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Written questions

Sir Stephen Timms

3,557 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons the Central and East London Breast Screening Service was transferred from Barts Health NHS Trust to Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust on 1 April 2018; and what benefits were a

19 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the payment to providers for universal free infant school meals above the current rate of £2.30 per meal which has applied since 2014.

18 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what proportion of successful new universal credit claims in the past year the claimant has been given an advance at the start of their claim.

18 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to her oral contribution of 11 February 2019, Official Report, column 593, on universal credit, what assessment she has made of the effect of the five-week waiting time for payment on increased

18 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February to Question 220052 on Universal Credit, if she will publish the evidential basis for the statement that the indications at this stage are that Universal Credit actu

18 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2019 to Question 220054 on Universal Credit, if she will make an assessment of the effect of the five week waiting time for universal credit on levels of indebtedne

18 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason claimants of universal credit are subject to a five week delay before payment in cases where the claimant is (a) transferring from another benefit; (b) has just left a weekly paid job an

13 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people making an application for universal credit in (a) April 2018 and (b) October 2018 waited more than (i) six weeks, (ii) seven weeks, (iii) eight weeks, (iv) nine weeks and (v) ten weeks b

13 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support Job Centres give to universal credit claimants who drop out of their claim.

13 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support Job Centres give to universal credit applicants who do not complete their application.

13 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for how long consent is granted, when the criteria are met, to friends, family members or professionals to access information on a claimant's universal credit claim.

12 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is for universal credit applicants required to complete a Work Capability Assessment for that assessment to be carried out.

12 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of universal credit claimants in the last 12 months had to complete a Work Capability Assessment as part of their application.

12 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the five week waiting time for universal credit, and the consequent requirement for claimants without savings to take an advance from her Department, on lev

12 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the five week waiting time for universal credit on demand at foodbanks.

12 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on levels of rent arrears among claimants.

8 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for universal credit have been refused as a result of the applicant not having a fixed address.

8 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2019 to Question 214626 on universal credit, of the 18 per cent of claims for universal credit which were not completed due to non-compliance with the process, what

8 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the reasons for refusals of applications for universal credit in the last twelve months.

8 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Jobcentres provide advice to universal credit applicants who start but do not complete an application; and if she will make a statement.

6 Feb 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Optical Fibres

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the risk to (a) alternative full-fibre network providers and (b) the Government’s target of national full-fibre connectivity by 2033 from anti-

6 Feb 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Openreach: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with BT Group and Openreach on increasing the transparency of its full-fibre deployment plans.

6 Feb 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Openreach: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his Department's paper, Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review, published in July 2018, when his Department plans to publish proposals for transparency measures required

6 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December to Question 193360 on Access to Work Programme, how many of the access to work elements that were approved in 2016-17 included elements assessed as costing (a) over

5 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2019 to Question 213887 on Jobseeker's Allowance: Disqualification, whether it is her Department’s policy to sanction claimants of universal credit who decline to ac

5 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to track outcomes for the Youth Obligation; and whether that tracking will be backdated to the launch of that programme.

5 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2019 to Question 213885, Deportation: English Language, how many (a) removals and (b) departures there have been in respect of ETS-linked cases to date.

5 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2019 to Question 213885, Deportation: English Language, how many (a) refusal, (b) curtailment and (c) removal decisions have been made in respect of ETS-linked cas

31 Jan 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December to Question 193360, how many of the 23,510 people who had an Access to Work Element approved in 2016-17 received no payment because the adjustments needed cost less

31 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Schools: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has had with the (a) Education and Skills Funding Authority (ESFA) and (b) Little Ilford School to ensure that ESFA-commissioned maintenance works are conducted without disruptio

Source: official written-questions record.