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Helen Hayes
LAB✓ Current MP
🏛️ Dulwich and West Norwood
📅 2015–2026
701 speeches on Hansard record
✅ Votes attended: 78.80% (#274 of 649 MPs)
🟢 Rebelled against party: 1.36%
📝 Topics: Coronavirus: Vaccination, Children: Social Services, Children's Centres and Family Hubs: Derby North
🤝 Member of 9 All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Written Answers
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Cabinet Office
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost to the public purse was of out of court settlements for employment tribunal cases across Government in each of the last five years.
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Department for Business and Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to help strengthen (a) the quality of service targets in the universal service obligation and (b) the effectiveness of Ofcom's enforcement of those targets by Royal Mail.
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what cross party work is taking place on the development of Young Futures Hubs.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects the national rollout of Young Futures Hubs to begin.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department will confirm the areas who will be an early adopter for Young Futures Hubs.
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Department for Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has she made of the performance of her Department's Behaviour and Attendance Ambassadors Programme, with reference to absence and exclusions of pupils with SEND or mental ill health.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the Equality Impacts Assessment made of the Behaviour and Attendance Ambassador's Programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has she made of potential conflicts of interest for individuals and companies awarded contracts to deliver the Behaviour and Attendance Ambassador's Programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that blind and partially sighted students in further education (a) with and (b) without education, health and care plans are able to access (i) specialist vision impairment support and (ii) associated (A)…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of levels of provision for blind and partially sighted students in further education (a) with and (b) without education, health and care plans (i) during the transition from school to further…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of schools' compliance with the School Food Standards.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to prevent branches of fast food brands opening in (a) sixth-forms and (b) colleges.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department encourages schools to request a debriefing from their local ambulance service after a defibrillator or CPR resuscitation attempt.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure disadvantaged students have access to the financial support they need to remain in university.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to review the thresholds for maintenance loans.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the average difference between (a) maintenance loan and (b) living costs for university students.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to press release entitled Young Futures Hubs to launch offering vulnerable young people lifeline, published on 15 July 2025, whether her Department is now leading on the design and implementation of Young Futures Hubs; and which other…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding will be provided for the training of educational psychologists in 2026-27.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department will set out details of future funding for the training of educational psychologists beyond 2026-27.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the press release entitled Young Futures Hubs to launch offering vulnerable young people lifeline, published on 15 July 2025, when she plans to publish details of the local areas chosen to be early adopters of this programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the findings of the independent review of the Oak National Academy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the market impact assessment for the Oak National Academy will be published alongside the independent review findings.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the rollout of defibrillators in schools.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding allocated to his Department during the Spending Review 2025 is committed to establishing Young Futures Hubs.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she (a) has had and (b) plans to have with stakeholders on the delivery model for Young Futures Hubs.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the delivery model for Young Futures Hubs.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on implementing the Lifelong Learning Entitlement.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of free school meal entitled children not being automatically registered on the levels of (a) relative child poverty, (b) deep poverty, and (c) very deep poverty.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of automatically enrolling eligible children for free school meals.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that children entitled to free schools meals are registered for them in the context of the expansion of eligibility in September 2026.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on enrolling families for free school meals during the Universal Credit application process.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of levels of (a) training in defibrillator use and (b) mental health support available to school staff required to respond to cardiac incidents.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on establishing Young Futures Hubs.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to identify early adopter areas for Young Future Hubs; and what her planned timetable is for launching these.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she is having with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the role of Young Futures Hubs in the prevention of serious youth violence.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions is she having with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on (a) the consultation on a new National Youth Strategy and (b) the implications of the strategy for Young Futures Hubs.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to confirm the future of the Support for Families with Disabilities grant scheme for future financial years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for launching the kinship allowance trial scheme; and if she will make a statement.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department plans to assess the outcomes of the kinship allowance trial scheme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authority areas have been selected to take part in the kinship allowance trial scheme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Future of Work Cabinet Committee on (a) employment support and (b) paid employment leave for kinship carers.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department conducted an equality impact assessment prior to the decision to withdraw funding for non-specialist disabled students' allowance software.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons her Department has withdrawn funding for non-specialist disabled students' allowance software.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of families unable to access the Support for Families with Disabilities grant scheme due to oversubscription in 2024-25.