Lisa Smart

4 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Financial Services: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that teachers receive adequate (a) training and (b) other resources to provide financial education.

4 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Financial Services: Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to enhance the teaching of financial education within the Personal, Social, Health and Economic curriculum.

4 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Financial Services: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen the provision of financial education in schools beyond the mathematics curriculum.

1 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Police and Crime Commissioners: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on (a) salaries and (b) other related costs for (i) offices and (ii) staff for Police and Crime Commissioners in each of the last five years.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS digital services related to (a) medicine ordering, (b) appointment notifications and (c) other requirements are accessible via standard web br

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of re-introducing the imposition of dog licences.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Osteoporosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to (a) develop and (b) implement a national roll-out strategy for fracture liaison services to support the (i) prevention, (ii) early identification and (iii) management o

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of issuing further reminders to parents who claim free childcare for working parents to reconfirm their details after the deadline has passe

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reminding parents who are claiming free childcare for working parents to reconfirm their details by (a) telephone call and (b) letter.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with local authorities on ensuring the availability of support for parents of children with severe SEND needs who require two-to-one support during the school holidays.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 47877 on NHS dental professionals, what criteria his Department uses to identify which areas are in greatest need of increased numbers of NHS dental

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 47877 on NHS dental professionals, which (a) regions and (b) localities his Department has identified as being in greatest need of more NHS dental p

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS hospital trusts are fully funded to recruit all locally trained nursing graduates.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of newly qualified nurses in England are offered employment within the NHS within six months of graduation.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Charges: Hazel Grove

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent excessive annual increases in household water bills in Hazel Grove constituency.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disability and Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that claimants with (a) severe mental health conditions or (b) physical disabilities are not penalised for non-attendance at in-person Universal Credit iden

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has issued guidance to Jobcentres on making reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010 for claimants with complex disabilities which may prevent them from attending

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Hazel Grove

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of driving tests in Hazel Grove constituency.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Electric Bicycles: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of illegally modified e-bikes confiscated from minors were initially bought by adults.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people (a) living in terrace housing and (b) who do not have access to off-street parking are able to access EV chargepoints.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure continuity of weight-loss medication for people who have already demonstrated clinically significant (a) weight reduction and (b) health improvements from pri

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending eligibility for weight-loss drugs to people who are pre-diabetic.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that per pupil school funding is spread evenly across (a) Greater Manchester and (b) other regional areas.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tirzepatide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the NHS eligibility criteria for tirzepatide on levels of access to treatment for people (a) with obesity and (b) who do not meet

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps and Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what safeguards are in place to assess the financial resilience of companies installing (a) solar panels and (b) heat pumps under government-backed schemes.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to review the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Power Failures

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Ofgem on holding electricity providers accountable for persistent power outages experienced by households.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Oxygen: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2025 to Question 54442 on Oxygen: Medical Treatments, whether the recompression chambers in (a) Wirral, (b) Hull, (c) the Midlands and (d) Whipps Cross will close.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Illness: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients experiencing mental health problems are provided with comprehensive information on (a) potential side effects, (b) interactions with other medication

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Illness: Consent to Medical Treatment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help support patients with mental health problems in exercising their right to refuse medication in NHS settings.