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.