Wera Hobhouse

22 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Ofgem

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Government plans to publish the Strategy and Policy Statement to Ofgem, as outlined in the Energy White Paper.

22 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Cost of Living: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what fiscal steps he plans to take to support university and college students in the context of the the rise in cost of living.

22 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Students: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's position is in response to the recommendations of the Higher Education Policy Institute's recent report entitled Illicit drug use in universities: zero tolerance or harm reduction?, publis

22 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Students: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of polices on reducing drug use on university campuses.

16 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether Ukrainian refugees with a close family member in the UK are eligible for the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

15 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking support people from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds who are fleeing to the UK from Ukraine.

15 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether disabled refugees entering the UK under the Homes for Ukraine scheme will be able to claim disability benefits, such as Personal Independence Payments and Disability Living A

11 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has for the role of Advanced Customer Support Senior Leaders in the future.

11 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what requirements his Department is putting in place for people who are offering accommodation to Ukrainian refugees.

10 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the new sponsorship scheme for Ukrainians without family ties to the UK will open.

8 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on providing the Ukrainian army with (a) body armour and (b) other personal protective equipment.

28 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that her Department's policies on tackling child sexual abuse include sibling sexual abuse.

24 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hate crime (a) allegations and (b) arrests were made in (i) 2016, (ii) 2017, (ii) 2018, (iii) 2019, (iv) 2020 and (v) 2021.

24 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding for education the Government has allocated to local authorities in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018, (e) 2019, (f) 2020 and (g) 2021.

24 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding for SEND the Government has allocated to local authorities in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018, (e) 2019, (f) 2020 and (g) 2021.

24 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Screening: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether an assessment was made during the design stage of the covid-19 testing system of the environmental effects of plastic waste generated as a result of (a) PCR and (b) lateral flow covid-19 te

24 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Screening: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the volume of plastic waste that has been generated as a result of the use of (a) PCR and (b) lateral flow covid-19 tests.

24 Feb 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Australia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Department's impact assessment of the new free trade agreement between the UK and Australia, published on 16 December 2021, if she will make a subsequent assessment of the impact

24 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to increase the availability of kerbside recycling of (a) plastic film and (b) other soft plastics.

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

Antisemitism

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings from the Community Security Trust that anti-Jewish hate incidents have increased 34 per cent from 202

9 Feb 2022 · Home Office

UK Visas and Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UKVI MP Account Management cases are currently outstanding past the 20 working day response target.

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

Parental Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of changes since 2010 in the relative value of the standard weekly rate of statutory maternity, paternity and shared parental leave pay com

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Maternity Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of changes since 2010 in the relative value of the standard weekly rate of Maternity Allowance compared to (a) the adult rate of the National Living Wage and (b)

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

Local Net Zero Forum

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in the context of the National Audit Office's recommendations that the decarbonising roles for local and national authorities be clarified, when his Department plans to convene th

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to support taxi companies who have driver shortages.

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

Housing: Bath

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of purpose-built student housing on house prices in Bath.

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on bus services in the South West of ending the emergency covid funding in March 2022.

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Government Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much single-use plastic has been used in Government buildings in 2021.

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport

Bristol Airport: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has undertaken an impact assessment on the potential effect of the new Bristol Airport runway on carbon emissions in Bath and North East Somerset.

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport

Bristol Airport: Road Traffic

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has undertaken an impact assessment of the potential effect of the extra Bristol Airport runway on traffic in Bath and North East Somerset.