Written questions

648 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Allergies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to create a national allergy tsar within the NHS.

11 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Pedestrians: County Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve safety for (a) cyclists and (b) pedestrians in County Durham.

11 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

Roads: County Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve road safety in County Durham.

11 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Older People: County Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will have discussions with local authorities on ensuring that older people living in poverty in County Durham receive financial support for which they are eligible.

11 Sep 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Pensioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans has he to support pensioners with the cost of energy in (a) City of Durham and (b) County Durham.

9 Sep 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinians: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to support Palestinian Christians.

9 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Northumbrian Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Ofwat in regulating Northumbrian Water.

5 Sep 2024 · Treasury

Wealth: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a wealth tax.

5 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support people with and (b) raise awareness of endometriosis.

5 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Neonicotinoids

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to change existing policies to prevent the use of neonicotinoid pesticides.

3 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 21 February 2024 to Question 14064 on Universal Credit: Disqualification, if she will direct her Department to begin collecting statistics on the number of children livin

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to allow the sharing of relevant information with police forces to help identify potentially fraudulent benefit claims.

30 Aug 2024 · Treasury

Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of differences in inheritance tax thresholds for people (a) with and (b) without children; and if she will make an assessment of

25 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support adults affected by backlogs for ADHD assessments.

25 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Means-tested Benefits: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of not including military compensation as an income on means-tested benefit applications.

25 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infectious Diseases: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of preparedness for future pandemics.

25 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Southern Africa: Droughts

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle drought in southern Africa.

25 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Polio

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is providing emergency humanitarian assistance to help prevent a polio outbreak in Gaza.

25 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to (a) reform or (b) replace the Work Capability Assessment.

25 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential mental health impact of benefit sanctions.

25 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle health inequalities in the North East of England.

25 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential health impact of the two-child benefit cap on children's (a) mental and (b) physical health.

25 Jul 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: City of Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of special educational needs and disability services for children in City of Durham constituency.

23 Jul 2024 · Women and Equalities

Travellers: Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what account she plans to take of the inequalities experienced by Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities in the development of the draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill; and if her Department will consult w

22 Jul 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to meet with the Durham Miners' Association to discuss the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme.

19 Jul 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme and Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much his Department has received from the (a) Mineworkers' Pension Scheme and (b) British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme since 1994.

19 Jul 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Mineworkers' Pension Scheme: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many (a) former miners and (b) former miners' widows are in receipt of a mineworkers' pension in (i) City of Durham constituency and (ii) the North East of England.

19 Jul 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: County Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) help build new grassroots football facilities and (b) renovate existing pitches for grassroots football in County Durham.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Women against State Pension Inequality

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to meet with representatives from the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign.

21 May 2024 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department used to assess applications to the Safer Roads Fund.

Source: official written-questions record.