Uma Kumaran

13 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Home Office: Media

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much their Department spent on (a) media and (b) voice training for Ministers between 4 July 2022 and 4 July 2024.

13 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much their Department spent on (a) media and (b) voice training for Ministers between 4 July 2022 and 4 July 2024.

13 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Media

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much their Department spent on (a) media and (b) voice training for Ministers between 4 July 2022 and 4 July 2024.

8 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) training and (b) support local authorities will receive to ensure the Children Not In School register does not inadvertently disadvantage parents of children with special educational needs.

16 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Mobile Phones: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with representatives of the mobile phone industry on (a) using technology to prevent stolen phones from being re-used and (b) the adequacy of security on banking phone

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

Rented Housing: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) regulations and (b) enforcement mechanisms to hold landlords accountable for non-compliance with housing standards in the stud

10 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Written Statement of 12 November 2024 on the UK’s 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution emissions reduction target under the Paris Agreement, HCWS206, what steps his D

10 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Climate Change Convention

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for (a) his policies and (b) the IPCC’s seventh assessment cycle of negotiations on the Global Stocktake at COP29 in Baku.

10 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts about (a) the role the UK will play in restarting Syria’s political process and (b) a timeline for poli

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

Affordable Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to incentivise private developers to build more (a) social and (b) affordable homes.

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

Affordable Housing: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of new social homes built across London; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for affordable hou

2 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Families: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to extend funding for independent, non-profit, specialist advice for families involved with the (a) child welfare and (b) family justice systems beyond March 2025.

25 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Children: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will ensure that the requirements of children in migrant households are included in the child poverty strategy.

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

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle hidden homelessness.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Students: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to (a) reintroduce maintenance grants and (b) another scheme to support students from low income families with the cost of living.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Students: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of support available for students from low-income families.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a stepped repayment structure for student loan repayment plans.

19 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support provided by energy companies to customers with their energy bills.

13 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Networks: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to regulate communal heating systems.

13 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her immigration policies of the Royal College of Psychiatrists report entitled Protecting the mental health of people seeking sanctuary

13 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Convention on Biological Diversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the outcomes of the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16).

8 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Transgender People: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support young trans people impacted by hate crime.

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Management: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to implement the recommendations of the Fifth Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of 2023-24 on Government’s programme of waste reforms, HC333, published on 1 D

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of mandatory reconsideration for assessing Personal Independent Payment decisions.

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Music Venues: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support grassroots live music venues in London.

8 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Leader of the House on bringing forward legislative proposals to ratify the Global Ocean Treaty.

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

Shared Ownership Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support shared owners affected by (a) building remediation works and (b) increasing service charges.

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

Service Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of establishing an independent body to regulate service charges for residents of all tenures.

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

Service Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of introducing a legal right for (a) tenants and (b) residents to trigger an audit of service charges where bills

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

Housing Associations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to take steps to improve the regulation of under-performing housing associations.