Dan Carden

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to take steps to remove the non-dependent charge in Housing Benefit for disadvantaged groups.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palantir: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with NHS trusts who (a) suspended or (b) paused pilots of Palantir Foundry on that company's suitability for NHS contracts.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the awarding of NHS data contracts is (a) fair and (b) transparent.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the NHS Federated Data Platform delivers transparency on (a) what patient data will be made available, (b) which third-party organisations will ha

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has (a) ethical and (b) reputational criteria that companies must satisfy to be awarded NHS contracts.

1 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iraq: Kurds

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Internet: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase young people's (a) awareness of and (b) ability to identify (i) disinformation and (ii) other online harms.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

National Curriculum Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has plans to review the use of SATs in primary schools.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of levying a higher rate of Air Passenger Duty on all private jet flights.

1 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drug recovery wings have been opened in prisons since 22 July 2022.

20 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Charter Treaty

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2023 to Question 193032 onEnergy Charter Treaty, if he will publish all risk assessments held by his Department concerning the UK's membership of the Energy

19 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Global Partnership for Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the announcement entitled PM calls on G7 to help educate every child in the world, published on 11 June 2021, what steps he is taking to deliver the £430 mi

18 Jul 2023 · Cabinet Office

List of Ministerial Responsibilities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he next plans to update the List of Ministerial responsibilities.

18 Jul 2023 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government plans to take to close the (a) gender, (b) ethnicity and (c) disability pay gaps.

18 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering free energy audits to all households.

18 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Insulation: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent progress his Department has made on increasing the rate of (a) loft and (b) cavity wall insulations.

18 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing alcohol labelling that states the associated health risks of alcohol consumption.

18 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of specialist alcohol teams on levels of alcohol harm.

18 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure specialist alcohol care teams are provided in hospitals which serve the 25% of areas with the highest rates of (a) alcohol harm and (b) socioeconomic d

18 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the long-term viability of the buy-to-let sector.

17 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Ticket Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of closing train station ticket offices in the North West on the (a) safety and (b) accessibility of passenger rail travel in that region.

17 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Viral Diseases: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to make a decision on expanding the routine testing programme for HIV and blood-borne viruses in areas with a high HIV prevalence.

17 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Inflation: Rents

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of increases in rent on the rate of inflation.

10 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when her Department will respond to an email from the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton, dated 30 May, on electricity and gas rates for people in social housing.

10 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to use child-focused impact assessments for (a) funding mechanisms, (b) context analyses and (c) programmes which involve the participatio

10 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of setting up a Youth Advisory Council in his Department to consult children and young people in policy development.

10 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if it remains his Department's policy to spend £11.6 billion on UK International Climate Finance between April 2021 and March 2026.

10 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking internationally to protect (a) children and (b) women from the impact of climate change.

7 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Charter Treaty

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2023 to Question 191204 on Energy Charter Treaty, whether a formal risk assessment on the UK's membership of the Energy Charter Treaty is held by his Departm

7 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish an implementation framework for the Women's Health Strategy 2022.