Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

4 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism and Learning Disability: Hospital Wards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made on its commitment to reduce the number of people with a learning disability and autistic people in specialist inpatient care by 50% by March 2024 compared with

4 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce racial inequalities in the use of the Mental Health Act 1983.

4 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Act 1983

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains her Department's policy to reform the Mental Health Act 1983.

28 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions Ombudsman: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints the Pensions Ombudsman Early Resolution Team escalated to the Pensions Ombudsman in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022; and how much funding his Department provided the Pensions Ombudsm

28 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions Ombudsman: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of (a) financial and (b) staffing support for the Pensions Ombudsman in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, (iii) 2022 and (iv) 2023 to date.

28 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions Ombudsman: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the waiting times for the Pensions Ombudsman to respond to enquiries that the Early Resolution Team have escalated.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the Access for All funding has been allocated; and if he will make it his policy to provide funding to improve accessibility at Erith station.

13 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Child Trust Fund

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to identify the number of unclaimed mature Child Trust Funds that have been claimed by account holders in the last 12 months.

13 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Probate: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the robustness of (a) technical and (b) software systems used by HM Court and Tribunal Service to process probate applications.

13 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Probate

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of rates of processing probate applications by HM Courts and Tribunals Service.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Neonicotinoids: Pollinators

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account her Department took when authorising the use of the neonicotinoid Cruiser SB in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022 of research on the effects of neonicotinoids on (i) bees and (ii) oth

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides: Neonicotinoids

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the (a) environmental and (b) ecological effects of the use of neonicotinoid pesticides.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides: Neonicotinoids

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made a recent assessment of the implications for her policies of the effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on pollinators.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there were significant changes in the level of uptake of pension credit claims after the launch of the invitation to claim trial.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will publish a report on the outcome of the pension credit public awareness campaign.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the accessibility of the apprenticeship levy for (a) construction and (b) trade businesses.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of career opportunities for young people on apprenticeship schemes.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) flexibility and (b) rates of pay of apprenticeship schemes.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the uptake in apprenticeships since 2020.

13 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of hotel accommodation provided for asylum seekers.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Estate Agents: Accountability

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the accountability of estate agents to (a) landlords and (b) tenants.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Estate Agents: Property Ombudsman

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making membership of the Property Ombudsman scheme mandatory for registered estate agents.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the accessibility of train stations to disabled people in (a) London and (b) Erith and Thamesmead constituency.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Disposal: Erith and Thamesmead

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the level of illegal waste disposal in Erith and Thamesmead constituency in the last 12 months.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support local councils in tackling fly-tipping.

13 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Public Houses: Cost of Living

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps his Department has taken to help support pubs with increases in the cost of living.

13 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the VAT charged on alcohol supplied by (a) pubs and (b) supermarkets on the level of competition between those sectors.

13 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the level of alcohol duty on the financial viability of pubs.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Breeding: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent the breeding of animals that are genetically predisposed to (a) Brachycephaly and (b) other deformative conditions.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Offshore Industry: North Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the impact of the expansion of oil and gas exploration in the North Sea on the environment.