Victoria Collins

23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has considered allowing local authorities to (a) retain and (b) reinvest all proceeds from Right to Buy sales into building new council homes.

23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Right to Buy scheme on local councils’ ability to invest in new social housing.

23 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Independent Review of the Loan Charge

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to expand the scope of the Loan Change review to include (a) promoters, (b) umbrella companies, (c) recruitment agencies, (d) accountants and (e) tax advisers.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) removing sanctions on Universal Credit and (b) ensuring sanctions are used only in exceptional circumstances.

23 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of granting Ukrainians settled in the UK through sponsorship schemes the right to remain (a) indefinitely and (b) until it is safe

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Media: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2025 to Question 29226 on Media, what the two media literacy programmes funded in 2024 were called; and where he plans to publish further informati

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pathways to Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 42060 on Pathways to Work: Impact Assessments, whether her Department’s further programme of analysis will include a disaggregation of data by category

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Offshore Industry: North Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2025 to Question 27613 on Offshore Industry: North Sea, what further steps his Department is taking to avoid prejudicing future regulatory decision-making

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to social care provision for disabled children in all areas.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to improve the energy efficiency of homes in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Job Creation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support job creation in the renewable energy sector in (a) Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency and (b) Hertfordshire.

23 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to include people impacted by low-grade brain tumours which follow the cancer pathways, care and treatment, but are not technically cancer in the National Cancer Plan.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy that claimants of (a) Personal Independence Payment and (b) Universal Credit with sight loss conditions that have no prospect of improvement will be exempt from reassessme

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to include lung health in the NHS 10-Year Health Plan.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Means-tested Benefits: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the take-up of means-tested benefits in households with children in poverty.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether increases to employer National Insurance contributions will impact transportation services for children with SEND.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the disparities in educational outcomes for children in care.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve educational outcomes for children in care.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support nature-positive renewable energy.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Students: Care Leavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage (a) children in care and (b) care leavers to (i) progress into higher education and (ii) complete their course or placement.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure children in care are not moved during (a) exam periods and (b) other critical periods in their education.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Environment Protection: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support the development of green technologies.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the use of nature-based solutions to climate change.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Harpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure access to legal aid in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in levels of (a) suspensions and (b) exclusions among pupils with SEND.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on taking legislative steps to create a domestic abuse aggravated offence.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farms: Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support farmers affected by flooding.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the attainment gap between children in care and their peers.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine will be offered by the NHS in the Spring booster programme.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Care Leavers: Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of care leavers who are Not in Education, Employment or Training.