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for future teacher pay increases.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of (a) family finding, (b) befriending and (c) mentoring programmes.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will extend funding for (a) family finding, (b) befriending and (c) mentoring programmes to 2025-26.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Lifelong Links on (a) children and young people in care and (b) care leavers.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment she has made of trends in the level of children identified with special educational needs in (a) local authority maintained schools and (b) academies.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) support the Summer Reading Challenge and (b) help increase the number of children reading for pleasure.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum who were not in school in each of the last five years, broken down by gender.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the central data collection on access to education for unaccompanied children seeking asylum.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure young girls who are unaccompanied children seeking asylum are (a) able to access education and (b) supported to stay in school.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 6 March 2024 to Question 16490 on Special Educational Needs: Codes of Practice, what steps her Department is taking to review the contents of SEND information reports.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to respond to the consultation entitled Strengthening protections in unregistered alternative provision, which closed on 9 May 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate has she made of the current (a) average time and (b) maximum times for Social Work England to conclude fitness to practice cases.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is she taking to reduce the average time for Social Work England to conclude fitness to practice cases.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate has she made of the number of social workers unable to practice whilst awaiting the conclusion of fitness to practice proceedings by Social Work England.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce excessive profits in the residential children’s social care sector.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the average level of profit made by (a) private and (b) local authority-managed residential homes for looked-after children in the latest period for which data is available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the Royal National Institute of Blind People's research entitled Provision under pressure: Gaps in Educational Support for Children and Young People with Vision…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what was the total budget deficit for maintained nursery schools in England in the financial year (a) 2021-22 and b) 2022-23.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what was the budget deficit for maintained nursery schools in England in the financial year (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23 by local authority.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the projected budget deficit for maintained nursery schools in England in the financial year (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the projected budget deficit for maintained nursery schools in England in the financial year (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26 by local authority.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department plans to provide for the early years free hours entitlement to each local authority; and what guidance her Department has issued to providers on the costs that this funding should cover.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Spring Budget 2024, HC 560, where the 15 new special schools will be located.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 2.25(3) of the Spring Budget 2024, HC 560, published on 6 March 2024, how much and what proportion of the £165 million funding for the children’s homes estate will be spent on (a) new children’s homes, (b)…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a table on the net increase per quarter of the number of Ofsted-registered childcare places for children aged (a) two or under and (b) over two per local authority since 15 March 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an estimate of how many schools are non-compliant with paragraphs 6.81 of the SEND Code of Practice, published in January 2015.
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has held with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Secretary of State for Transport regarding cross-government action to address illegal levels of nitrogen oxide emissions from…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to include measures within future energy and climate plans to offset or remediate the environmental and public-health impacts of illegally high vehicle emissions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential lessons learned from other countries on tackling historic diesel emissions; and how this informs the UK’s approach to integrating transport-sector emissions into its…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he expects to publish the results of the Heat Network Efficiency Scheme Round 10.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of grant available under the Heat Network Efficiency Scheme to cover the estimated costs of remediation to bring older networks in line with the Heat Network Technical Assurance…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department's press release Home upgrade revolution as renters set for warmer homes and cheaper bills, published on 23 September 2024, when he plans to consult on new EPC requirements for the private rented sector.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that support is available for households that (a) are not on low incomes and (b) do not have access to capital upfront to retrofit their homes.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to enable community energy schemes to sell their power to local residents.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of retention payments issued by Thames Water in each of the last three years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to review (a) retention payments and (b) similar schemes used by water companies subject to a ban on bonuses.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) recover retention payments issued by Thames Water and (b) ensure this money is reinvested in customer services.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will set targets for the reuse of digital devices in the extended producer responsibility regime.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2024 to Question 5227 on Wood-burning Stoves, what recent estimate he has made of when his Department will complete its assessment of options to (a) reduce the impact of wood burning stoves…
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to standardise data security protocols for digital device donation, in the context of tackling digital exclusion and reducing e-waste.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will update the 2014 Digital Inclusion Strategy to promote the redistribution of digital devices, in the context of tackling exclusion and reducing e-waste.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate his Department has made of the total level of funding allocated by the Medical Research Council into specific research on the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of lobular breast cancer in each of the last five years.
