Steve Darling

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of universal credit payment levels in the context of (a) food costs, (b) bills and (c) other essential costs.

5 Dec 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Rented Housing: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many full-time-equivalent civil servants are working on the short-term let registration scheme.

5 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Dawlish

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent civil servants are working on the Dawlish Rail resilience programme.

5 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to announce the allocation by local authority for the £740 million of SEND funding.

5 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Academies: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued to sixth form academies on securing capital funding for new school buildings when existing buildings are no longer fit for purpose.

3 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the provision of vision rehabilitation support in England.

3 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rehabilitation and Victim Support Schemes: Torbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much base funding she plans to provide for (a) domestic abuse and sexual violence and (b) drugs and alcohol services in Torbay constituency.

3 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport

Great Western Railway: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on helping to improve Great Western Railway services on Sundays.

3 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing vision rehabilitation services under the same (a) regulatory and (b) monitoring regimes as other adult social care serv

2 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the fee paid to deliver the Special Schools Eye Care Service is not reduced so that (a) children with Special Educational Needs can receive free eye care in sch

2 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Payment Methods: Bank Cards

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that touch screen card payment devices are made accessible for people with visual impairments.

2 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to address eye care inequalities for adults with learning disabilities.

29 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish a breakdown of reasons why pension credit applications have been rejected (a) nationally and (b) by constituency.

29 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claims to pension credit have been rejected by constituency since 29 July 2024.

29 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people her Department estimates are eligible for but not claiming pension credit in each constituency.

29 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of pension credit applicants were waiting for their application to be processed in the period between (a) 29 July 2024 and 17 November 2024, (b) 1 April 2024 and 28 July 202

28 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are waiting for their pension credit application to be processed in each constituency.

28 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Playgrounds

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to renew play equipment in (a) parks and (b) public spaces.

25 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Torbay Hospital: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a decision on the funding of Torbay Hospital under the New Hospital Programme before 31 December 2024.

25 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Family Hubs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to make a decision on funding for the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme beyond 31 March 2025.

20 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Holiday Accommodation: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to introduce a short-term let registration scheme.

20 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each region are experiencing delays in processing their applications for Access to Work grants.

20 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Poverty Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including financial inclusion in the terms of reference of the Child Poverty Taskforce.

15 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners: Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to increase the number of eligible older people claiming (a) Pension Credit and (b) other pension-aged benefits.

15 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the State Pension.

15 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Education and Training: Coastal Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve access to (a) university and (b) other further education and training opportunities for people living in coastal resorts in (i) the South West and (ii) the rest of the countr

14 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle digital exclusion.

14 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that all policies which potentially impact on fisheries are assessed by his Department in a holistic manner, considering their potential interactions with related pol

13 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of disregarding military compensation payments when calculating pension credit eligibility and awards.

12 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with NICE on the potential merits of offering Paxlovid to people over the age of 50.