David Smith

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

Local Government Finance: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to consult with stakeholders on the adequacy of the rurality weighting in the new council funding settlement.

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

Agriculture: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of waiting times for processing (a) applications to and (b) the release of funds from the Farm Equipment and Technology Fund in the past year.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Children: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to help ensure that eligible families have access to the Support for Families with Disabled Children programme.

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress he has made on reform to the British coal staff superannuation scheme.

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

Homelessness: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made a comparative assessment between (a) young adults and (b) other age groups experience of homelessness; and if she will help support young adult's

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

Homelessness: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the homelessness sector on tackling youth homelessness.

6 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions: Renewable Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of steps taken by the (a) Scottish Government, (b) Northern Ireland Executive and (c) Irish Government to commit to

6 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Taxation: USA

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will have discussions with her US counterpart on the impact of the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act on the privacy rights of UK citizens who have US citizenship but have never resided in that country.

3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is provided to people with mental health issues who are serving IPP sentences.

3 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest period is that a person is in prison over their minimum tariff; and what the original tariff length was for that person.

3 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people took their own life in prison while serving an imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentence in 2024.

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

Homelessness: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to consult young people on the homelessness strategy.

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

Homelessness: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to include youth homelessness in the cross-government homelessness strategy.

8 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Farmers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will review the Minimum Income Floor for self-employed farmers on Universal Credit.

7 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

East Coast Main Line: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of public ownership on rail fares on the East Coast mainline.

7 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Electric Scooters

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve enforcement on people riding e-scooters illegally.

16 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department last made an estimate of the proportion of pupils who are eligible but not registered for means-tested free school meals.

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people have functioning smart meters in (a) North Northumberland constituency and (b) other rural areas.

14 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps to ensure her Department's policies are trauma-informed; and what guidance her Department issues women fleeing domestic abuse.

14 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on the contents of it's report entitled Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice and associated issues, pu

14 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of women born in the 1950s affected by State Pension age changes in (a) North Northumberland constituency and (b) Northumberland.

13 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the public ownership of railways for the North East.

1 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Import Duties: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to reduce import duties on businesses spending less than £10,000 on goods in Europe on a single trip.

1 Nov 2024 · Treasury

UK Trade with EU

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to reduce the administrative requirements for businesses spending less than £10,000 on a single trip in Europe.

1 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Freight: Channel Tunnel

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with freight companies on the cost of transporting small vans across the Channel.

1 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Overseas Trade

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to simplify the (a) commodity code system, (b) requirements to weigh items and (c) other administrative requirements for businesses operating cross-border trade.

29 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the NHS is taking to improve support for people suffering from long covid.

29 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has commissioned on (a) the effects of and (b) treatment for long covid.

29 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Biofuels: Vegetable Oils

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to make a decision on the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil fuel in homes.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to meet regularly with representatives of the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign.