Mary Kelly Foy

16 Dec 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Parish and Town Councils

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department has to reform parish council governance.

10 Dec 2021 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current waiting times for practical driving tests in (a) City of Durham and (b) the North East.

29 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: County Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of social housing provision in County Durham.

18 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Covid Pass

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to enable the NHS App to display booster vaccines as part of the COVID Pass.

5 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Colombia: Farmers

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of reports of threats against leaders of the ASCAMCAT rural organisation, Juan Carlos Quintero, Junior Maldonado and Olga Quinter

4 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disability: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to use the £5.9 billion NHS covid recovery funding, announced at the Spending Review on 27 October 2021, to help disabled children and young people recover lost progre

4 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Children: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what proportion of the £4.8 billion in new local authority grants, announced at the Spending Review on 27 October 2021, will be used to address the £573 million funding gap in disabl

3 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral contribution on 3 November 2021 in response to the Hon. Member for Jarrow and published in the Official Report, how the additional £96 billion investment in rail services i

1 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Maternity Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of the level of statutory maternity pay on the ability of couples to afford to start a family.

1 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Maternity Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of statutory maternity pay.

1 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has plans to introduce a non-repayable crisis grant for people in financial need who are not eligible for universal credit.

19 Oct 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Heating

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to provide schools in (a) City of Durham and (b) England with extra funding to meet increased heating costs during the 2021-22 academic year.

19 Oct 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Heating

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of increased heating costs for schools in (a) City of Durham and (b) England as a result of opening windows and doors to adequately ventilate classrooms.

19 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Frankland: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what date will in-cell telephony be fully installed in HMP Frankland.

19 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Children: Disability

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the finding of Scope and the Disabled Children’s Partnership’s report entitled The Gap Widens, published in October 2021, that there is a £2.1 billion funding gap in disabled children’s health and

19 Oct 2021 · Department for Education

Children: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the finding of Scope and the Disabled Children’s Partnership’s report entitled The Gap Widens, published in October 2021, that there is a £573 million funding gap in disabled children’s social

18 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

HMP/YOI Low Newton: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the 2021 Independent Monitoring Board Report for HMP/YOI Low Newton, what steps he plans to take to (a) ensure that women with severe mental health issues are fast tracked to secure hospitals an

18 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

HMP/YOI Low Newton: Vocational Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the areas of development set out on page 6 of the Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board for HMP/YOI Low Newton for 2020-21, published in October 2021, what funding the Government pla

18 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the extra number of days of testing capacity the opening of Hexham and Bishop Auckland driving theory test centres will create per year.

18 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving theory tests his Department expects to take place over the next year at (a) Hexham and (b) Bishop Auckland driving test centres.

18 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date his Department expects the driving theory test backlog to be cleared in the North East of England.

23 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has undertaken a review of the adequacy of the (a) eligibility criteria for and (b) financial payments under the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme in the context of the covid-1

23 Sep 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Parking: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps the Government is taking to (a) improve the regulation of the private parking sector and (b) protect motorists from unfair fines.

23 Sep 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Leasehold: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his timeframe is for bringing forward legislative proposals to enact the leasehold reform proposals announced by the Government on 7 January 2021.

23 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment she has made of the potential effect of the removal of the £20 uplift to universal credit on (a) disabled people and their families and (b) people who are not living with a d

23 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: County Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the removal of the £20 uplift to universal credit on the number of people in (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty in County Durham.

8 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Defibrillators

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve access to community defibrillators in (a) County Durham and (b) the UK.

8 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sportsgrounds: Defibrillators

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on increasing access to defibrillators at grassroots sports events in (a) County Durham and

6 Sep 2021 · Department for Education

Disability: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that the next Comprehensive Spending Review allocates adequate funding for disabled children’s social care to allow every local authority to provide the support services that e

6 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disability: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing additional funding for disabled children’s health services at the upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review to support access to approp