Paula Barker

21 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Pay: Cost of Living

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that workers are adequately remunerated in the context of the recent increase in the cost of living.

21 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what (a) short- and (b) long-term plans his Department has to tackle the demand for housing in the north of England, particularly in urban centres.

21 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to guarantee places in higher education settings for disadvantaged students.

21 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Children and Young People: Social Mobility

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what process his Department has in place to measure social mobility in children and young people from primary school age to (a) leaving education and (b) entering higher education.

14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) local and (b) national steps he is taking to help grow the oncoplastic workforce.

14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Plastic Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) local and (b) national steps he is taking to help ensure all patients across England can access free flap or autologous breast reconstruction and implant reconstruction.

6 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the accessibility for patients of NHS funded dentistry care.

6 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentist practices are not accepting NHS patients, broken down by each CCG area.

6 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Yemen: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will (a) support a peace dividend for Yemen, (b) allocate funding to that county to restore public infrastructure, including health, education, roads, water

26 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Glass: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of glass recycling for reducing CO2 emissions.

26 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Glass: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will reconsider excluding glass from the forthcoming Deposit Return Scheme.

26 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Glass: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to increase the glass recycling rate.

26 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Glass: Litter and Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of excluding glass from the forthcoming Deposit Return Scheme on the (a) proportion of street litter that is glass and (b) glass recycling rat

16 May 2022 · Home Office

P&O Ferries: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many transit visas have been issued by UK Visas and Immigration to non-UK resident seafarers employed by (a) Clyde Marine Recruitment and (b) International Fleet Management to work on P&O Ferries

16 May 2022 · Home Office

Shipping: France

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether ferries operating from UK ports registered on the (a) Bahamas, (b) Bermudan and (c) Cypriot shipping registers are subject to the provisions of the UK-France Maritime Security Treaty.

16 May 2022 · Home Office

Shipping: France

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of P&O Ferries' mass dismissal of UK resident seafarers employed on cross-channel routes on 17 March 2022 on the operation of the UK-France Maritim

20 Apr 2022 · COP26

Natural Gas: Prices

To ask the President of COP26, what assessment he has made of the effect of the recent rise in gas prices on the commitments agreed at COP26.

30 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will review the method by which radiotherapy is funded in the UK to (a) increase access to treatments, (b) modernise equipment and (c) grow the specialist cancer workforce.

30 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to commission a review of radiotherapy capacity and demand to include (a) the age of radiotherapy machines, (b) the current state of IT connectivity and (c) an estimate

30 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure that hospital trusts are not using linear accelerator radiotherapy machines over the 10 year recommended lifespan.

30 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of radiotherapy machines currently in use by the NHS which are older than 10 years.

30 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will undertake a capacity and demand review of radiotherapy cancer services; and if he will take steps to increase overall radiotherapy capacity.

30 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to help increase access to radiotherapy treatments in the 10-year cancer plan; and if he will meet with parliamentarians and Radiotherapy UK to discuss that matter.

8 Mar 2022 · Treasury

National Insurance Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of employers with an annual Class 1 National Insurance liability greater than £91,699 and less than £100,000 in the latest tax year for which data are available.

21 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has her department made on the cumulative impact on the living standards of households in receipt of universal credit of (a) not up-rating benefits in line with inflation, (b) the end of

21 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Uprating

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made on the potential effect of not uprating benefits in line with inflation on levels of child poverty in Liverpool Wavertree constituency.

21 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Uprating

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of not uprating benefits in line with inflation on the incomes of households in receipt of universal credit, in the context of the end to the £20 we

9 Feb 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts and Culture: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Joint Council for Qualifications' findings that (a) between 2010 to 2021 in England there was a serious decline of -38 per cent in the number of arts GCSE entries,

17 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Liverpool Wavertree

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been affected by the underpayment of benefits after transitioning from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance in Liverpool Wav

13 Dec 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what minimum service level agreements her Department has in place with companies that administer asylum seeker accommodation in respect to the maintenance of their properties.