Written questions

3,557 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Jul 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date he plans to publish the revised impact assessment for universal credit.

2 Jul 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobseeker's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 431W, on jobseeker's allowance, how many jobseekers aged (a) between 18 and 21, (b) 22 and 24 and (c) 25 years and over were assessed for

2 Jul 2014 · HM Treasury

Welfare Tax Credits

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new claims were paid in April 2014 for (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit.

1 Jul 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobseeker's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish Matthew Oakley's independent review of jobseeker's allowance sanctions.

1 Jul 2014 · Cabinet Office

Unemployment: Older People

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, columns 679W-80W, on unemployment: older workers, how many and what proportion of people over 50 had been out of work for over a year in each region and c

1 Jul 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Wolverhampton

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what conclusions he has drawn from his small scale test bed at Wolverhampton Jobcentre for the Supervised Pilot Scheme.

1 Jul 2014 · Home Office

Immigration: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions a Home Office immigration refusal decision was withdrawn by the Home Office on or immediately prior to an appeal hearing date in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum c

1 Jul 2014 · Cabinet Office

Older Workers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people over 50 years old are employed in each region and constituent part of the UK; and what proportion of people aged over 50 years old living in the region and constituent part do they represent in e

30 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department first submitted the Universal Credit Strategic Outline Business Case to HM Treasury.

30 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans Jobcentre Plus has to work with the organisation Movement to Work.

30 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

UK Statistics Authority

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of rebukes his Department receives from the UK Statistical Authority.

30 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the effect of universal credit on the self-employed.

30 Jun 2014 · HM Treasury

Universal Credit

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department approved the Universal Credit Strategic Outline Business Case.

27 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants have become ineligible for the benefit as a consequence of increased income since October 2013.

27 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is currently pursuing plans for jam jar bank accounts under the universal credit programme; and if he will make a statement.

27 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on the youth contract in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.

27 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what budget was set for the youth contract in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15.

27 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants have been sanctioned in each month since October 2013.

26 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library the methodology and assumptions used to populate the Help to Work sections of Table 2.1, page 78, Autumn Statement 2013, Cm 8747 showing financial savings arising from th

26 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, columns 345-6W, on employment and support allowance, how many claimants in the WRAG with a prognosis of two years or more who made (a) a new clai

26 Jun 2014 · Cabinet Office

Jobseeker's Allowance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people currently claiming jobseeker's allowance are aged (a) 16, (b) 17, (c) 18, (d) 19, (e) 20, (f) 21, (g) 22, (h) 23, (i) 24 and (j) 25 years.

26 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 345W, on employment and support allowance (ESA), how many work programme job outcome payments there were in each ESA prognosis customer gr

25 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2014, Official Report, column 247W, on Jobcentre Plus, whether Jobcentre Plus is required to obtain the consent of a voluntary employment support project which receives

25 Jun 2014 · Cabinet Office

Jobseeker's Allowance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants aged 18 to 24 years have home addresses in each region of the UK; and what proportion of all young people in each such region that figure represents.

25 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobseeker's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the skills level of jobseeker's allowance claimants aged between (a) 18 and 21 and (b) 22 and 24 years.

25 Jun 2014 · HM Treasury

Self-employed

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2014, Official Report, columns 600-601W, on the self-employed, what proportion of the working age population in each region are classed as individuals with self-employment sources.

25 Jun 2014 · HM Treasury

Welfare Tax Credits: Self-employed

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many self-employed people claimed (a) child tax credits and (b) working tax credits in each of the last 10 years.

23 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the comparative employment outcomes of people in receipt of (a) employment and support allowance and (b) incapacity benefit; and if he will make a statement.

23 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the costs of administering employment and support allowance between 2014-15 and 2018-19.

23 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Home Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many home visits his Department made in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011, (d) 2012 and (e) 2013; and for which purposes.

Source: official written-questions record.