Written questions
3,557 written questions tabled, most recent first.
11 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2020 to Question 9581 on Universal Credit, to which legislative provisions that Answer refers.
11 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit claimants with deductions due to court fines have had the maximum deduction taken from their allowance in each of the last five years.
11 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants have had their payments reduced as a result of deductions for court fines in each of the last five years.
11 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Independent Serious Case Panel
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Independent Serious Case Panel established in 2019; and if she will make a statement.
11 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport
Ports: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for new infrastructure at ports to enable additional checks on vehicles and goods arriving from the EU from 1 January 2021; and if he will make a statement.
29 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the rate of universal credit deductions for claimants with court fines.
29 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of universal credit deductions on the (a) cost of living and (b) health and well-being of former rough sleepers.
29 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has plans to reduce the level of universal credit deductions for claimants with court fines.
28 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his Department's policy to maintain the target set out in section 45 of the Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules)
28 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to review the right of patients under the NHS constitution to access services commissioned by NHS bodies within maximum waiting times.
27 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether claimants in receipt of transitional protection following their migration to universal credit will continue to receive that protection after an involuntary change in their employer under the Tra
17 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mobility payments were awarded following an initial personal independence payment assessment scoring between zero and four points and subsequent (a) mandatory assessment and (b) appeal in the l
16 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases in which personal independence payment assessments received zero points on initial assessment for the mobility allowance had benefit subsequently awarded (a) on mandatory assessment and (
16 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases in which personal independence payment assessments received between zero and four points on initial assessment for the daily living allowance had benefit subsequently awarded (a) on manda
16 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases in which personal independence payment assessments received zero points on initial assessment for the daily living allowance had benefit subsequently awarded (a) on mandatory assessment a
16 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases in which work capability assessments received between zero and six points on initial assessment had benefit subsequently awarded (a) on mandatory re-assessment and (b) on appeal, in the l
16 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases in which work capability assessments received zero points on initial assessment had benefit subsequently awarded (a) on mandatory assessment and (b) on appeal, in the latest period for wh
13 Jan 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Orchestras: Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support UK orchestras to tour throughout the world.
13 Jan 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Orchestras
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support orchestras in the UK.
13 Jan 2020 · Home Office
Musicians: EEA Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the immigration arrangements for visiting musicians from EEA countries after the UK leaves the EU; and if she will make a statement.
13 Jan 2020 · Home Office
Musicians: EEA Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the status will be of visiting musicians from EEA countries on 1 January 2021 in the event that the UK does not reach an agreement with the EU by the end of 2020.
9 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of Universal Support in helping people who are not digitally literate to make an online claim for universal credit; and if she will ma
9 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of universal credit applicants manage their claims primarily (a) online, (b) via telephone, (c) face-to-face, (d) in other ways; and if she will make a statement.
9 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of job centres operate a universal credit full digital service.
9 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of universal credit claimants who have been offered a free of charge call back by her Department have accepted that offer in the latest period for which figures are available.
9 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she will make it her policy that all universal credit claimants making phone calls to her Department should be informed that staff can phone them back free of charge.
9 Jan 2020 · Department for Exiting the European Union
Brexit: Northern Ireland
What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the potential effect of the Withdrawal Agreement on the Northern Ireland economy.
7 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Uprating
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans to (a) end the benefits freeze and (b) uprate the value of (i) universal credit and (ii) other social security payments in the next twelve months.
6 Jan 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Living Wage: Age
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when she plans to reduce the age of entitlement to the National Living Wage to 21; and if she will make a statement.
30 Oct 2019 · Department for Education
Children: Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of holiday clubs in (a) helping children remain physically active outside of school terms and (b) reducing childhood obesity.
Source: official written-questions record.