Sir Stephen Timms

23 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants in the work related activity group received (a) one sanction, (b) two sanctions and (b) three sanctions in 2014.

20 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobclubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2015 to Question 227535, how much his Department has spent on funding work clubs since April 2012.

20 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people waited more than (a) one month, (b) two months and (c) three months for a decision on their employment and support allowance claim in each year since May 2010.

20 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what liaison his Department has had with HM Revenue and Customs since June 2011 to ensure that companies accepting Work Programme participants pay National Minimum Wage.

20 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times ministers or officials from his Department visited Wales since April 2012 to discuss the Jobs Growth Wales programme.

20 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of spending on the development of the Universal Credit digital service in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15, (c) 2015-16, (d) 2017-18, (e) 2018-19 and (f) 2019-20.

19 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the change has been in the amount of (a) employment and support allowance and (b) other incapacity benefit paid in each month since May 2013.

19 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the support by Work Programme providers for participants seeking to become self-employed.

18 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made in implementing the recommendations of (a) the review to Government by Liz Sayce titled Getting in, staying in and getting on, published in June 2011 and (b) the expert panel c

18 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications have been made for (a) short-term benefit advances and (b) hardship payments in each of the last 12 months.

18 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Diesel: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive on worker exposure to diesel fumes during roadworks.

18 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been claimed in (a) short-term benefit advances and (b) hardship payments in each of the last 12 months.

18 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus staff were put on a performance improvement plan as a result of making (a) too few and (b) too many sanction referrals in each of the last five years.

18 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average duration is to date spent claiming jobseeker's allowance by people who have returned to Jobcentre Plus after being on the Work Programme for two years.

18 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carcinogens

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the cost to the UK economy of carcinogen exposure at work.

18 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Radiation: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has produced on the prevention of health problems caused by exposure to solar radiation at work.

18 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Diesel: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the health problems caused by exposure to diesel fumes at work.

18 Mar 2015 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with officials from the Health and Safety Executive regarding worker exposure to diesel fumes at railway stations.

13 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobclubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to support job clubs run by volunteers since May 2010.

13 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to implement consistent communications by his Department on mandatory reconsideration.

13 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to support faith-based employment support initiatives since May 2010.

13 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance referred to the Work Programme in 2013 or earlier (i) have and (ii) have not achieved a sustained job outcome.

13 Mar 2015 · Department for Transport

Cycleways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2015 to Question 226547, what assessment he has made of the merits of deploying civil enforcement officers rather than using cameras to enforce mandatory cycle lanes; and if h

11 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the latest stocktake of Work Programme sub-contractors.

11 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the role and contribution is of local authorities in relation to the Work Programme.

11 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2015 to Question 226033, when he expects migration to Universal Credit to finish, assuming no change in the labour market outlook or the pace at which claims are migrat

11 Mar 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on the traineeships programme in each month from August 2013 to October 2014.

10 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what responsibilities Jobcentre Plus advisers have to provide further help or information to claimants who present as being unable to afford sufficient food for them or their family.

10 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming employment and support allowance have been taken off that benefit after being found fit for work following a work capability assessment since October 2013; and how many such peo

10 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of mandatory reconsiderations have been determined within two weeks.