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Department for Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps with the Department for Transport to improve emissions monitoring and enforcement mechanisms to prevent future breaches of vehicle emissions law.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that emissions from non-compliant diesel vehicles are fully accounted for in the modelling and monitoring underpinning the UK’s Net Zero Strategy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential health and social impacts of illegal vehicle emissions on communities living in areas that already breach air-quality standards; and how those findings inform the Government’s net-zero and…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of non-compliant diesel vehicles on the UK’s ability to meet its legally binding carbon budgets and net-zero targets.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the contribution of illegally high vehicle emissions arising from the use of defeat devices to overall UK nitrogen oxide and greenhouse gas emissions levels.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to ensure the recall of diesel vehicles found to use defeat devices.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to investigate the use of defeat devices in diesel vehicles.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that care leavers aged between 18 and 25 can access affordable public transport; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the English National Travel Concession Scheme to…
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Department for Work and Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the technical capabilities of the Your Apprenticeship app.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to review the adequacy of the level of take-up of the Your Apprenticeship app.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps is he taking to ensure that reported faults in the Your Apprenticeship app are repaired.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of users of the Your Apprenticeship app in each month since 12 February 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of Personal Independent Payments in the Dulwich and West Norwood constituency scored in aggregate 8-11 points for the daily living elements but did not score more than four in any single criteria in the most recent…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of Personal Independent Payments in England scored in aggregate 8-11 points for the daily living elements but did not score more than four in any single criteria in the most recent reporting year.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of Personal Independent Payments in the Dulwich and West Norwood Constituency scored more than 12 points for the daily living elements but did not score more than four in any single criteria in the most recent reporting…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of Personal Independent Payment in Dulwich and West Norwood constituency scored (a) 8-11, (b) 12-15, (c) 15-18, (d) 18-21 and (e) more than 21 points for the daily living elements but did not score more than four in any…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of Personal Independent Payments in England scored more than 12 points for the daily living elements but did not score more than four in any single criteria in the most recent reporting year.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of Personal Independent Payment in England scored (a) 8-11, (b) 12-15, (c) 15-18, (d) 18-21 and (e) more than 21 points for the daily living elements but did not score more than four in any single criteria in the most…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of Personal Independent Payment in England scored (a) 8-11, (b) 12-15, (c) 15-18, (d) 18-21 and (e) more than 21 points for the daily living elements but did not score more than four in any single criteria in the most…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of Personal Independent Payments in the Dulwich and West Norwood Constituency scored more than 12 points for the daily living elements but did not score more than four in any single criteria in the most recent reporting…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of Personal Independent Payments in England scored more than 12 points for the daily living elements but did not score more than four in any single criteria in the most recent reporting year.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of households in receipt of Personal Independence Payments in Dulwich and West Norwood constituency.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of households currently in receipt of the Limited Capability for Work Related Activity element of Universal Credit who will lose access to their entitlement under the proposals set out in the…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of households in receipt of the Limited Capability for Work Related Activity element of Universal Credit in Dulwich and West Norwood constituency.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he Department has made of the number of households with children in receipt of the Limited Capability for Work Related Activity element of Universal Credit inDulwich and West Norwood constituency.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of households in receipt of Personal Independence Payment who will lose access to their entitlement under the proposals set out in the Pathways to Work green paper in Dulwich and West Norwood…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate has her Department made of the number of households with children in receipt of Personal Independence Payment in Dulwich and West Norwood constituency.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to review the rates of the Local Housing Allowance to reflect housing costs in inner London boroughs.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to provide targeted employment support for unemployed care leavers.
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Department of Health and Social Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of applications for NHS Talking Therapies trainee positions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of Band 7 CBT therapist posts created in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) NHS Talking Therapy trainees and (b) Band 7 CBT therapist posts have been created in (i) Lambeth and (ii) Southwark in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the vacancy rate of (a) Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon training posts and (b) Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon consultants.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take through the NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan to reduce vacancy rates for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take through the NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan to reduce vacancy rates for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the existing Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon training pathway.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support prospective students training to become Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons with the costs of dual degree qualifications.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on increasing the use of symptomatic FIT for patients with suspected bowel cancer symptoms within General Practice.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make the data on the use of symptomatic FIT for patients with suspected bowel cancer symptoms across each ICB publicly available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total amount of research funding spent on lobular breast cancer research was in 2022- 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total amount of research funding spent on lobular breast cancer research was in 2023- 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when does he plans to publish allocations of the Public Health Grant for 2025-26.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure early identification of cardiac problems in young people.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of rolling out cardiac screening to young people.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of early pregnancy services in A&E departments (a) at weekends and (b) overnight.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent guidance his Department has issued to NHS Foundation Trusts on the provision of early pregnancy services (a) at weekends and (b) overnight.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with Group B Strep Support to discuss the importance of (a) early and (b)consistent diagnosis of Group B Streptococcus.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the results of the GBS3 trial can be acted upon (a) quickly and (b) effectively.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the development of a (a) safe and (b) effective Group B Streptococcus vaccine.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of out of court settlements for employment tribunal cases across the NHS in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the affordability of NHS prescriptions for care leavers aged between 18 and 25.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that social care providers make their clients aware of the services provided by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman on the proportion of cases referred to the Ombudsman from the independent care sector.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman on the proportion of cases referred to the Ombudsman from the independent care sector.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve treatment for people with a glioblastoma brain tumour.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been provided for research into (a) lobular breast cancer and (b) other forms of breast cancer in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the level of stocks of epilepsy medication in south London pharmacies as of 12 April 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to increase supplies of epilepsy medication in south London.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions her Department has had with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on funding for (a) the Lobular Moon Shot Project and (b) other research into lobular breast cancer.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to provide support to the Lobular Breast Cancer Project.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to give patients access to information on stock levels of ADHD medication at high street pharmacies; and whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of giving patients access to…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the availability of information about stock levels of ADHD medication by high street pharmacies; and what steps is she taking to help ensure patients can identify pharmacies with stocks of their prescription.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the supply of Estradot patches for women with menopausal symptoms.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help resolve supply chain issues for Estradot patches; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU on such supplies.
