Steve Darling

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Underpayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many letters she has issued to people who registered details of deceased family members on underpaid state pensions in 2025; whether her Department holds other records to assist with validating clai

1 Apr 2025 · Treasury

State Retirement Pensions: Underpayments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if HMRC will provide (a) National Insurance records, (b) historic income tax records showing taxable payments of state pensions and (c) any other related records of deceased people to bereaved family members for cla

28 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that the private sector is used to help reduce NHS waiting lists for the (a) most urgent procedures and (b) patients with the greatest clinical need

27 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of offering (a) guidance or (b) funding support for charities who are assisting refugees with medical qualifications into the NHS.

27 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Carer's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed changes to the Personal Independence Payment qualifying criteria and the consequential effect on Carer's Allowance eligibility

27 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Carer's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing carers to keep Carer’s Allowance if they are providing over 35 hours of care to someone who has eligible health needs bu

27 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the Personal Independence Payment qualifying criteria on unpaid family carers.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security benefits: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what basis her Department decided which aspects of the proposed reforms to the benefits system would be subject to consultation.

24 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Research and Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of recommendation on (a) screening and (b) research on prostate cancer in Council of the EU recommendation on

24 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department were working on the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme on 24 March 2025.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure changes to the eligibility of Personal Independence Payments don't disproportionately impact individuals with fluctuating conditions.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to ensure that disabled people who do not receive Personal Independence Payment but have work-related limitations are not adversely impacted by welfare reforms.

20 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's Pathways to work: reforming benefits and support to get Britain working green paper, published on 18 March, when accessible versions will be published.

20 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Torbay Hospital: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department has on the (a) number of unfilled vacancies, (b) cost for using (i) locum and (ii) bank staff to fill vacancies at Torbay Hospital in the most recent period for whic

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that adequate transition arrangement are put in place to help support people with changes to the levels of benefits.

19 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to provide an Answer to Question 35806 on Resettlement: Afghanistan, tabled on 5 March 2025.

17 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to provide financial support for unpaid carers through the social care system.

14 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Animal Welfare: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants were (a) prosecuted and (b) found guilty of offences under each relevant section of (i) the Protection of Badgers Act 1992, (ii) the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, (iii) the Deer Act 1991,

14 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 36169 on Health Services, what tests (a) his Department and (b) NHS England require before a substantial planned service change.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Incapacity Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of raising the standard rate of Universal Credit on the number of people claiming incapacity benefits.

12 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the letter of 3 February 2025 on (a) mental health support for school staff and (b) automated external defibrillators governance and compliance from the Hon. Member for Torbay.

12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to NHS trusts on the provision of support for long COVID (a) clinics and (b) patients.

12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support NHS long Covid clinics.

12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Radio

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support hospital radio stations.

11 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of the removal of the additional Limited Capability for Work payment in 2017 on the likelihood of claimants applying for the Limited Capability for Work

11 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the introduction of Universal Credit on the ease of applying for (a) the Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity element and (b) o

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Incontinence: Men

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive on the provision of waste disposal bins in male toilets for people experiencing incontinence due to (a) prostate

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Arts: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to enhance arts and culture in the national curriculum.

10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Urban Areas: Regional Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to increase funding support for towns and coastal communities.

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UK City of Culture

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will consider changing the terms of reference for the UK City of Culture competition to allow towns to participate.