Rachel Blake

29 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Shared Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many adults living in temporary accommodation receive the Shared Accommodation Rate of Local Housing Allowance.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heating: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of existing and planned heat network regulation for protecting consumer interests.

28 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

First-tier Tribunal

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the First-Tier Tribunal.

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

Leasehold: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Statement of 21 November 2024 on Leasehold and Commonhold Reform, HCWS244, what her planned timeline is for (a) reforms of and (b) consultations on the le

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

Leasehold: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the merits of reforming linked estate charges.

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

Property Management Companies: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her timetable is for consulting on mandatory qualifications for managing agents.

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

Property Management Companies: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the independent report entitled Regulation of Property Agents: working group report, p

23 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Sanctions: Enforcement

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of resourcing for agencies enforcing the UK's sanctions regime.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

British Transport Police

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to support former officers of the British Transport Police who are experiencing psychological trauma linked to their service, in the context of the 20th anniversary of the 7 July 20

3 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Incontinence: Paediatrics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve paediatric continence services for disabled children.

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

Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued on the apportionment of cladding remediation costs between occupants of shared ownership properties and full owner occupiers where propert

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

Shared Ownership Schemes: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support her Department is providing to occupants of shared ownership properties with cladding remediation costs.

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

Electronic Cigarettes: Litter

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce pollution from plastic cigarette butts.

31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of changes which need to be made to the NHS Dental contracting framework.

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Small Businesses: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support his Department is providing to small businesses with high energy costs.

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Police: Royal Parks

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of by-laws in the Royal Parks on the operations of policing services.

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

Right to Manage Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to (a) lower the threshold for right to manage applications and (b) increase the maximum proportion of commercial property permissible for right to manage appli

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

Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential reasons for housing associations selling homes previously let out for social rent.

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

Social Rented Housing: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an estimate of costs for housing associations related to the remediation of aluminium composite material cladding.

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

Social Rented Housing: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support she is providing to housing associations, in the context of costs associated with the Building Safety Act 2022.

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

Housing: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to accept the recommendations on hidden event fees in retirement properties in the report by the Law Commission entitled Event Fees in Retirement Properties, pu

24 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Bicycles: Speed Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of applying speed limits for motor vehicles to (a) pedal bicycles and (b) e-bikes.

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

Building Safety Regulator

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of when the Building Safety Regulator will be determining 50% of its judgments within its statutory 12-week target.

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

Building Safety Regulator

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the efficacy of the multi-disciplinary team system within the Building Safety Regulator.

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

Foreign Companies: Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12343 on Foreign Companies: Property, when she plans to publish his response to the consultation.

6 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Diplomatic Service: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the protections outlined in the Consular Assistance (Journalists) Bill are extended to all British nationals facing arbitrary detention o

5 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions her Department has had with stakeholders on insourcing court language interpretation services.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Networks

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress his Department made on extending consumer energy protections to tenants on heat networks.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that training of individuals qualified to install heat pumps is accelerated.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the maintenance loans system for meeting students’ cost of living needs.