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Written questions

Emily Thornberry

4,857 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Employment Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total amount award by employment tribunals to claimants for (a) non-payment of wages and (b) non-compliance with minimum wage legislation was in each of the last five years.

18 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Minimum Wage

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid to HM Revenue and Customs in fines for non-compliance with minimum wage legislation in each of the last 10 years.

18 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Minimum Wage

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid to employees in arrears as a result of enforcement of minimum wage legislation by HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last 10 years.

18 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Minimum Wage

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by HM Revenue and Customs to enforce compliance with minimum wage legislation in each of the last 10 years.

18 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Minimum Wage

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding has been provided to HM Revenue and Customs to enforce compliance with minimum wage legislation in each of the last 10 years.

18 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Minimum Wage

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers were identified as being paid less than the national minimum wage in each of the last five years; how many and what proportion of such employers were issued with a formal notice of underpayment; ho

18 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Minimum Wage

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees were identified as being paid less than the national minimum wage following HM Revenue and Customs enforcement activity in each of the last five years; and how many of those employees were compensa

18 Nov 2015 · Attorney General

Minimum Wage: Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, how many Crown Prosecution Service staff worked on (a) referrals for suspected non-compliance with minimum wage legislation and (b) prosecutions for non-compliance with minimum wage legislation in each of the last five years.

18 Nov 2015 · Attorney General

Minimum Wage: Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, how many employers were (a) charged with and (b) convicted of a criminal offence by the Crown Prosecution Service for non-compliance with minimum wage legislation in each of the last five years.

18 Nov 2015 · Attorney General

Minimum Wage: Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, how many cases of suspected non-compliance with minimum wage legislation were referred to the CPS in each of the last five years; and how many such referrals led to a prosecution in each of those years.

13 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Property Transfer

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release, Prison building revolution announced by Chancellor and Justice Secretary, published on 9 November 2015, which prisons the Government plans to sell to property dev

13 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Central London

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release, Prison building revolution announced by Chancellor and Justice Secretary, published on 9 November 2015, what plans he has for relocating prison populations in pri

13 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Central London

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release, Prison building revolution announced by Chancellor and Justice Secretary, published on 9 November 2015, what discussions he has had with prison and probation staf

13 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Property Transfer

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release, Prison building revolution announced by Chancellor and Justice Secretary, published on 9 November 2015, whether the Government plans to consult on proposals to se

13 Nov 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Property Development: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Ministry of Justice press release, Prison building revolution announced by Chancellor and Justice Secretary, published on 9 November 2015, what plans the Government

10 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 7.4 of the Explanatory Memorandum for the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Local Housing Allowance Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I., 2015, No. 1753

9 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average weekly payment was of (a) support for mortgage interest and (b) housing benefit in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, (iv) 2012-13, (v) 2013-14 and (vi) 2014-15.

9 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Support for Mortgage Interest

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people who are in receipt of support for mortgage interest are also in receipt of (a) income-based jobseeker's allowance, (b) income-based employment and support allowanc

9 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Mortgages

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of universal credit receive help with mortgage costs.

9 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Support for Mortgage Interest

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of support for mortgage interest who were also in receipt of income-based jobseeker's allowance, reached the end of the two-year limit in (a) 2009-10, (

9 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Support for Mortgage Interest

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people who made a claim for support for mortgage interest in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13, (e) 2013-14 and (f) 2014-15 went into arrears on their (i

9 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Support for Mortgage Interest

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people who made a claim for support for mortgage interest in each year between 1995 and 2009 went into arrears on their (a) interest repayments and (b) capital repayments

9 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of claims for (a) support for mortgage interest and (b) housing benefit was in each of the last five years.

9 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims for housing benefit were made by people who lost their homes to repossession in each of the last 10 years.

9 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Local Housing Allowance Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I., 2015, No. 1753), what total amount will be made available to l

9 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 7.4 of the Explanatory Memorandum for the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Local Housing Allowance Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I., 2015, No. 1753

9 Nov 2015 · Department of Health

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 1 December 2014 to Question 216015, what criteria his Department sets for eligibility for free NHS prescriptions for households in receipt of universal credit.

9 Nov 2015 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government plans to increase the number of qualified staff working on early education settings.

9 Nov 2015 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to increase the number of early education places for children (a) under the age of three and (b) aged three and four; and if she will make a statement.

9 Nov 2015 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to change the rules on staff-pupil ratios in early education settings.

Source: official written-questions record.