Written questions

85 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Hygiene

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) ensure cleanliness in NHS hospitals to prevent infections and (b) address instances where contractors responsible for cleanliness fail to meet their oblig

10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Juries: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to (a) review the adequacy of juror compensation for loss of earnings, (b) ensure compensation reflects wages, (c) require employers to cover shortfalls and (d) provide additional support f

10 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Kinship Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support kinship carers in (a) financial and (b) other ways.

10 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent NHS clinical staff from experiencing (a) verbal and (b) physical abuse at work.

7 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of community pharmacy closures on patient access to NHS services in deprived areas.

7 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to engage with independent pharmacy owners to (a) address financial pressures and (b) prevent pharmacy closures.

7 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Motorcycles: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent the illegal use of off-road bikes.

7 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Police: Football

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had recent discussions with the (a) Football Association and (b) Football Association of Wales on increasing the level of football clubs' contributions to policing costs at

7 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the role of social media platforms in facilitating (a) paid-to-party and (b) yachting modelling schemes; and what steps he is taking with the

6 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans his Department has to reform regulations on social media advertising to prevent the promotion of products that breach UK product regulations.

6 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Empty Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to introduce (a) targets and (b) incentives to reduce the number of long-term vacant social housing properties in (i) Middlesbrough and Redcar, (ii) Cleveland a

6 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Middlesbrough

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Regulator of Social Housing's statistics entitled Private registered provider social housing stock and rents in England 2023 to 2024, published on 29 Octobe

7 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the revenue certainty mechanism equally prioritises greenhouse gas reductions and fuel production volume.

7 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Small Modular Reactors: Tees Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department has for the construction of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in Teesside.

4 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support jobs in the defence sector.

30 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Veterans: Suicide

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the suicide rate amongst armed forces veterans in England and Wales for (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021, (d) 2022, (e) 2023 and (f) 2024.

24 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to amend rules on competent states for UK citizens residing in the UK who are (a) subject to EU Regulation E883/2004 and (b) receiving a small pension from another country.

22 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to tackle the lack of access to mains running water for residents of Aysdalegate Cottages in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency; and what

22 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of NHS England's Op COURAGE service in providing mental health support to veterans including the (a) accessibility of that servic

22 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure veterans in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency have access to adequate mental health support.

22 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of mental health services available to veterans.

22 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental health provision for (a) serving members of the armed forces and (b) veterans (i) during the transition to civilian life and (ii) generally.

15 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with (a) broadcasters and (b) social media companies on making more sporting events freely available to watch live.

15 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy that doctors (a) should have a mandatory duty to report suspected cases abuse and neglect and (b) should be given immunity from suit after reporting such cases.

12 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Tees Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of economic inactivity in Teesside.

Source: official written-questions record.