Mary Kelly Foy

20 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Women against State Pension Inequality

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report entitled Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice and associated issues, HC 638, published on 21 March 2024, what co

20 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to the State Pension age on women born in the 1950s in the City of Durham constituency.

15 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of training available to work coaches at Jobcentre Plus centres.

15 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: County Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the support provided by Jobcentre Plus centres in County Durham.

13 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

IVF: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is for the implementation of the Women’s Health Strategy; and whether she plans to help tackle disparities in access to fertility services for LGBTQ+ couples.

25 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Tenants

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of appointing a Commissioner for the tenant farming sector.

25 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farms: Tenants

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of current legal protections afforded to tenant farmers.

25 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Codes of Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure effective implementation of the Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Code of Practice.

24 Apr 2024 · Cabinet Office

Local Government: Trade Union Officials

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the news story entitled Cabinet Office Minister writes to councils over spending on Trade Union facility time, published by his Department on 10 April 2024, how many hours of civil servants' ti

24 Apr 2024 · Cabinet Office

Local Government: Trade Union Officials

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the news story entitled Cabinet Office Minister writes to councils over spending on Trade Union facility time, published by his Department on 10 April 2024, which local authorities were sent th

24 Apr 2024 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services: Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the number for fire fighting (a) appliances and (b) vehicles owned by the Fire and Rescue Service over the last five financial years, by each region.

19 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hedges and Ditches: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of hedgerow protections.

19 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of efforts to encourage other countries to ratify the Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement.

19 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

River Wear: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the level of pollution in the River Wear.

16 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to protect the titles for all (a) psychologists, (b) psychotherapists, (c) counsellors and (d) other psychological therapy providers.

16 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure holiday caravan owners have the same protections under the Mobile Homes Act 2013 as residential park home owners.

15 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure swift justice for victims of violence against women and girls.

15 Apr 2024 · Treasury

Domestic Abuse: Charities

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide additional funding for charities that support women who are victims of domestic violence.

26 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the impact of the tuition fee-based funding model on the financial stability of the higher education sector.

22 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

West Bank: Violence

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of reports of alleged settler violence in the village of Um al-Khair in the southern West Bank.

22 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

St Leonard's Catholic School

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has placed a ban on all inter-year transfers to St Leonard's Catholic School in City of Durham.

11 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 9 of the document entitled SEND and alternative provision improvement plan, published on 2 March 2023, when her Department plans to publish guidance to support effective transitions betwe

7 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will undertake a review of the effectiveness of the (a) Social Housing Act 2023 and (b) Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 in relation to (i) the protection of and (ii) the prov

22 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2023 to Question 5663 on Garth Prison: Education, how (a) many hours of teaching time were lost and (b) much money was recovered from education providers as a result of priso

22 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Probate

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the time taken to process (a) online and (b) paper probate applications.

22 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Probate

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of when the processing time of probate applications will be reduced to less than 16 weeks.

21 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gynaecology: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of waiting times for gynaecological care and treatment in (a) the North East and (b) England as of 21 February 2023.

21 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hysterectomy: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for a hysterectomy in (a) County Durham and (b) England.

20 Feb 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

Childcare: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on trends in the level of childcare funding in Northern Ireland.

20 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Treatment: Location

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the minimum acceptable distance between a leachate treatment plant and housing developments.