Written questions

261 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is her Department's policy that jobcentre staff should inform claimants of universal credit that they should make a claim for new-style employment and support allowance or jobseeker's allowan

4 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether universal credit claimants who are eligible for (a) new style employment and support allowance and (b) new style jobseeker's allowance who would receive more money from one of those benefits tha

4 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance and Jobseeker's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Jobcentre staff receive training to identify when a new claimant would be entitled to new-style employment and support allowance or new-style jobseeker's allowance.

2 Sep 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the compatibility of her Department’s policy of universal credit being digital by default with her Department’s Debt Management office being contactable only by (a) fax

2 Sep 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Email

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will set out a timetable for ensuring that all fax machines in (a) her Department and (b) its executive agencies are replaced with secure email.

2 Sep 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Email

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of offices in her Department whom third party advice agencies may need to contact cannot be contacted by secure email.

2 Sep 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Facsimile Transmission

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many fax machines are in use in (a) her Department and (b) its executive agencies.

17 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the target set out in the NHS long term plan that 50 per cent of teenagers and young adults with cancer will be able to take part in clinical trials by 20

25 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of natural migrations to universal credit from legacy benefits were as a result of (a) a trigger for natural migration, (b) claimant error, (c) official error, (d) incorrect

25 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of unsuccessful claims for universal credit were as a result of (a) a claimant's lack of digital skills and (b) inadequate support for that claimant.

25 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Alyn and Deeside

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unsuccessful claims for universal credit there were in Alyn and Deeside constituency in each of the last five years.

25 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the changes in a claimant's circumstances that would result in natural migration from legacy benefits to universal credit.

4 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the state pension entitlement for people who have been unable to make national insurance contributions because they could not prove the

4 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions and Social Security Benefits: Windrush Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the volume of (a) benefits and (b) pensions incorrectly refused to Windrush generation claimants.

4 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training her Department has provided to (a) her Department's and (b) CAPITA call centre staff on the rules for backdating pension credit claims for mixed-age couples.

4 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who are part of a mixed-age couple have been advised by CAPITA call centre staff not to make a claim for Pension Credit.

4 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications by mixed-age couples for Pension Credit have been rejected since 15 May 2019.

4 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Flintshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people living in Flintshire who previously received disability living allowance care component at the (a) lower, (b) middle and (c) higher rate received no personal independence payment daily l

4 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the deduction of maternity allowance from universal credit as unearned income on the (a) affordability for new mothers of (i) housing costs, (ii) nappies an

4 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons maternity allowance and statutory maternity pay are classified differently under the universal credit rules.

23 Apr 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of findings from Teenage Cancer Trust and Public Health England which show significant variation in the incidence and survival

9 Apr 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department will be working with the Department for Education to develop a plan of action to introduce education in schools promoting responsible dog ownership and preventin

9 Apr 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department is proposing to do to reduce the number of dog attacks on cats.

9 Apr 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has provided to local authorities to prevent dog attacks on cats.

9 Apr 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cats were attacked by dogs in each of the last three years.

5 Feb 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Circuses: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to bring wild animals within the scope of the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 once the Welfare of Wil

23 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Sir Mike Richards’ review of current cancer screening programmes and diagnostic capacity will consider the level of access to breast cancer screening for high risk groups.

23 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to consult patients as part of Sir Mike Richards’ review of cancer screening programmes and diagnostic capacity.

23 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if there will be a full public consultation as part of Sir Mike Richards’ review of current cancer screening programmes and diagnostic capacity.

4 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the rare disease medicines that do not meet the Highly Specialised Technology Criteria have been approved for access by NICE.

Source: official written-questions record.