Sir Stephen Timms

18 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Immigration: Lithuania

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people resident in the UK of working age who were born in Lithuania are (a) in the G8 Claimant Count, (b) in receipt of employment and support allowance and other incapacity benefits

18 Nov 2015 · Cabinet Office

Immigration: Lithuania

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the rate is of (a) unemployment and (b) employment among people living in the UK who (i) were born in Lithuania and (ii) are Lithuanian nationals.

17 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page three of the document Universal Credit: increasing the childcare offer, published by his Department in December 2014, whether his Department remains on course to introduce childca

17 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what reports he has received of claimants receiving overlapping payments of both universal credit and housing benefit; and if he will make a statement.

13 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants claimed support for childcare costs in the most recent period for which figures are available.

13 Nov 2015 · Home Office

Crime: Gambling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of crimes committed by people with gambling problems.

13 Nov 2015 · Department for Education

Schools: East Ham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 2730, what progress she has made on establishing a school on the site of the former East Ham police station.

13 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Welfare Tax Credits

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there are alternative mechanisms for tax credits claimants to inform his Department of changes to their childcare arrangements other than the tax credits helpline.

10 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what programmes being taken forward by his Department are subject to Project Assessment Reviews instead of Gateway Reviews.

10 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy that people who increase their earnings from work should always be financially better off as a result.

10 Nov 2015 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish an updated action plan on violence against women and girls.

10 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Gift Aid

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much gift aid has been (a) requested and (b) reclaimed from (i) donors and (ii) charities in circumstances in which people making registered charitable donations for gift aid ended the year below the income tax t

10 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Gift Aid

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in cases where a person has registered a donation to a charity for gift aid but ended the year below the income threshold for income tax, whether it is the policy of HM Revenue and Customs to reclaim the gift aid fro

9 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentre Plus: Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to roll-out the placement of Jobcentre Plus advisers in food banks.

9 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Plaistow

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many advisers worked at Plaistow Jobcentre in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.

9 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of an increase in the universal credit taper rate on (a) work incentives and (b) progression incentives.

9 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Plaistow

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) advisers and (b) managers were interviewed during the course of the investigation which led to the dismissal of two advisers at Plaistow Jobcentre in May 2014.

9 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentre Plus: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department has used benefit off-flow data in the last three years to calculate remuneration for jobcentre (a) managers and (b) advisers.

4 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Plaistow

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions between 1 June 2013 and 31 May 2014 the officer at Plaistow Jobcentre responsible for authorising payments from the Flexible Support Fund queried the use of that fund to pay for Zo

4 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Plaistow

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints were made by jobseekers about advisers at Plaistow Jobcentre between 1 June 2013 and 31 May 2014.

4 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Plaistow

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions were held with the two Jobcentre Plus staff dismissed from Plaistow Jobcentre in May 2014 after a complaint about misuse of the Flexible Support Fund on (a) whether that misuse was part

4 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Plaistow

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who authorised the payment from the Flexible Support Fund which led to the dismissal of two staff from Plaistow Jobcentre in May 2014.

4 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Plaistow

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the outcome was of the investigation by his Department's Finance Group Internal Audit and Investigations team into allegations made in December 2013 of inappropriate use of the Flexible Support Fun

4 Nov 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take to improve broadband services in urban areas (a) generally and (b) for small and medium-sized businesses in 2015-16.

4 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Productivity

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase productivity in 2015-16.

3 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Plaistow

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions between 1 June 2013 and 31 May 2014 Plaistow Jobcentre paid from the Flexible Support Fund for a jobseeker's two month Zone 1-4 Transport for London Travelcard.

3 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Plaistow

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to establish whether more senior staff were involved in fraudulent misuse of the Flexible Support Fund since the dismissal of two staff from Plaistow Jobcentre in May 2014.

3 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentre Plus: Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Trussell Trust on the placement of Jobcentre Plus advisers in foodbanks.

3 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Manufacturing Industries

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects manufacturing output to exceed the level of quarter one in 2008.

3 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Balance of Trade

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the size of the current account balance in 2014.