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Written questions

Paula Barker

798 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Jerusalem: Cultural Heritage

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the situation of the Armenian community in Jerusalem.

15 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Small Businesses: Domestic Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 7 May 2024 to Question 24352 on Dietetics: Prescriptions, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the findings of the report

15 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to reduce reliance on temporary accommodation.

14 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to involve young people with lived experience of homelessness in the development of the cross-departmental homelessness strategy.

12 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Supporting People Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a national Supporting People programme.

12 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will meet with representatives from the youth homelessness sector to discuss a dedicated chapter on youth homelessness in the proposed policy paper on homelessness.

12 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how often the inter-ministerial group on homelessness meets.

12 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the number of houses that will be built by the end of 2025.

12 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of homelessness since July 2024.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed reforms to Personal Independence Payment on people above over state pension age.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made on people who will no longer be eligible to receive Personal Independence Payment by age.

26 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rented Housing: Housing Improvement

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether there are obligations on landlords in relation to the rent they charge if their property has been improved with a grant under the (a) Energy Company Obligation, (b) Boile

26 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Private Rented Housing: Tribunals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration is given to home Energy Performance Certificates by the first-tier tribunal in determining a market rent assessment.

25 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's proposed social security reforms to PIP on trends in the levels of child poverty.

25 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has commissioned an impact assessment on the proposed PIP reforms on household income with (a) at least one person in work and (b) at least one recipient of PIP, whether that be t

25 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of PIP recipients were in some form of (a) work and (b) training on 25 March 2025.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of her Department's proposed changes to PIP on access to (a) carers allowance, (b) council tax support and (c) other benefits linked to PIP.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of her Department's proposed changes to PIP on households in which a PIP recipient is exempt from the benefit cap.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an impact assessment of the potential impact of changes to Personal Independence Payments on under 35's who claim Local Housing Allowance at the 1 bedroom rate.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

National Food Strategy Expert Panel: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the composition of the Industry Expert Panel for the National Food Strategy aligns with the Government’s (a) obesity strategy and (b)

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

National Food Strategy Expert Panel: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to publish a list of members of the Industry Expert Panel for the National Food Strategy.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

National Food Strategy Expert Panel: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to conduct a public consultation before finalising appointments to the Industry Expert Panel for the National Food Strategy.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

National Food Strategy Expert Panel: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will take steps to ensure that the Industry Expert Panel for the National Food Strategy includes representation from businesses involved in the production of (a) legu

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

National Food Strategy Expert Panel: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what eligibility criteria his Department is using to appoint members to the Industry Expert Panel for the National Food Strategy.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

National Food Strategy Expert Panel: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many meetings he has had with representatives of (a) small and medium-sized enterprises, (b) large food manufacturers and (c) public health organisations on the composition of the

3 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Biometrics: Private Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) retailers and (b) trade unions on the risk of misidentifications by private facial recognition systems.

3 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Police: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legal safeguards for people wrongly flagged as criminals by private facial recognition systems.

3 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Biometrics: Shops

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards her Department has put in place to help protect people misidentified by facial recognition technology in shops.

3 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of facial recognition misidentifications on the public.

26 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of water infrastructure costs on consumers.

Source: official written-questions record.