Paula Barker

5 Sep 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of recent Israeli military activity in the West Bank.

4 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the impact of the removal of Winter Fuel Payments on pensioners in receipt of attendance allowance.

4 Sep 2024 · Department for Education

Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will pause the defunding of applied general qualifications scheduled for 2025 and 2026.

3 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax: Single People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of households that receive the single person council tax discount are (a) widows and (b) widows of retirement age.

3 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax: Single People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the number of households in receipt of the single person council tax discount that are set to lose Winter Fuel Payments.

3 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

Motorways: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the safety of smart motorways.

3 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the cost of rail travel.

3 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the administrative cost to her Department will be to means-test Winter Fuel payments.

3 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the campaign to increase the uptake of Pension Credit on proposed savings from reductions in the Winter Fuel Allowance.

3 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the proposed saving is from the reduction in the franchise of the Winter Fuel Payment.

3 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of all people eligible for Pension Credit claiming it.

3 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department consult former Prime Minister Gordon Brown on policies to reduce levels of child poverty.

30 Aug 2024 · Home Office

Religious Buildings: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has provided to protect places of worship for each religion in each of the last five years.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will take steps to help households with the cost of energy during winter 2024-25.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions of the potential impact of energy price rises on levels of child poverty.

30 Aug 2024 · Treasury

Energy: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a windfall tax for energy companies to help support consumers with the cost of energy bills.

30 Aug 2024 · Treasury

Wealth: Equality

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of wealth inequality.

30 Aug 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Departmental Coordination

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what role her Department will have in coordinating a cross-departmental approach to ending homelessness.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Temporary Accommodation: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the child poverty task force will consider the number of homeless children residing in temporary accommodation.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Poverty Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the child poverty taskforce plans to hold discussions with homelessness organisations.

30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Shingles: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure people aged between 65 and 70 who turned 65 before 1 September 2023 can access the shingles vaccine.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Rugby: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department provides to support the growth of grassroots rugby league.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure children from deprived backgrounds can participate in sport.

30 Aug 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure prisoners do not become homeless upon release.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment: Grandparents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of proposed changes to the Winter Fuel Payment on households where grandparents are the primary care givers to their grandchildren.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Household Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the (a) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) Local Government Association on future funding for the Household Support Fund.

30 Aug 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sleeping Rough: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Rough Sleeping Initiative Funding beyond March 2025.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment: Eligibility

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of limiting winter fuel allowance on pensioners that are (a) eligible for but not claiming pension credit and (b) just above the eligibili

30 Aug 2024 · Treasury

Household Support Fund

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with the (a) Department for Work and Pensions and (b) Local Government Association on the Household Support Fund.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Community Interest Companies: Children and Vulnerable Adults

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has plans to increase the (a) monitoring and (b) oversight of community interest companies that are engaged in regulated activity with children and vulnerable adults.