Written questions

Paula Barker

798 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's Rough sleeping snapshot in England: autumn 2022, published on 28 February 2023, what analysis his Department has made of the reasons for the increa

1 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Temporary Accommodation: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households with dependent children in temporary accommodation in 2023.

1 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Bed and Breakfast Accommodation: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's statistics entitled Statutory homelessness in England: July to September 2022 published 28 February 2023, what steps his Department are taking to r

1 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Temporary Accommodation: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's policies on reducing the number of children in temporary accommodation since 2010.

1 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's statistics entitled Statutory homelessness in England: July to September 2022, published on 28 February 2023, what assessment he has made of the im

1 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to provide funding for mental health services for people under the age of 18.

1 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to provide funding for mental health services for children in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.

22 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the demand for homelessness services across the English regions.

22 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department havs to rhelp educe the number of homeless children being placed out of their home borough.

22 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Evictions: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes in the levels of section 21 evictions on the demand for homelessness services.

22 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Change of Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on how many times permitted development rights have been used (a) to convert buildings and other dwellings into temporary accommodation and (b)

22 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Offices: Change of Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an (a) estimate of the number of councils converting office blocks to accommodation through permitted development rights and (b) assessment of the sui

22 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Offices: Change of Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on how many councils are using buildings previously designated as office blocks to house the temporarily homeless.

6 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Building Regulations

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that doorways in new hospital buildings are wide enough to allow beds to pass through them.

6 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery: Liverpool Wavertree

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of operation waiting times in the Liverpool Wavertree constituency as of 6 February 2023.

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Children: Food Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the level of school holiday hunger; and whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing support to local authorities to help

6 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Illness: Males

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the scale of mental ill-health amongst the male population; and what plans his Department has to help reduce the number of deaths from male suicide.

6 Feb 2023 · Women and Equalities

Sanitary Products

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment the UK Government has made of the potential merits of the Scottish Parliament's decision to provide sanitary products free of charge; and if she would make it her policy to adopt a similar init

6 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Iranian counterpart on the treatment of Iranian women campaigning for their rights.

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Urban Areas: carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to help mitigate the carbon footprint of urban areas.

6 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of community provision of mental health services to under-18s.

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of child mental health provision in (a) primary and (b) secondary school settings.

6 Feb 2023 · Women and Equalities

Period Poverty

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent steps the Government has taken to help tackle period poverty in England.

6 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria and Turkey: Earthquakes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support people in (a) Syria and (b) Turkey following the earthquake in those countries.