Matt Vickers

69385 • Knives: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to strengthen border and import-level screening to prevent the delivery of knives purchased from overseas retailers without age verification.

69386 • Knives: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of using existing legislation to restrict the online sale and import of knives from overseas.

69387 • Knives: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) payment processors and (b) courier services on disrupting the purchase and delivery of knives sold online by overseas retailers without age checks.

69388 • Literacy and Numeracy: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of (a) literacy and (b) numeracy rates among pupils in the North East of England.

69389 • Manufacturing Industries: Tees Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support skills development aligned with advanced manufacturing industries in Teesside.

69402 • Special Educational Needs: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new SEND places have been created in (a) Stockton-on-Tees and (b) the North East since 2019.

69403 • Teachers: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number of unqualified teachers working in maintained schools.

69404 • Secondary Education: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure consistent access to mental health support in secondary schools in the North East.

69405 • Schools: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department is providing to schools impacted by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in the North East.

69406 • T-levels: Tees Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on expanding T-level course availability in colleges in the Tees Valley.

69407 • Opportunity North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Opportunity North East funding.

69619 • Further Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve post-16 education pathways for students not choosing higher education.

69620 • Pupil Premium

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on pupil premium allocations in (a) Stockton West and (b) Stockton North constituency since 2020.

69621 • Schools: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of school attendance levels by region.

69622 • Young People: Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on reducing the number of young people not in education, employment or training.

69623 • Schools: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure school buildings in the North East are resilient to extreme weather.

69624 • Apprentices: Tees Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to support apprenticeships in green industries in the Tees Valley.

69625 • Dental Services: Tees Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS dentistry provision in (a) Stockton and (b) the Tees Valley.

69626 • Hospitals: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce elective care backlogs at hospitals in the North East.

68472 • Interest Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Bank of England's decision to retain interest rates at 4.25 per cent on the cost of public sector borrowing.

EDM 1398 • Mauritius Treaty

That the Agreement, done at London and Port Louis on 22 May 2025, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great ...

EDM 112 • Social Security

That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (S...