Mary Kelly Foy

10 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Business Rates: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure industries on the level of business rates relief which would help to drive (a) investment and (b) local employment.

10 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Business Rates: City of Durham

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of retail businesses impacted by (a) the business rates reduction for Retail, Hospitality and Leisure properties and (b) the higher business rates multiplier in the City of D

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hornets

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle Asian hornets.

16 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Home Insurance: Travellers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps with the Financial Conduct Authority to help ensure that (a) Gypsies and (b) Travellers are able to access homes and contents insurance.

16 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society Covenant

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress her Department has made in implementing the civil society covenant.

5 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Home Insurance: Travellers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that Gypsies and Travellers are able to access homes and contents insurance without discrimination.

4 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

East Coast Main Line: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve rail services on the East Coast Main Line.

3 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: City of Durham

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she is taking to support small retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in City of Durham constituency.

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Secondary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that PSHE education is consistently embedded as part of the curriculum in all year groups in secondary education.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Phones: Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help improve mobile telephone signal in (a) Brancepeth Village, (b) County Durham and (c)) across the country.

30 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional steps her Department plans to take to improve the process of accessing evisa accounts.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Literacy: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the report of the National Literacy Trust entitled Children and young people’s writing in 2025, published in June 2025.

2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he had discussions with transgender individuals on the Sullivan Review.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) continuity of care in cancer treatment pathways, (b) assigning named points of contact and (c) back-up contacts for all patients.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure NHS trusts consistently meet the 62 day target for starting cancer treatment.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Care Quality Commission plans to inspect medical care services at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.

30 May 2025 · Treasury

Pensions: Inheritance Tax and Probate

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has assessed the potential impact of making pensions subject to (a) inheritance tax and (b) probate on bereaved families.

21 May 2025 · Home Office

Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any penalties have been applied to Serco for non-compliance with contractual obligations at Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre in the past 12 months.

21 May 2025 · Home Office

Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what oversight mechanisms her Department has established to ensure that Serco fulfils its contractual obligations as the operator of Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre.

21 May 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report entitled Evaluation of Action Access, an Alternative to Detention Pilot by UNHCR, published in January 2022, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential

21 May 2025 · Home Office

Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that women have access to high-quality (a) interpretation and (b) translation services at Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre.

20 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring local authorities to consider the curtilage of properties when assessing local speed limits.

20 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has issued guidance to local authorities on the weight that should be given to quality of life issues when assessing local speed limits.

20 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has issued guidance to local authorities on considering the hierarchy of road users when assessing local speed limits.

15 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May to Question 904060 on Personal Independence Payment: Reform, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed PIP changes on people in the

14 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Helmets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of making the wearing of cycle helmets a legal requirement for cyclists.

6 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to Personal Independence Payment on people in the North East.

30 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department includes local authority (a) owned and (b) managed Gypsy and Traveller sites within its definition of social housing under the Housing and Regeneration Act

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Humanities: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to to help improve access for students to courses at all levels in (a) history, (b) arts and (c) the humanities.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Students: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support post-92 institutions to (a) improve the educational experience and (b) widen participation of disadvantaged students.