Written questions

1,495 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether an assessment has been made of the adequacy of the availability of personal protective equipment for BAME healthcare workers during the (a) first and (b) second wave of the covid-19 outbrea

16 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Liver Diseases: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve pathways for the early detection of liver disease in (a) Stockport, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) England.

16 May 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Stockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what resources his Department is providing Stockport Council to support their delivery of SEND provision in local authority-maintained schools.

16 May 2022 · Treasury

Voluntary Work: Mileage Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to review the Approved Mileage Payment Allowance that can be claimed by volunteer drivers.

16 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Manchester Airport: Air Routes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of opening a direct flight between Manchester Airport and (a) Mumbai and (b) New Delhi on (i) jobs, (ii) investment, (iii) tourism and (iv) higher

16 May 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: India

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Answer of 8 March 2022 to Question 131344, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of a free trade agreement with India on (a) jobs and (b) investment i

11 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hormone Replacement Therapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing testosterone routinely within hormone replacement therapy.

11 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Council Tax: Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether single person households will retain the single occupancy charge in respect of council tax in the event that they provide accommodation to a Ukrainian family under the Homes

11 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Stockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the (a) levels of cancer diagnoses and (b) forecasted increases in diagnosis will affect resources apportioned by the Government for treating cancer patients in Stockport Constituency and B

11 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are on NHS dentist waiting lists in (a) Stockport and (b) Greater Manchester.

11 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of local housing allowance was paid to private landlords in (a) England, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) Stockport in each of the last three years.

11 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what additional steps he plans to take to support local authorities in reducing the number of families living in temporary accommodation.

11 May 2022 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers: Pay and Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will intervene to ensure supply teachers employed by agencies and umbrella companies are (a) paid the same rate as those employed directly by a school or local authority and (b) able to access to the Teac

11 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Long Term Unemployed People and Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) long-term unemployed and (b) over-50s unemployed people into work.

25 Apr 2022 · Home Office

HM Passport Office: Members

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide MP offices with a direct enquiry line to the Passport Office.

25 Apr 2022 · Home Office

HM Passport Office: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help support the Passport Office with increased numbers of passport (a) applications and (b) renewals.

25 Apr 2022 · Home Office

HM Passport Office: Lost Property

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department are taking to reduce the level of misplaced documents in the Passport Office.

25 Apr 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

World Food Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the UN's World Food Programme eligibility criteria.

25 Apr 2022 · Department for Transport

Aviation and Travel Agents: Repayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) airlines and (b) travel agents to ensure that customers are fully and promptly refunded for cancelled flights.

25 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Location

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the location of NHS dental surgeries compared to the demand for NHS dental services.

19 Apr 2022 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing: Greater Manchester

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to (a) protect access to free-to-use ATMs and (b) evaluate the impact of current access to ATMs in (i) Stockport and (ii) Greater Manchester.

19 Apr 2022 · Department for Education

Foster Care: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will ask local authorities to show flexibility with regard to the clearance of uncleared adults within homes with in-place fostered children, to enable foster families to accommodate Ukrainian families in

19 Apr 2022 · Treasury

Manchester India Partnership: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support his Department has provided to the Manchester India Partnership.

19 Apr 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: India

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to Answer of 8 March to Question 131344, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of a Free Trade Agreement with India on jobs and investment in Stockport.

19 Apr 2022 · 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 will reassess the limit on the Help to Buy scheme to reflect current property valuations.

19 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications are refused each year due to failing to meet the counter-signatory eligibility criteria.

19 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Police: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department will publish the academic report from Operation Drayfurn.

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of households that have a pre-payment (a) gas and (b) electricity meter in (i) Stockport constituency, (ii) the Borough of Stock

29 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Manchester Airport: India

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2022 to Question 143828, on Manchester Airport: India, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using the Air Route Development Fund to establi

29 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support Ukrainian citizens in the UK with seasonal worker visas following the invasion of that country.

Source: official written-questions record.