Written questions

1,495 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Blue Badge Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an estimate of the average cost to process a blue badge application per local authority in England.

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing increased support to people asked to migrate from (a) tax credits and (b) other legacy benefits to Universal Credit.

4 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing increased financial support for child cancer patients and their families.

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Foster Care: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is providing additional financial support to local authorities in England to support foster children and parents with the cost of living.

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the rate of water leakage in the United Utilities network that serves the North West.

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: Stockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the waiting list for social housing in Stockport constituency.

4 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Zimbabwe: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the recent ballot in the Zimbabwe national elections on (a) democracy and (b) freedom of speech in Zimbabwe.

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Post Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans she has for the future of the Crown Post Office estate.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Parking: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made a recent estimate of the number of public car parks that charge using (a) cash and (b) app-based payments.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for braces to be fitted by an NHS dentist in (a) Stockport and (b) Greater Manchester in the latest period for which data is available.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Parking: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has had discussions with organisations representing older people on the potential impact of card-payment-only public car parking services.

1 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Money: Greater Manchester

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the provision for cash payments in Greater Manchester.

1 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Bank Services: Homelessness and Refugees

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help support (a) homeless people and (b) refugees obtain a bank account.

1 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) reports of, (b) arrests for and convictions for hate crimes there have been in Greater Manchester since 2017.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average wait time is for patients to see a specialist related to Parkinson's disease in (a) Stockport constituency, (b) Stockport borough and (c) Greater Manchester

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average wait time is for patients seeking treatment for cancer in (a) Stockport constituency, (b) Stockport borough and (c) Greater Manchester.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Manchester Metrolink: Stockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential economic benefits of the extension of the Metrolink tram system into Stockport town centre.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Manchester Metrolink: Stockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost of the proposed extension of the Metrolink tram system into Stockport town centre.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Holiday Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Civil Aviation (Working Time) Regulations 2004 to ensure that workers in civil aviation are awarded the national average annual leave entitl

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Menopause: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women are on the waiting list to be referred for specialist menopause treatment on the NHS in (a) Stockport and (b) Greater Manchester as of 1 September 2023.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: Mould

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the potential costs that local authorities will incur as a result of implementing Awaab’s Law on investigating and fixing damp and mould in p

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of reducing the age at which people become eligible for an older person's bus pass.

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

Hinduism: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in levels of Hinduphobia.

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

Help to Buy Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has had recent discussions with Lenvi on response times to Help to Buy Equity Loan customer enquiries.

18 Jul 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mandatory reconsiderations were lodged by PIP claimants in each year since 2017; and how many and what proportion of these challenges were successful.

18 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Public Services: Mileage Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies of Unison’s report entitled Driven out of work: the impact of mileage rates on frontline public service workers, published in

18 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Public Services: Mileage Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the potential impact of levels of HMRC mileage and fuel rates and allowances on frontline public service workers.

18 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many alcohol-related hospitalisations there were in each local authority in Greater Manchester in the last 12 months.

18 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport

Driving under Influence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local authority in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) England had the highest number of alcohol-related traffic collisions in the latest period for which information is available.

18 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate the Government has made of the financial impact of alcohol harm on each (a) local authority and (b) integrated care board annually; and if he will make a statement.

Source: official written-questions record.