Steve Darling

16 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Hearing Impairment: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she is will hold discussions with Auditory Verbal UK on tackling barriers to opportunities for deaf children.

14 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS employees who have (a) taken early retirement and (b) had their employment terminated as a result of long covid, by region.

14 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a regional breakdown of the supply chain issues with Creon.

11 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report into women’s State Pension age changes, published on 21 March 2024, what recent discussions she has had with the Leader of the H

10 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of hospice funding on people's experiences of death and dying.

10 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to reform the funding model for charitable hospices as part of the 10 year plan for health and care.

10 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of variation in funding hospices receive across England.

10 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Trusts: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the flexibility NHS trusts have relating to capital departmental resource limit leases to allow trusts to support (a) local autho

10 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Support

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Universal Support programme; and what steps she is taking to ensure that funding is targeted towards the areas of highest deprivation.

9 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data banks will have to share under the Fraud, Error and Debt Bill.

9 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS estates are rated condition A in each NHS estate in the South West.

9 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take through the criminal justice system to reduce levels of violence against women.

8 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department plans to take to (a) protect and (b) support vulnerable people in relation to the new Fraud, Error and Debt Bill.

7 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Surgical Mesh Implants

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that her Department's assessors are aware of the symptoms of mesh injury.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Access to Work scheme applications are outstanding (a) nationally and (b) by regional.

4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to enhance targeted sanctions against vessels in Russia's shadow fleet; and whether he plans to align his Department's vessel designations

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Tankers: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to introduce mandatory insurance cover and compliance with IMO heavy fuel standards for oil tankers entering UK territorial waters and the Exclusive Economic Zone.

4 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Shipping: Russia

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure UK insurers and other maritime service providers verify compliance with the oil price cap for shipping contracts involving vessels potentially linked to Russia’s shadow fleet.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Oil: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans he has to (a) stop the import of oil products refined from Russian-origin crude oil and (b) require proof of origin for such products entering the UK market.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cystic Fibrosis: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will establish a Cystic Fibrosis task force within his Department to (a) investigate and (b) address supply chain vulnerabilities and ensure the supply of essential medicines.

10 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to introduce national screening for prostate cancer by level of risk.

2 Sep 2024 · Treasury

Banking Hubs: Disability

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure access to cash for disabled people through the roll-out of shared-banking hubs in local communities.

2 Sep 2024 · Treasury

Financial Services: Learning Disability

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help increase financial inclusion of people with learning disabilities.

2 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Badgers: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost is of culling badgers in Devon since the beginning of the cull.

2 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Badgers: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many badgers have been killed under the current cull regime in Devon.

2 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Compensation and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of veterans who were in receipt of the (a) War Disablement Pension, (b) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, (c) Service Invaliding Pension and (d) Service Attributable Pens

2 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Armed Forces Covenant

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to strengthen her Department's compliance with the Armed Forces Covenant.

2 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to review the inclusion of military compensation as income in the means test for Pension Credit.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fish: Export Health Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to reduce the cost of export health certificates for fish.

30 Aug 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that investment in social rented housing will be prioritised for communities with (a) lower levels of social rented housing stock and (b) high