Written questions
3,557 written questions tabled, most recent first.
25 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury
Universal Credit
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans that the child element of child tax credit and the child element of universal credit will remain the same while universal credit is rolled out.
25 Jun 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Apprentices: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of apprenticeship applications is made by black and ethnic minority applicants.
25 Jun 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Apprentices: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what target he has for the number of apprenticeship places to be taken by black and ethnic minority applicants; and if he will make a statement.
24 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury
Pensions: Advisory Services
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to (a) review the effectiveness of the Pension Wise service and (b) publish that review.
24 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury
Pensions: Advisory Services
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the availability and affordability of professional advice for those wishing to draw down their retirement income.
24 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury
Pensions
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the additional tax revenue from savers choosing not to annuitise their retirement savings following the pensions flexibilities introduced on 6 April 2015 in (a) April 2015, (b) May
24 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury
Pensions
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the additional tax revenue from savers choosing not to annuitise their retirement savings following the pensions flexibilities introduced on 6 April 2015 in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c)
23 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Housing Benefit: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his proposals to restrict housing benefit for 18 to 21 year olds will apply to existing claimants as well as to new claimants.
23 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Housing Benefit: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which groups will be exempted from proposals to restrict housing benefit for 18 to 21 year olds.
23 Jun 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Temporary Accommodation: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of young people who are living in emergency or temporary accommodation provided by (a) local authorities and (b) the voluntary sector.
23 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury
Pensions
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the forthcoming consultation on a charge cap for savers withdrawing their money from pensions will include a proposal for a charge cap on income drawdown products.
22 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Lone Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of lone parent families with three children affected by the benefit cap have (a) one child, (b) two children and (c) three children aged under five.
22 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Lone Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of lone parent families with two children affected by the benefit cap have (a) one child and (b) two children aged under five.
22 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Lone Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of lone parent families with four children affected by the benefit cap have (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four or more children who are under five.
22 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Lone Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of lone parent families with five or more children affected by the benefit cap have (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four and (e) five or more children who are under five.
22 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Lone Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of lone parent families with one child that are affected by the benefit cap have a child who is under five.
19 Jun 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 effectiveness of in-work conditionality applied to recipients of universal credit who are in work.
19 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit recipients have been placed under alternative payment arrangements for the housing cost element of universal credit.
19 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit recipients have been placed under alternative payment arrangements by social landlords with trusted partner status.
19 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many landlords have trusted partner status for the purpose of placing tenants under alternative payment arrangements for universal credit; what proportion of universal credit recipients they cover;
19 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working recipients of universal credit have had their benefits reduced or stopped because a sanction was applied as a result of in-work conditionality.
18 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury
Child Tax Credit
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he will estimate the number of people who would no longer receive child tax credits if the child element was reduced to its 2003-04 level in real terms.
18 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Tax Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he will estimate how many people who would otherwise be eligible for universal credit who would not be so eligible if the child element was reduced in real terms to the 2003-04 level of the chil
18 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in London are affected by the household benefit cap; and how many such people have been placed by their local authority in temporary accommodation.
18 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people affected by the household benefit cap who were placed by the local authority in temporary accommodation were placed outside their local authority area in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.
18 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury
Child Tax Credit
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he will estimate the effect on the annual income of the (a) poorest 10 per cent, (b) poorest 20 per cent, (c) poorest 25 per cent, (d) poorest 30 per cent, (e) richest 40 per cent, (f) richest 30 per cent, (g
18 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to reduce delays in benefits payments.
18 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Food Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to compile data on the number of people using food banks.
18 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Discretionary Housing Payments: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been awarded in discretionary housing payments by each local authority in London (a) in total, (b) to people affected by the household benefit cap, (c) to people affected by a reduction in
18 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury
Pensions: Advisory Services
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have received (a) face to face and (b) telephone advice through Pension Wise since that service opened; and what those numbers are as proportions of all people eligible to take advantage of new pensio
Source: official written-questions record.