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact on the effectiveness of UK overseas development assistance spending.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact on the transparency of UK overseas development assistance.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding was given by her Department to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what engagement has she had with the a) Independent Commission for Aid Impact and b) recipients of UK overseas development assistance, on future funding for the ICAI.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps is she taking to ensure future scrutiny and transparency of UK overseas development and assistance.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the current average waiting time for Academic Technology Approval Scheme applications to be processed is.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many outstanding applications for Academic Technology Approval Scheme applications have waited for longer than 30 working days.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what is the longest waiting time for a Academic Technology Approval Scheme application to be processed was in the last 12 months.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her Israeli counterpart on (a) forced evictions of Palestinian families and (b) home demolitions in Silwan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what amount of UK ODA is projected to be allocated to tuberculosis (a) prevention and (b) treatment in Malawi in each of the next three financial years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much official development assistance funding was allocated for tuberculosis (a) prevention and (b) treatment in Malawi in each financial year since 2015-16.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what development aid his Department is providing to Tigray in Ethiopia to help (a) support the victims of sexual violence and (b) tackle violence against women and girls.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed funding reductions to (a) Overseas Development Assistance and (b) USAID on the rebuilding of Tigray following the cessation of the civil war in Ethiopia.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent a breakdown of the peace agreement in Tigray.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help increase capacity building within the African Union to tackle human rights violations.
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Home Office
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her department is taking to ensure that every child in care has their immigration status resolved before turning 18.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that citizenship application fees are affordable for children who need to regularise their immigration status.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her department has made of the impact of failing to resolve the immigration status of children in care before turning 18.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps is she taking to speed up the Home Office Type Approval (HOTA) process for safety cameras.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps is she taking to ensure the Home Office Type Approval (HOTA) process is able to respond quickly to emerging technologies.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps is she taking to reform the Home Office Type Approval (HOTA) process for safety cameras to allow single units to carry out multiple functions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to review regulations allowing police forces to remove officers suspected of gross misconduct.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of immigration and asylum policies on poverty among migrant households.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of immigration and asylum policies on poverty among migrant children.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's planned timetable is for announcing future funding settlements for (a) Violence Reduction Units and (v) the London Violence Reduction Unit.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to exemptions under Section 21 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of police powers to investigate criminal abuse at Ofsted regulated residential schools.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to collect data on the performance of (a) Serco, (b) Mears, (c) Clearsprings Ready Homes and (d) other providers of asylum accommodation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to increase the number of inspections of asylum accommodation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to (a) review and (b) update her Department's list of subcontractors working on behalf of (i) Serco, (ii) Mears and (iii) Clearsprings Ready Homes to provide asylum accommodation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ban ninja swords, zombie knives and machetes.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what additional powers the English Devolution White Paper will provide to local authorities to prevent the proliferation of Adult Gaming Centres on high streets.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to prevent the proliferation of Adult Gaming Centres on high streets.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the cost of temporary accommodation for London councils in each of the last four years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help councils reduce the (a) need for and (b) costs of temporary accommodation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the funding gap for London councils in the next four years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that the funding model for inner London boroughs meets local demand.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the total cost to the public purse of out of court settlements for employment tribunal cases across local government in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2024 to Question 2960 on Insulation: Housing, what discussions her Department has had with mortgage lenders on (a) the installation of spray foam insulation and (b) its impact on…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2024 to Question 2960 on Insulation: Housing, what steps she is taking to ensure homeowners who retrofit their homes with recommended measures are not penalised by mortgage lenders.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to prevent bidding wars in the private rented sector; and when she plans to bring forward the Renters’ Rights Bill.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to prevent private rented landlords from seeking rents above the advertised price.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of homeowners unable to sell their home due to the installation of spray foam insulation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to (a) ensure that the installation of spray foam insulation is regulated and (b) support homeowners unable to sell their homes due to the installation of that insulation.
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Ministry of Justice
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when her Department plans to respond to the consultation entitled Limitation law in child sexual abuse cases, which closed on 10 July 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to review the impact of the 2019 HMPPS Strategy for Care-Experienced People.
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Treasury
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Lifetime ISA withdrawal limit for home purchases in London in the context of average house prices in London in 2024.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will review the Lifetime ISA withdrawal limit to support first time buyers in London.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has taken steps to establish an independent review of HMRC's implementation of the Loan Charge.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of UK bank accounts held by UK citizens living in European Union member States that have been closed since the UK's withdrawal from the European Union.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she is taking steps to protect access to UK banking services for UK citizens living in European Union member States.
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