Paula Barker

17 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Situation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the famine in Gaza.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department plans to take to stabilise local authority revenue budgets.

17 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on local authority insourcing of adult social care services.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing First: North West and West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to confirm the future of the Housing First pilots in (a) the Liverpool City Region, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) the West Midlands combined authority areas.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Vagrancy Act 1824

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will set out a timeline for the commencement of the repeal of the Vagrancy Act 1824.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Temporary Accommodation: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to local authorities of providing temporary accommodation.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Bed and Breakfast Accommodation: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department plans to take to prevent households with children being placed in bed and breakfast accommodation for longer than six weeks.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when her Department will publish its expected timeline for establishing a unit to end homelessness.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Education

Free Schools: Liverpool

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to help ensure Kings Leadership Academy in Liverpool is ready to accept pupils from September 2025.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to increase the number of school places in areas where there exists a shortage.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Liverpool

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number school places in Liverpool.

17 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve pay across the adult social care sector.

17 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Agency Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent the (a) exploitation of and (b) potential waste in public funding for agencies arranging adult social care workers from overseas.

17 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to enhance employment protections in the adult social care sector.

17 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department plans to have with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on the (a) funding and (b) commissioning of adult social care services.

17 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve recruitment and retention in the adult social care sector.

1 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Theft: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department takes to help protect legal owners against the sale of stolen goods (a) at auction houses and (b) online.

1 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Theft: Auctions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a database of stolen goods which (a) can be updated by law enforcement agencies and (b) auction houses can search before selling an

1 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Theft: Auctions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to strengthen the checks auction houses must carry out to prevent the sale of stolen goods.

22 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Household Support Fund: Liverpool City Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of discontinuing the Household Support Fund on Liverpool City Council.

22 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Household Support Fund: Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of discontinuing the Household Support Fund on local government finances.

22 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Household Support Fund: Impact Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department prepared an impact assessment on its decision not to extend the Household Support Fund.

20 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Criminal Justice Bill: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on implementation of the provisions in the Criminal Justice Bill to support people out of homelessness and rough sleeping.

20 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Criminal Justice Bill: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had recent discussions with organisations that support people experiencing homelessness on the Criminal Justice Bill.

20 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Criminal Justice Bill: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Criminal Justice Bill on people experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping.

16 Feb 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Rugby

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has appointed independent advisors to help the Department's work on the future sustainability of Rugby League.

16 Feb 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Rugby

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the future sustainability of Rugby League.

16 Feb 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Rugby: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on support for grassroots amateur Rugby League clubs since 5 March 2021.

16 Feb 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Rugby: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on support for (a) Rugby Union and (b) Rugby League clubs in each year since 1 March 2020.

16 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Cannabis

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted for possession of cannabis since 1 January 2020.