Sir Stephen Timms

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 number of people whose benefit award would be assessed as lower if the (a) coping with social engagement and (b) getting about indicators were removed from the Wor

18 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy to expedite an application for leave to remain if an applicant is in receipt of local authority support; and if she will make a statement.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Transformation to children's social care to put families first, published 26 July 2023, what estimate she has made of the potential cost to the public p

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has (a) identified and (b) taken action in cases of freeholders preventing cladding remediation; and if he will make a statement.

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to his oral contribution of 30 January 2023, Official Report, column 55, what steps his Department has taken steps to help alter the behaviour of insurance companies; and if

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his oral contribution of 30 January 2023 on Building Safety, Official Report, column 55, whether he has had discussions with insurance companies that have increased

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to take steps to support leaseholders that are paying increased insurance premiums whilst awaiting cladding remediation.

12 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Knives: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of increasing the maximum penalty for carrying a knife to more than four years’ imprisonment on trends in the level of knife crime.

12 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Renters (Reform) Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, on what date he plans to bring forward the Renters (Reform) Bill.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Almshouses: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has plans to bring forward secondary legislation on the regulation of almshouses.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Almshouses: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a new regulatory body for almshouses.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

National School Breakfast Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to engage with schools during the tender process for the national school breakfast club programme.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Act 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date will the Child Support Collection Act 2023 enter into force.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the 2014 Digital Inclusion Strategy; and whether she plans to update that strategy.

1 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects UK Visas and Immigration to complete its reconsideration of the cases referred to by the Rt hon. Member for East Ham in the letter of 28 March, reference ST103787.

1 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with international counterparts to help secure the release of Egyptian-British dual national Alaa Abd el-Fattah in Egypt.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Take-up

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) impact and (b) cost effectiveness of steps being taken by local authorities to increase levels of take up of Pension Credit; and if he will make a statement

20 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Alternatives to Prison

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to publish a report of the pilots on alternatives to detention.

13 Jul 2023 · Department for Education

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to engage with parents in its relationships, sex and health education public consultation review; and if she will make a statement.

13 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the Lifetime Individual Savings Account first home property value limit in line with average house prices on the level of house purchases by first ti

12 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Climate Change: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the UK's progress on meeting its COP26 spending commitment on international climate finance by 2026.

11 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Climate Change: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of his Department's spending on climate finance has been allocated to (a) mitigation and (b) adaptation in the (i) 2021-22 and (ii) 2022-23 financial years; a

11 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Climate Change: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of his Department's climate finance budget was (a) reallocated from the Official Development Assistance budget, (b) reallocated from other budgets held by his

11 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Climate Change: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the UK International Climate Finance Strategy, published on 30 March 2023, how much his Department spent on international climate finance in (a) 2021-22 and

11 Jul 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons for approximately a third of registrations for Universal Credit not leading to a claim being submitted in the year to February 2023; and if he will make a stat

10 Jul 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of trends in poverty levels among people aged over 50 who have become economically inactive since the start of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement.

10 Jul 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to increase the weighting for disadvantage in the National Funding Formula for schools; and if she will make a statement.

10 Jul 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Employment on 4 July 2023, Official Report, Col 734, how many extra staff have been hired to tackle fraud and error in the benefit system betw

10 Jul 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in her Department worked on tackling fraud and error in the benefit system between (a) January–June 2020, (b) July–December 2020, (c) January–June 2021, (d) July–December 2021, (e) Januar

6 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department took down the webpage entitled Register your presence in the Sudan with FCDO; and if he will put that webpage up again.