Steve Darling

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; whether those people receive the (i) standard and (ii) enhan

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on split site funding for schools.

23 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rowcroft Hospice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing funding for the Lavender Square project in Devon; and if he will hold discussions with representatives of that project.

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

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2025 to Question 44062 on Members: correspondence, if she will meet with the hon. Member for Torbay to discuss the potential impact of local gov

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

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that local government reorganisation will not undermine progress made in improving healthcare outcomes in (a) Torbay and (b) other areas.

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

Integrated Care Systems: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she is having with the Secretary of Health and Social Care to ensure that successful integrated care organisations (a) in Torbay and (b) in England are (i) prese

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

Plan for Neighbourhoods: Torbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether funding allocated to Torbay to help tackle deprivation will be (a) protected and (b) ringfenced following local government reorganisation.

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

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure that the specific needs of (a) Torbay and (b) other deprived areas are considered following mergers into larger sub-regional authorities as

22 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of reductions in the level of relief through the Business Rates Relief scheme on small businesses.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Holiday Activities and Food Programme: Low Incomes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions in the level of funding for holiday activities and food programmes on children from lower-income backgrounds.

22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Prescribing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide additional funding to ensure the sustainability of social prescribing in (a) the UK and (b) Torbay.

22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Allergies: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Food Standards Agency on its plans to publish its response to the consultation entitled Best Practice Guidance - Allergen Information for Non-Prepacked Foods; a

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Means-tested Benefits: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 3854 on Pension Credit: Armed Forces, if her Department will review the treatment of Armed Forces Compensation Scheme payments in means-tested bene

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Means-tested Benefits: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 3854 on Pension Credit: Armed Forces, if she will review the treatment of Armed Forces Compensation Scheme payments in means-tested welfare benefit

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Review of Patient Safety across the Health and Care Landscape

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Review of patient safety across the health and care landscape will be published.

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

Cats: Animal Breeding

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Animal Welfare Committee’s December 2024 recommendation on banning the importation of any

8 Apr 2025 · Treasury

State Retirement Pensions: Underpayments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 43135, what historic information she holds on taxable state pension payments to people who are now deceased; and whether her Department would supply such data on re

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers have been served with redundancy by (a) local authority area, (b) multi academy trust and (c) local authority in the last three months.

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

Neighbourhood Boards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to grant additional powers to Plan for Neighbourhoods Boards beyond those of Town Deal Boards.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pathways to Work: Impact Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will produce an impact assessment of the proposals outlined in the Pathways to Work Green Paper, published in March 2025.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of consulting on the introduction of changes to the eligibility requirement for the daily living part of the Personal Independence Payment

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment: Chronic Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's Pathways to Work Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, what definition her Department plans to use to identify people with severe lifelong health conditions who wil

7 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Communications and Training Working Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's response to the Quinquennial Review of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme 2023 published on 21 March 2024, what progress he has made on establishing the Communications and Tra

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

Neighbourhood Boards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Town Deal Board model will be used as a foundation for the development of Plan for Neighbourhoods Board;, and what changes to (a) structure and (b) governance would b

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

Local Plans: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department issues on whether community engagement should be carried out through distinct channels from business engagement as part of local development planning

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

Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department provides guidance on the (a) core principles and (b) culture expected of local development boards.

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

Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued on whether board members of local development boards should have (a) full access to and (b) summaries of (i) tenders and (ii) business pla

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

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to reply to correspondence of 17 January 2025 from the hon. Member for Torbay on local government reorganisation; and if she will meet with the hon. Member for Tor

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Musicians: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support British musicians touring in the EU.

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of households no longer eligible for both PIP and other passported benefits.