Written questions
1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the two child benefit cap on children in Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton constituency.
10 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of public sector procurement with local suppliers in each English region in each year between 2010 and 2025.
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Police Custody: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) standard and (b) capacity of custody cells in Greater Manchester.
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many rented properties are procured in each Greater Manchester local authority area by providers contracted by her Department for asylum accommodation.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Community Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what role he expects local authorities to have in implementing community energy schemes.
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when it plans to end the use of the Victoria Hotel in Oldham for the placement of asylum seekers.
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Magistrates' Courts: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of magistrate court capacity in Greater Manchester.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Free Schools: Oldham
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress her Department has made on considering the application for the proposed new Eton State sixth form college in Oldham.
10 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Cooperatives
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the financial contribution of the co-operative sector to the economy; and what estimate her Department has made of the level of growth in that sector in each of the next fi
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Cooperatives
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Government-funded business development support in the co-operative and mutual sectors.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Cooperatives
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support the growth of the co-operative sector.
17 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding (a) community and (b) co-operative ownership in the renewable energy sector.
12 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Victims
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to ensure offenders convicted of Child Sexual Exploitation are not released into the same community as the victims on completion of a custodial sentence.
12 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Offenders: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data his Department holds on the number of young people in Greater Manchester deemed at risk of Child Criminal Exploitation who have criminal offences recorded against them.
12 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Victims
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure offenders convinced of child criminal exploitation are not released into the same community as the victims on the completion of a custodial sentence.
12 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Funerals: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will further regulate the funeral industry.
18 Mar 2024 · Home Office
Police Custody and Police Stations: Oldham
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police station and (b) custody cell closures there have been in Oldham in each year since 2010.
18 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Magistrates' Courts: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) closures of magistrates courts and (b) trends in the recruitment of magistrates on case capacity in Greater Manchester.
18 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Culture: Community Assets
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) steps taken to safeguard of local arts and cultural venues and (b) the benefits of protection as Assets of Community value.
18 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Football: Sportsgrounds
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has taken recent steps to designate football club grounds as assets of community value.
18 Mar 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Local Broadcasting and Local Press
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the viability of independent (a) local newspapers and (b) other media.
18 Mar 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of hotel use for asylum seekers on community cohesion in Oldham; and when he plans to end the use of temporary accommodation for asylum seekers.
18 Mar 2024 · Home Office
Police Custody and Police Stations: Oldham
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of trends in the level of (a) police station and (b) custody cell closures in Oldham since 2010.
18 Mar 2024 · Home Office
Organised Crime: Oldham
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) child criminal exploitation and (b) gang activity on police resources in Oldham.
13 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing: Oldham
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many homes have been built in Oldham in the last year.
21 Feb 2024 · Home Office
Organised Crime: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding is allocated to (a) each Greater Manchester local authority and (b) any other organisation in Manchester city region to tackle child criminal exploitation.
21 Feb 2024 · Treasury
Mileage Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what component costs were used to calculate the HMRC mileage rate in 2010; and if he will make the equivalent calculation based on today's costs.
21 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Oldham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many registered full time equivalent GPs serve the borough of Oldham in the latest period for which that data is available; and how many patients have been registered with surgeries in the boro
21 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Long-term Plan for Towns: Oldham
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much provisional funding has been allocated to the Chadderton Town Board; and when that board is required to (a) meet and (b) confirm its investment plan to Government.
21 Feb 2024 · Home Office
Retail Trade: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of trends in the level of retail crime on convenience store closures in England.
Source: official written-questions record.