Sir Stephen Timms

22 Feb 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit sanctions were issued in error and subsequently cancelled in each of the last five years.

22 Feb 2016 · Department for Education

Academies: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support best practice from successful academy chains being passed on to other academy chains.

22 Feb 2016 · Department for Education

Academies: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Ofsted plans to inspect academy chains as well as individual academies; and if she will make an assessment.

22 Feb 2016 · Department for Education

Academies: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on the threshold for the number of coasting academies in an academy chain above which her Department plans to take action.

22 Feb 2016 · Department for Education

Academies: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to publish examination performance data for academy chains; and if she will make an assessment.

11 Feb 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons the Advisory Group on Freedom of Religion and Belief was not re-established after the 2015 General Election; and if he will make a statement.

11 Feb 2016 · Department for Education

Academies: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to publish performance data for academy chains.

11 Feb 2016 · Department for Education

Physical Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) maintained primary schools, (b) maintained secondary schools, (c) primary academies and (d) secondary academies provide at least two hours of physical education per week.

11 Feb 2016 · Department for Education

Schools: Sports

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to improve links between schools and elite sports organisations.

10 Feb 2016 · Department for Education

Foster Care: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what training on mental health awareness is provided to foster carers.

10 Feb 2016 · Department for Education

Foster Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what extra support is provided to foster carers receiving children who have experienced multiple placement breakdowns.

10 Feb 2016 · Department for Education

Playing Fields: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state playing fields were sold in each year since 2010.

10 Feb 2016 · Department for Education

Physical Education: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many qualified PE teachers entered the teaching profession in each year since 2010.

10 Feb 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Public Participation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation, published by his Department in December 2015, how his Department defines physical literacy.

9 Feb 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobseeker's Allowance: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sanctions on jobseekers allowance were imposed in the most recent year for which data is available; and how many such sanctions were (a) under one month, (b) between one month and six months an

9 Feb 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2016 to Question 25175, for what other purposes claimants can make free calls to his Department.

9 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury

Average Earnings

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the change in average annual earnings in each year to 2020.

9 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury

Flexible Working: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Work and Pensions on ensuring equitable tax arrangements for flexible and contract workers.

9 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury

Temporary Employment: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reform taxation arrangements for temporary and contract workers to ensure that they are equitable in comparison with those of direct employees.

9 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what additional housing support his Department plans to provide to people aged between 18 and 21 after changes to housing benefit planned for April 2017.

9 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Care Leavers: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what measures are in place to provide housing support to care leavers; and what additional support his Department plans to provide after April 2017.

8 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Palliative Care: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical commissioning groups and local authorities are jointly commissioning children's palliative care.

8 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Palliative Care: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to support young people who have been receiving palliative care and are transitioning from children's to adults' services.

8 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury

Self-employed: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will have discussions with the Office of Tax Simplification on reviewing and simplifying the tax regime for contractors.

4 Feb 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants there were in (a) Tameside, (b) Oldham, (c) Wigan and (d) Warrington in the most recent period for which figures are available.

4 Feb 2016 · Prime Minister

Race Relations

To ask the Prime Minister, whether it is Government policy to promote multiculturalism in the UK.

3 Feb 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether telephones with a direct connection to the universal credit helpline are available to use free of charge in every job centre.

3 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many qualified counsellors worked in child and adult mental health services in each of the last three years.

3 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people (a) under and (b) over 18 received support from child and adolescent mental health services in each of the last three years.

3 Feb 2016 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many social workers working with children there were in England in each year since 2010.