Steve Darling

30 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Manufacturing Industries: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of developing a dedicated support strategy for smaller manufacturers.

30 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Manufacturing Industries: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in the UK.

30 May 2025 · Women and Equalities

Employment: Discrimination

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to tackle age discrimination in the workplace.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help tackle ageism in healthcare services.

21 May 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to close the pay gap between (a) school teachers and (b) college teachers to achieve equity within the higher education sector.

20 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Zoos: Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce (a) delays and (b) administrative burdens on zoos undertaking international animal transfers for conservation purposes.

19 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 recent discussions she has had with youth homelessness organisations on the inclusion of a youth chapter in the forthcoming cross-governmental homelessness strategy.

15 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Holiday Accommodation: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2025 to Question 42101 on Holiday Accommodation: Licensing, what her planned timetable is for her Department’s publication of the short-term rental registration

13 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2025 to Question 47378 on Personal Independence Payment, how many working-age people are in receipt of the PIP daily living component at (a) regional, (b) constituency an

6 May 2025 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the Ukrainian Permission Extension scheme have been (a) made, (b) processed, (c) granted, (d) withdrawn and (e) rejected for which the latest data is available.

1 May 2025 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help small unitary authorities to access funding for domestic abuse perpetrator programmes.

1 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Industry: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support independent hospitality businesses.

30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department take steps with the (a) Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry and (b) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to further digitise paper-based patient info

30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) review and (b) improve NHS App accessibility for (i) people with visual impairment and (ii) other people.

30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to implement the recommendations outlined in the Patient Safety Commissioner's report entitled The Safety Gap, published in March 2025.

29 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of disabled people in specialist education colleges who could be affected by the proposal to change the eligibility criteria for the (a) Limited Capability for

29 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to

29 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beaches: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of implementing a national beach accessibility framework on (a) public health and (b) the economy; and if he will consider providi

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Education and Employment: Care Leavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support care leavers to develop (a) skills, (b) confidence and (c) opportunities to (i) find and (ii) maintain employment.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Location

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure children in care are not moved during (a) exam periods and (b) other critical periods in their education.

25 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence from Councillor David Thomas, leader of Torbay Council of 10 February 2025.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Seas and Oceans: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Minister has made an assessment of the merits of adopting a Nature Inclusive Design as a standard requirement for offshore projects to (a) boost marine biodiversity and (b)

24 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to include sustainable funding for domestic abuse perpetrator intervention programmes in the Comprehensive Spending Review.

24 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding is available to local authorities for community-based behaviour change programmes for (a) high-risk and (b) medium-risk perpetrators of domestic abuse.

24 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department makes available to local authorities for community-based behaviour change programmes for (a) high risk and (b) medium risk perpetrators of domestic abuse.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Innovate UK: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the Innovate UK technology awards to allow successful applicants to access the funds earlier in the process.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Semiconductors: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to provide capital funding to manufacturing companies in the semiconductor sector.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Innovate UK: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the Innovate UK technology awards to focus more on capital funding.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the steps wind energy developers are taking to incorporate nature-inclusive design as standard in offshore wind infrastructure.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working-age people are in receipt of the PIP daily living component at (a) regional, (b) constituency and (c) local authority level by primary health condition; and what proportion of those cla