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.