Emily Thornberry

30 Jun 2015 · Department of Health

General Practitioners: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2015 to Question 3540, if he will establish a stand-alone fund to provide emergency funding support to GP practices which have suffered a financial loss as a result of the withdra

30 Jun 2015 · Department of Health

General Practitioners: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2015 to Question 3540, whether NHS England can vary the eligibility criteria set out by his Department on how the £10 million fund for support for GP practices will be distributed

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's statistical release entitled Benefit cap: number of households capped to February 2015, published on 14 May 2015, what information his Department holds on the reasons

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the (a) availability and (b) cost of childcare to households subject to the benefit cap which consist of a single parent with dependent children.

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's press release of 14 May 2015, Benefit cap: thousands move into work or off housing benefit, how many of the 35,600 households that are no longer subject to the benefit

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's press release of 14 May 2015, Benefit cap: thousands move into work or off housing benefit, how many of the 22,400 households who have moved into work since being made

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households which include a claimant who is in receipt of (a) employment support allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) severe disablement allowance that hav

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on (a) public opinion polling and (b) focus group research in relation to the benefit cap in each of the last five years.

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households which include a claimant from an ethnic minority background that have been affected by the benefit cap since April 2013.

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will instruct the Social Security Advisory Committee to undertake an independent review of (a) the operation of the benefit cap since April 2013 and (b) proposals to lower the benefit cap to £23,0

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of households affected by the benefit cap since April 2013 have been subject to that cap while living in temporary accommodation in which they have been placed by a local au

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of households living in (a) local authority, (b) housing association and (c) privately rented housing who have been affected by the benefit cap have been evicted from their

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobseeker's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate how many jobseeker's allowance claimants who fulfil all the work-search requirements as set out in the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and have never been subject to sanctions have been affe

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households which include a claimant who is classed as disabled under the Equality Act 2010 have been affected by the benefit cap since April 2013.

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to lower the benefit cap to £23,000 per year.

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of households in each region of England, Wales and Scotland affected by the benefit cap since April 2013 have been tenants of (a) local authorities, (b) housing associations

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the amount spent by local authorities on providing advice and assistance, including temporary accommodation to families who have presented as homeless, following the introduction of th

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 21015 to Question 1695, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to lower the benefit cap before his Department's impact assessment is published.

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate how many people who are not subject to the work-search requirements as set out in the Welfare Reform Act 2012 have been affected by the benefit cap since April 2013.

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's statistical release, entitled Benefit cap: number of households capped to February 2015, published on 14 May 2015, how many capped households which consist of a single

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to limit the benefit cap to £23,000 per year through (a) primary legislation, (b) secondary legislation and (c) other methods.

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on research evaluating the effect of the benefit cap (a) before and (b) after that cap's implementation.

23 Jun 2015 · Cabinet Office

Government Contracts: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and want proportion of companies with a government contract worth more than £10,000 have voluntarily signed up to the Government's Think, Act, Report initiative.

23 Jun 2015 · Cabinet Office

Government Contracts: Directors

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of companies with a Government contract worth more than £10,000 have a Board of Directors which includes at least one woman.

23 Jun 2015 · Cabinet Office

Government Contracts: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on how many and what proportion of companies with a government contract worth more than £10,000 have voluntarily published details of their employees' pay according to gende

23 Jun 2015 · Cabinet Office

Government Contracts: Directors

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of companies with a Government contract worth more than £10,000 set aside places on their Board of Directors for women.

23 Jun 2015 · Cabinet Office

Government Contracts: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the extent of wage disparities between men and women employed by companies in receipt of a government contract worth more than £10,000.

23 Jun 2015 · Cabinet Office

Government Contracts: Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to promote equal pay between men and women employed by companies in respect of a government contract worth more than £10,000 since 2010.

23 Jun 2015 · Cabinet Office

Government Contracts: Managers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of companies with a Government contract worth more than £10,000 have a women as chief executive.

23 Jun 2015 · Cabinet Office

Government Contracts: Directors

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of companies with a Government contract worth more than £10,000 have a Board of Directors of which at least 50 per cent of its members are women.