Emily Thornberry

16 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect removing the family premium from new claims for housing benefit the ability of claimants affected to move outside their local authority area in order to take up

16 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of housing benefit claims in respect of which a request for backdating was approved resulted in the payment of arrears for a period of (a) less than one month, (b) one month

16 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2015 to Question 18835, what alternative options will be available to single people claiming housing benefit who are under the age of 35 and are not able to afford

16 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount his Department will save as a result of limiting the backdating of housing benefit to a maximum of one month in each of the next four years; and how that estimate

16 Dec 2015 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Review of childcare costs: the analytical report, published by her Department on 25 November 2015, if she will publish the responses to her Department's call for evidence on childcare cost

16 Dec 2015 · HM Treasury

Social Services: Minimum Wage

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2014 to Question 211605, how many and what proportion of initial enquiries by HM Revenue and Customs, which sought confirmation that arrears had been paid to workers following enf

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Fit for Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to evaluate the performance of the Fit for Work service since its launch.

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Fit for Work Programme: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls have been made to the Fit for Work helpline in each month since its launch.

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Fit for Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of patients referred to the Fit for Work service since its launch have since returned to work.

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Fit for Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Return to Work plans produced by the Fit for Work service made recommendations to employers which were accepted in full since the launch of that service.

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Fit for Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many referrals have been made by (a) GPs and (b) employers to the Fit for Work service since its launch; and how many such referrals have resulted in a Return to Work plan being agreed with the pati

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Fit for Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding has been allocated to the Fit for Work service for the current financial year; and whether the Government plans to increase that amount.

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Fit for Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has issued to Fit for Work case managers on the content of Return to Work plans drafted for patients referred to the service.

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Fit for Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has issued to Fit for Work case managers on carrying out assessments of patients referred to the service.

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Fit for Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is provided to case managers employed by the Fit for Work service.

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Fit for Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what qualifications are required of case managers employed by the Fit for Work service.

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Fit for Work Programme: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed by the Fit for Work service as case managers; and whether the Government plans to increase this number.

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Fit for Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what ways he plans to expand the Fit for Work service.

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Help to Work Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on the Help to Work scheme in the 2014-15 financial year; and how much of the budget for that scheme for the 2015-16 financial year has been spent to date.

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Help to Work Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on the Mandatory Work Activity scheme in each of the last four years.

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Help to Work Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the Government has ended the (a) Mandatory Work Activity scheme and (b) Community Work Placements element of the Help to Work scheme.

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Help to Work Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's publication, Mandatory Programmes official statistics: May 2011 to August 2015, published on 25 November 2015, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the diffe

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Help to Work Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's publication, Mandatory Programmes official statistics: May 2011 to August 2015, published on 25 November 2015, how many people who joined the Mandatory Work Activity s

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Help to Work Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's publication, Mandatory Programmes official statistics: May 2011 to August 2015, published on 25 November 2015, how many people who joined the Mandatory Work Activity s

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Help to Work Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the destinations of (a) people referred to the Mandatory Work Activity scheme who did not join that programme, (b) people who joined the Mandatory Work Activity

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Fit for Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what feedback his Department has received from (a) service users, (b) employers and (c) GPs on the Fit for Work service since its launch.

11 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications of differences in the administration of universal credit amongst the different local authorities involved in the Universal Support Delivered Locally pilot

10 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Written Statement of 10 December 2015, HCWS377, on universal credit and local authorities, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of people employed by local authorities to administ

10 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Written Statement of 10 December 2015, HCWS377, on universal credit and local authorities, how he will define reasonable efforts to redeploy staff.

8 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Families: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to commission a replacement scheme for the European Social Fund (ESF) Support for Families with Multiple Problems programme under the ESF Operational Programme 2014-2020.