Written questions

1,102 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Overseas Trade: Namibia

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help increase the (a) volume and (b) value of trade between the UK and Namibia.

3 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Home Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children deemed to be at risk of abuse or neglect are home schooled in (a) Staffordshire and (b) England.

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

Disabled Facilities Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Disabled Facilities Grant.

3 Jan 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Health Services: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had recent discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on the health service in Northern Ireland.

3 Jan 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Roads: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had recent discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on the adequacy of road safety measures in Northern Ireland.

3 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to allow up-to date medical information to be shared between the NHS and care staff in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency and (b) Staffordshire.

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

Disabled Facilities Grants: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people have received funding from the Disabled Facilities Grant in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency and (b) Staffordshire in each of the last 14 years.

3 Jan 2025 · Home Office

People Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle organised immigration crime.

3 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Serious Crime Prevention Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of Serious Crime Prevention Orders.

3 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what criteria he plans to use to appoint country-specific trade envoys.

3 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to appoint country-specific trade envoys.

3 Jan 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Hospitals: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had recent discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on the number of people on hospital waiting lists in Northern Ireland.

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

Flood Control: Madeley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme on taking steps to protect the residents of Mallard Close, Madeley, from the effects of repeated flooding inci

3 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Hostage Taking

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to help secure the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza since 19 December 2024.

3 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to help stop the loss of life in Gaza since 19 December 2024.

3 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Mozambique: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the (a) Southern African Development Community and (b) African Union on the political situation in Mozambique.

3 Jan 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Electoral Commission

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many formal recommendations the Committee has made to the Electoral Commission since 12 December 2019.

3 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Avanti West Coast: Newcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the (a) performance and (b) adequacy of the services provided by Avanti West Coast to residents in Newcastle-under-Lyme since her appointment.

3 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Avanti West Coast

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the management of Avanti West Coast since her appointment.

3 Jan 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Chemicals: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Chemical Industries Association about the (a) access to and (b) regulation of safe and approved chemicals in Northern Ireland.

3 Jan 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Chemicals: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of chemical regulation in Northern Ireland.

3 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Young People: Arts

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to increase the opportunities for young people at (a) school, (b) college and (c) university in (i) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (ii) Staffordshire to visit museums, theatres and art ga

16 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Conveyancing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using digitisation to speed up the conveyancing process.

16 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Conveyancing: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Land Registry on digitising the conveyancing process.

16 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Conveyancing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to improve outcomes in the conveyancing process.

16 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccination: Side Effects

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the support given to people who have experienced a (a) severe adverse reaction and (b) bereavement after receiving a vaccine on levels of vacc

13 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the the adequacy of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme.

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Home Education: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a home education register.

9 Dec 2024 · Attorney General

Crime: Newcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Solicitor General, what recent steps she has taken to help ensure the effective prosecution of (a) wildlife, (b) heritage, (c) rural and (d) waste crime in Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Secondary Education: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average staff to student ratio was in secondary schools in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire in each year since 2010.

Source: official written-questions record.