Sir Stephen Timms

2 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his oral evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee of 28 October 2015, for how long a welfare rights adviser has been placed in the Birkenhead food bank; and when he plans to roll-ou

2 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that small and medium-sized businesses are aware of their obligations relating to workplace pensions.

2 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Motability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2015 to the hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey to Question 9852, by when his Department will be able to form a reliable estimate of the numb

2 Nov 2015 · Home Office

Forced Marriage: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions there have been relating to forced marriage under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

2 Nov 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing Associations: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on house building of the Office of National Statistics reclassifying housing associations as public sector bodies.

30 Oct 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the universal credit programme was subject to Project Assessment Reviews instead of Gateway Reviews.

30 Oct 2015 · Department of Health

Liver Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the recommendations of the Lancet Commission on liver disease, published in November 2014.

30 Oct 2015 · HM Treasury

Manufacturing Industries

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to encourage manufacturing.

30 Oct 2015 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, in what circumstances major Government programmes are subjected to Project Assessment Reviews instead of Gateway Reviews; and if he will make a statement.

30 Oct 2015 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, in what circumstances major Government programmes are exempted from the requirement for Gateway Reviews.

29 Oct 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentre Plus: Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the duration will be of the pilot project placing jobcentre advisers in food banks.

29 Oct 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentre Plus: Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria he will use to decide whether to extend the placement of jobcentre advisers in food banks beyond the current pilot.

29 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to involve disabled people in the design of better access to public transport.

29 Oct 2015 · HM Treasury

Pensions: Advisory Services

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what alternative sources of advice there are for people exercising pension freedoms who do not access Pension Wise guidance.

28 Oct 2015 · HM Treasury

Pensions: Advisory Services

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have accessed the Pension Wise service through the (a) face-to-face service provided by the Citizens Advice Bureau and (b) telephone service provided by the Pensions Advisory Service to date.

28 Oct 2015 · HM Treasury

Pensions: Advisory Services

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to gather data on people accessing the Pension Wise service.

28 Oct 2015 · HM Treasury

Pensions: Advisory Services

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data his Department collects on the (a) demographics, (b) pension pot size and (c) decisions taken after the consultation of people accessing the Pension Wise service.

28 Oct 2015 · HM Treasury

Pensions: Advisory Services

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data his Department collects on people who have exercised new pension freedoms who have not accessed the Pension Wise service.

27 Oct 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Freedom of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Freedom of Information requests were (a) submitted to, (b) acceded to and (c) refused by his Department in each of the last five years.

27 Oct 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Multiple Sclerosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what ways his Department's requirements for reassessment of continuing claims for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment by people with multiple sclerosis reflect

27 Oct 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how frequently a person with a (a) multiple sclerosis and (b) another degenerative disease should be required to attend an assessment in connection with their claim for (i) employment and support allowa

27 Oct 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what response he has made to the findings of the report by the National Audit Office of January 2015 on the Superfast (Rural) Broadband Programme: update, that BT had overstated its claims for th

27 Oct 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the amount of its own capital which BT has invested in the rural broadband rollout programme to date.

26 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's policies on increasing access to public transport for disabled passengers.

22 Oct 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of lessons from the experience of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act in the US to inform his plans to replace the Work Programme when the current contracts come t

22 Oct 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Vacancies: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to continue the Universal Jobmatch service after the contract expires in April 2016; and if he will make a statement.

22 Oct 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Small Businesses: Sunday Trading

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research his Department has commissioned or undertaken to assess the potential effect on small businesses of proposed changes to Sunday trading laws.

22 Oct 2015 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans her Department has to close the gender pay gap.

21 Oct 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what comparative estimate he has made of the costs, other than initial offers, of a typical package of landline and broadband services in (a) the UK, (b) France, (c) Germany, (d) Spain and (e) Ir

21 Oct 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 13 October 2015 to Question 11722, which companies provide fixed broadband services in the UK.