Written questions

253 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Family Courts: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce backlogs in family courts in (a) Greater Manchester Combined Authority and (b) Rochdale Borough Council.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of artificial intelligence on intellectual property rights in the creative industries.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with transport industry representatives on (a) increasing the levels of participation and (b) the career advancement of women in the transport sector.

11 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Border Security Command

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) funding for and (b) resourcing of Border Security Command.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

British Transport Police

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) funding for and (b) resourcing of the British Transport Police.

11 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse Protection Orders: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of the Domestic Abuse Protection Order pilot scheme on the resources of Greater Manchester Police.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to expedite responses to claimants with (a) terminal cancer and (b) other life-limiting conditions.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce the time it takes for Personal Independence (a) claims and (b) re-applications to be processed by her Department.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for recipients of Personal Independence Payment to speak to an advisor over the telephone.

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

Homelessness and Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking with (a) local authorities and (b) Cabinet colleagues to provide homeless and pregnant women with (i) housing, (ii) healthcare and wellbeing and (iii) fi

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

Landfill: Bury

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) local residents and (b) the Environment Agency on the proposed additional landfill site near the Pilsworth South landfill site.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to ensure more women take up leadership positions across the transport sector.

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

Castleton (Manchester) Station: Property Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with Greater Manchester Combined Authority on encouraging housing developments near Castleton Rail Station.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department has taken to (a) communicate how his Department's policies will help to lower energy bills in 2025 and (b) maintain the level of energy bills during fluctuations in

6 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Neighbourhood Policing: Heywood and Middleton North

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's news story £200 million boost to transform neighbourhood policing, published on 31 January 2025, whether additional funding will be allocated to community policing i

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help ensure that people claiming benefits have all the information required to access their entitlement.

4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Family Courts: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure legal aid is accessible to people using the family courts in the North West.

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps with Greater Manchester Combined Authority to improve connectivity between Heywood and Middleton and other towns in Greater Manchester.

4 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Greater Manchester Police to tackle the (a) prevalence and (b) impact of anti-social behaviour the city-region.

30 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to expedite the judicial process for those charged with domestic abuse offences.

30 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Gender Based Violence: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on steps to tackle violence against women and girls on public transport in Greater Manchester.

30 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Castleton (Manchester) Station: Economic Growth

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with officials within the Greater Manchester Combined Authority on further housing development near Castleton Rail Station in Heywood and Middleton North constituency to

30 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with officials in the Greater Manchester Combined Authority on house building around Castleton station to support (a) local and (b) region

30 Jan 2025 · Home Office

People Smuggling: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the impact of her Department's policies on the number of convictions for (a) people smuggling and (b) related crimes since July 2024.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Asbestos: Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help reduce the number of deaths associated with asbestos-related diseases.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Asbestos

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with local authorities to expedite the removal of asbestos from schools.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to tackle misogynistic attitudes in primary schools.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Northern

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve the (a) reliability of Northern Trains and (b) communications on the impacts of delays and cancellations on passengers.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Charging Points: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero to increase the number of electric vehicle charging points across (a) Heywood and Middleton North constituency and (b) Great

27 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Education: Boys

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve the educational attainment levels of working class boys in Greater Manchester.

Source: official written-questions record.