Steve Darling

12 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Home Education: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure children with special educational needs and disabilities that are educated at home receive appropriate support.

12 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Home Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent trends in the number of families choosing elective home education for their children on (a) local authorities, (b) schools and (c) the wider educat

12 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Home Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure families that opt for elective home education have access to adequate (a) resources and (b) guidance to support the educational needs of their children.

12 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Home Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure local authorities have the necessary (a) resources and (b) training to effectively safeguard children receiving elective home education.

11 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of PIP to support disabled people with the extra cost of disability.

11 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Torbay Hospital

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve accident and emergency services at Torbay Hospital.

6 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support British pensioners residing overseas.

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

Absent Voting: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will review the postal voting system to help improve accessibility for blind and partially sighted people.

6 Nov 2024 · Women and Equalities

Disability

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Equality Act 2010 in improving services for people with disabilities.

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

Carlauren Group: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to recover costs incurred by local authorities in maintaining the safety, security and environmental integrity of the property portfolio or

6 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department plans to take support community-based volunteering opportunities.

5 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Care Leavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she an estimate of the cost of providing all care leavers in England with the over 25 rate of Universal Credit.

5 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Youth Guarantee: Care Leavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will include bespoke support for unemployed care leavers in the Youth Guarantee.

5 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Care Leavers: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of an enhanced financial support package for care leavers aged 18 to 25.

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

Long-term Plan for Towns

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to publish the prospectus on the Long-Term Plan for Towns.

4 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Parental Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will review support for parents who will not be entitled to Neonatal Care Leave and Pay because they (a) are self-employed and (b) have another ineligible employment status.

4 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with NICE on reducing the time taken for patients to access treatment for very rare diseases in cases when there is uncertainty on the (a) incidence a

31 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of benefits sanctions on children in the households of those sanctioned.

30 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fisheries: Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of compensating commercial fishermen who are displaced from fishing grounds by offshore wind development projects.

30 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding per (a) primary and (b) secondary school student is provided In (i) Cornwall, (ii) Plymouth, (iii) Torbay, (iv) Devon and (v) in the five local authorities with the highest level of education a

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

Homelessness: Care Leavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that care leavers below the age of 26 are given priority need status for homelessness support.

28 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Care Leavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the over-25 rate of universal credit to care leavers.

28 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Wise

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of the stronger nudge to pensions guidance on Pension Wise guidance usage by pension savers.

25 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Charles Bonnet Syndrome: Diagnosis and Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the number of healthcare professionals trained to (a) diagnose and (b) treat Charles Bonnet Syndrome.

25 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Charles Bonnet Syndrome: Diagnosis and Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to establish a formal pathway for the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of Charles Bonnet Syndrome.

24 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Written question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on reforms to business rates.

23 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Age

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has undertaken financial modelling for a potential compensation scheme for issues raised in the report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman entitled Women’s State Pension age: o

23 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Age

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time civil servants are working on the response to the report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman entitled Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice and associated

23 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Kinship Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to introduce (a) the right to paid employment leave and (b) legal safeguarding for kinship carers.

16 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Speech and Language Therapy: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of providing auditory verbal therapy to deaf young children on (a) their employment prospects and (b) other outcomes.