced their (a) pharmacies and (b) outpatient pharmacies.

15 Jan 2020 · Treasury

Electronic Publishing: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a zero-rate of VAT for e-publications.

14 Jan 2020 · Department for Education

School Exclusions Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timeframe is for the implementation of the actions contained in the Government's response to the Timpson Review of School Exclusion in relation to the accountability of schools for the children they ex

14 Jan 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on allocating additional funding to children's services in the forthcoming Budget.

14 Jan 2020 · Department for Education

Mental Health Services: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of mental health assessments for looked after children.

13 Jan 2020 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied asylum seeking children were detained in the UK in 2019.

10 Jan 2020 · Home Office

Windrush Compensation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of (a) the number of outstanding applications to the Windrush Compensation Scheme and (b) the average waiting time for (i) a decision on an application to that sc

10 Jan 2020 · Home Office

Windrush Compensation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Windrush citizens who have (a) applied to the Windrush Compensation Scheme and (b) received compensation under that scheme; and what the total am

10 Jan 2020 · Home Office

Immigration: Windrush Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) number of Windrush citizens who applied for emergency payments in urgent and exceptional circumstances before the Windrush Compensation Scheme was esta

19 Dec 2019 · Department for Transport

Railways: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to ensure that rail infrastructure is (a) secure and (b) fit for purpose.

19 Dec 2019 · Department for Transport

Railway Signals

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the (a) resilience of Network Rail’s signalling infrastructure and (b) the potential for failure of that infrastructure to affect passengers.

31 Oct 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of whether local planning authorities have sufficient resources to implement the proposed requirements of the Environment Bill.

31 Oct 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Biodiversity: Property Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the proposed 10 per cent biodiversity net gain in new developments on the effectiveness of the nature recovery networ

31 Oct 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the calculations used in rates for childcare funding in line with the Information Commissioner’s recent decision.

28 Oct 2019 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the 25 October 2019 decision of the Information Commissioner, if he will publish his Department's calculations of funding for free and subsidised nursery places.

28 Oct 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect on the operation of childcare providers and nurseries of the increase in free childcare to 30 hours per week; and what plans he has to increase funding to ensure that t

28 Oct 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of current hourly rates for free and subsidised childcare; and what plans his Department has to review current funding levels.

28 Oct 2019 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse has been of free and subsidised nursery places in (a) London and (b) England in each year since 2015.

28 Oct 2019 · Cabinet Office

Brexit: Publicity

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the amount spent from the public purse on the (a) Get Ready for Brexit campaign and (b) preparations for the UK leaving the EU wi

25 Oct 2019 · Department for Education

Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children looked after under a (a) voluntary agreement under section 20 of the Children Act 1989, (b) care order that was (i) full and (ii) interim and (c) placement order have been placed (A) in a fost

25 Oct 2019 · Department for Education

Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the looked-after children who were cared for in a friends and family foster placement were placed there under a section 20 of the Children Act 1989 voluntary agreement in (a) 31 March 2018, (b) 31 M

22 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sexual and Reproductive Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commit to a national sexual health strategy to address the rise of sexually transmitted infections in England.

2 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of healthcare provision for homeless people and rough sleepers.

2 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to improve drug and alcohol support for homeless people and rough sleepers.

2 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of homeless deaths in 2018 attributable to substance misuse; and what representations his Department has made to the Department of Health

2 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Office for National Statistics report showing a 22 per cent rise in the deaths of homeless people in 2018, what plans his Department has to prevent the deat