Written questions

3,557 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Mortgages: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when a claimant who has received a loan for mortgage interest will be expected to commence repayment of that loan.

14 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the circumstances in which a young person aged under 21 will be entitled to support in future with housing costs.

14 Jul 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of households in social housing have an annual income above £30,000 in (a) England, (b) England outside London, (c) each region of England outside London and

14 Jul 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of households in social housing (a) in London and (b) in each local authority area in London have an annual income above £40,000.

13 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Support for Mortgage Interest

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the interest and repayment requirements for loans under the Support for Mortgage Interest scheme; in what circumstances such loans will be payable; and if he will make a statement.

13 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of carers allowance do not live with the person they are caring for.

13 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households will be affected (a) in London by a household benefit cap of £23,000 per year and (b) in each other country and region by a household benefit cap of £20,000 per year.

13 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2015 to Question 5455, on universal credit, where the trial which began on 20 April 2015 is taking place; how many claimants are involved in that trial; how long that tr

13 Jul 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Troubled Families Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in how many and what proportion of families supported by the Troubled Families Programme have unemployed family members entered employment.

9 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobseeker's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on levels of (a) child and (b) working age poverty of the alignment of the employment and support allowance work-related activity group rate to jobseeker's allo

9 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on levels of (a) child and (b) working age poverty of limiting the child element in tax credits and universal credit to two children.

9 Jul 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 on single parent employment rates announced in the Summer Budget 2015 to the conditionality applied to universal credit claimants with children aged three or ov

9 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households affected by the reduction of the benefit cap to £20,000 per year outside London.

9 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of children affected by the reduction of the benefit cap to £20,000 per year outside London.

7 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Income

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average income was of a working household (a) with and (b) without children in each of the last three years.

7 Jul 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of households in social housing in each parliamentary constituency in London have an annual income above £40,000.

7 Jul 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of households in social housing in each parliamentary constituency outside London have an annual income above £30,000.

7 Jul 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much additional rent has been collected in each year since the Pay to Stay policy was introduced.

7 Jul 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of social housing tenants required to pay higher rent under the Pay to Stay scheme in each year since that policy was introduced.

6 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Independent Living Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Independent Living Fund (ILF) users no longer have a carer or personal assistant who was previously funded by an ILF award.

6 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Independent Living Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the effect on disabled people and their carers of the closure of the Independent Living Fund and the transfer of responsibility to local authorities.

6 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Independent Living Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the number of Independent Living Fund users whose support has been (a) reduced and (b) removed entirely following the transfer of responsibility for that Fund to local aut

6 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Independent Living Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to publish information on the effect on disabled people and their carers of the closure of the Independent Living Fund and the transfer of responsibility to local authorities.

6 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2015 to Question 4712, what the expected saving to the public purse from implementation of universal credit will be in 2016-17.

6 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Independent Living Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of local authorities which have ringfenced funding for the Independent Living Fund that has been transferred to them.

6 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will equalise the amount of Universal Credit payable to employees and self-employed people who have the same annual income.

3 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Industrial Health and Safety: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (General Duties of Self-Employed Persons) (Prescribed Undertakings) Regulations 2015.

3 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Budgeting Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for budgeting loans were approved in each month from June 2014.

3 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit advances have been paid out since April 2013.

3 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Budgeting Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were made for budgeting loans in each month from June 2014.

Source: official written-questions record.