Josh Newbury

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to make Jobcentres more effective at helping unemployed people into (a) work and (b) training.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Company Obligation: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to tackle fraud in the Energy Company Obligation scheme.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Degrees and Higher National Diplomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the provision of level (a) five and (b) six qualifications in areas that do not have a university.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Landfill: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the (a) powers and (b) resources of the Environment Agency to regulate landfill sites.

24 Oct 2024 · Women and Equalities

Gender Recognition

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent progress her Department has made on bringing forward proposed reforms to the gender recognition certificate process.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farms: Biodiversity and Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) increase biodiversity on farms and (b) ensure that farms are financially sustainable.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Video Games

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the development of the esports industry.

24 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Plastics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of single-use items used by the National Health Service.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of creating a single service to advise households on (a) energy efficiency in the home and (b) financial support available for

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Boiler Upgrade Scheme: Heat Pumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) value for money of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme for increasing the number of heat pump installations.

24 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Heat Pumps

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, of the potential merits of removing VAT from refrigerants used in heat pumps.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Homes Plan: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to introduce (a) low- and (b) no-cost finance for domestic energy efficiency measures in its Warm Homes Plan.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Natural Gas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential cost to the public purse of decommissioning the gas grid.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heating: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using the gas grid to support the decarbonisation of (a) domestic and (b) industrial space heating.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Natural Gas: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help decarbonise the gas grid.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Mineworkers' Pension Scheme: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) returning the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme investment reserve to scheme members and (b) commissioning a review into future investme

24 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Crime: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of rural crime on (a) agricultural businesses and (b) Staffordshire Police.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the recycling rates of plastic film.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with businesses on steps to reduce the (a) manufacture and (b) distribution of single-use plastic products other than wet wipes.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce pre-consumer plastic waste in supply chains.

23 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Packaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to promote the (a) development and (b) use of bioplastics for single-use packaging.

23 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of funding available through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme has been spent on mental health practitioners since 2019.

23 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will take steps to issue guidance to local authorities on the establishment of publicly-owned bus companies.

23 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to support bus services in rural areas.

23 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department has provided to local authorities on consulting communities on (a) proposals for new and (b) the adequacy of existing bus routes.

23 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve mental health services in (a) Cannock Chase constituency and (b) Staffordshire.

23 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

School Libraries: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of trends in the number of requests to schools to remove LGBT+ literature from school libraries.

23 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leisure Centres: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help support local authorities to keep council-owned leisure centres open.

23 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Academies: Operating Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the value for money of the central costs of operating academy trusts.

23 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Academies: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the central costs of academy trusts on the budgets of academy schools.