Written questions

1,054 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on allegations of dishonesty and malpractice by assessors in the disability benefit system.

10 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has targets for staff carrying out personal independence payment mandatory reassessments on the proportion of such reassessments that are to be refused; and if he will make a stat

10 Nov 2017 · HM Treasury

Foreign Investment in UK: Russia

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on whether people associated with human rights abuses and illegal activity in Russia are involved in property investment schemes in the UK.

6 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the personal independence payment process complaints system.

6 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of the roll-out of universal credit on the health and wellbeing of disabled claimants who are currently claiming enhanced disability premium an

6 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Living Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the abolition of lifetime awards of disability living allowance on the health and wellbeing of claimants.

6 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of long-term sick and disabled personal independence payment (PIP) claimants taking repeated PIP tests and assessments of the health and wellbeing of claimants;

6 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the personal independence payment process on the health and wellbeing of claimants.

6 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Terminal Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment (PIP) claimants with terminal illnesses and life-shortening diseases (a) were declared ineligible for PIP following assessment (b) appealed that decision successfu

6 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of mandatory health and work conversations on the health and wellbeing of disabled claimants which take place after the roll-out of universal credit.

6 Nov 2017 · Department for International Development

Syria: Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of UK aid to Syria.

6 Nov 2017 · Department for International Development

Burma: Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of UK aid to Rakhine State and Myanmar.

6 Nov 2017 · Department for International Development

Nigeria: Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the UK response to the humanitarian crisis in Nigeria.

6 Nov 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Russia: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the state of (a) human rights, (b) LGBT rights, (c) the freedom of the press and (d) freedom of assembly in Russia.

6 Nov 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Russia: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in Russia on (a) human and (b) LGBT rights.

6 Nov 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Rakhine State, Myanmar.

6 Nov 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Syria.

6 Nov 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in Nigeria on the protection of (a) LGBT rights, (b) other human rights and (c) freedom of speech.

6 Nov 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Nigeria.

6 Nov 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Turkey: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in Turkey on the protection of (a) freedom of assembly, (b) freedom of the press, (c) LGBT rights and (d) other human rights.

6 Nov 2017 · Department for Education

Universities: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of steps taken by Oxford and Cambridge Universities to improve access and widen participation from under-represented groups; and if she will make a statem

6 Nov 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Grenfell Tower: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) households and (b) children who previously lived in Grenfell Tower were still living in hotels or bed and breakfast accommodation as of 1 November 2017.

6 Nov 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Grenfell Tower: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2017 to Question 106692, how many children who lived in Grenfell Tower are living in hotel accommodation as of 6 November 2017.

30 Oct 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

British Overseas Territories: LGBT People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the treatment of LGBT people in the British Overseas Territories.

30 Oct 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

British Overseas Territories: LGBT People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with governments of the British Overseas Territories on the treatment of LGBT people.

30 Oct 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the proportion of temporary accommodation declared unfit for human habitation; and what estimate he has made of the number of children living in such tempor

30 Oct 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of resources available to local authorities to fulfil the additional duties placed on them under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.

23 Oct 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the level of rent increases in the private rented sector in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018 in England.

23 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of freezing local housing allowance on the number of households (a) falling into rental arrears and (b) living in poverty.

23 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the freeze on local housing allowance on levels of homelessness.

Source: official written-questions record.