Sir Stephen Timms

7 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Job Centres: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the workload of work coaches in job centres that are (a) taking part and (b) not taking part in the Additional Jobcentre Support Pilot.

7 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Job Centres: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches have left their roles in each month since November 2021.

7 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of working Universal Credit recipients who received an incorrect payment as a result of an incorrect employer's real time information submission to HM Revenue a

7 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Right to Buy Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason the rules on local authority Right to Buy receipts limit their use to re-purchase homes previously sold to their tenants.

24 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Government Securities

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with industry stakeholders on the issuing of a digital gilt.

23 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Overpayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help improve collections of debts from individuals who are not currently in receipt of Universal Credit; and if he will make a statement.

23 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Funds: Management

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress the Financial Markets and Law Committee’s working group is making on reforming the guidance on fiduciary duty for pension trustees.

23 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Funds: Management

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the extent to which his Department’s Stewardship Guidance is being followed by pension scheme trustees.

23 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Financial Services: Standards

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support the UK’s investment industry in meeting their fiduciary duty to consumers.

23 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Financial Services: Standards

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with counterparts in (a) Canada, (b) the European Union and (c) other jurisdictions on alignment of the (i) definition and (ii) interpretation of fiduciary duty.

23 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the judgment in R (TD & Ors) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2020] EWCA Civ 618, when his Department plans to introduce a remedy scheme in the context of that judgment; whi

19 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Immigration: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 25 November 2022 to Question 93420 and 1 December 2022 to Question 97406, what recent estimate she has made of the date by which the Atlas caseworking system will provide fu

18 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Hospitals

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what sources of evidence his Department will use to assess who was responsible for the explosion at the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza.

18 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Hospitals

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on who was responsible for the explosion at the al-Ahli Arab Hospital on 17 October 2023.

18 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Pension Protection Fund: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether money a person receives from their pension scheme via the Fraud Compensation Fund is taxable; and if he will make a statement.

17 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Educational Testing Service

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help support students who were falsely accused by Educational Testing Service of cheating in its Test of English for International Communication; and if she will

17 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Educational Testing Service

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Educational Testing Service will be permitted to tender to provide the Secure English Language Test.

17 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Educational Testing Service: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was paid to her Department by Educational Testing Service in compensation for shortcomings in administering its Test of English for International Communication between 2011 and 2014.

17 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Hamas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister’s oral contribution of 16 October 2023, Official Report, column 24, what steps the Government plans to take to help ensure that Israel's

16 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Cultural Heritage: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate he has made of the annual cost of offering tax relief for national heritage assets.

16 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Cultural Heritage: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of tax relief for national heritage assets as a contribution to public enjoyment of such assets.

16 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Cultural Heritage: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the terms of the tax exemption scheme for heritage assets were last reviewed.

16 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Cultural Heritage: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the number of people that visited tax exemption scheme heritage assets in each of the last 10 years.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2022 to Question 45406 on Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre: Buildings, what recent progress his Department has made on preparing the former East Ham Police Station build

16 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Judgements

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when an application to set aside a court finding is made in accordance with Section 17(ii) of the Senior Courts Act 1981 who is responsible for determining when the case will be listed.

13 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

India: Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of India about recent attacks on (a) Christians in Manipur and (b) Muslims and Dalits elsewhere in India.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

National Lottery Heritage Fund: Religious Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of the National Heritage Lottery Fund’s grants were awarded to local churches, chapels and meeting houses open for worship, excluding cathedrals, in financial years (a) 2017-18, (

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the additional number of people who would be found fit for work if the number of points awarded for the (a) coping with social engagement and (b) getting about indicat

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the additional number of people who would be found fit for work if the (a) coping with social engagement and (b) getting about indicators were removed from the Work Ca

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the number of people whose benefit award would be assessed as lower if the number of points awarded for the (a) coping with social engagement and (b) getting about ind