Written questions

1,408 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Remote Hearings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of digital hearings on access to justice.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support is available to help ex-offenders reintegrate into communities in high deprivation areas.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps she has taken to increase staffing levels in the prison service.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Tees Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress she has made in upgrading court buildings in the Tees Valley.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders: Community Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of community sentencing in reducing reoffending.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Family Courts: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for family court proceedings.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of court backlogs in the North East.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Arson: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support is available for communities in the North East experiencing repeated incidents of arson.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Organised Crime: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to help tackle organised crime networks operating in ports in the North East.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Cleveland Fire Brigade: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what additional resources have been allocated to Cleveland Fire Brigade in the last three financial years.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Police: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Police Uplift Programme in high-crime areas.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Police: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on expanding multi-agency safeguarding hubs across police forces in the North East.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with fire and rescue services on recruitment and retention.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support local authorities in tackling illegal encampments.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Fraud: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of fraud-related crime rates in the North East.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Emergency Calls: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve emergency call handling times by forces.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Knives: Tees Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of knife crime incidents in the Tees Valley.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Cleveland Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional police officers have been deployed in Cleveland Police since July 2024.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Sexual Offences: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Operation Soteria on the prosecution of sexual offences.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Crime: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support is available to police forces tackling rural crime in (a) County Durham and (b) North Yorkshire.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to reduce levels of antisocial behaviour in town centres in the North East.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of unfilled NHS roles in the North East.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: Tees Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress he has made in digitising patient records in NHS trusts in Teesside.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to community mental health transformation programmes in the North East since 2022.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Stockton on Tees

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with local authorities on health inequalities in Stockton-on-Tees.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase training placements for (a) nurses and (b) allied health professionals in the North East.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS estates are in need of (a) major repairs and (b) replacement in the North East.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Tees Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of cancer (a) referral and (b) diagnosis rates in Tees Valley.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help support Integrated Care Boards to improve patient access in areas with high levels of deprivation.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the retention of social care workers in areas with a high rate of vacancies.

Source: official written-questions record.