Written questions

1,054 written questions tabled, most recent first.

31 Oct 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of unsuccessful claims for personal independence payment were overturned on appeal in each year from 2013 to 2016 to date.

31 Oct 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people whose initial claim for employment and support allowance was unsuccessful died before their appeal was heard in each year from 2013 to 2016 to date.

31 Oct 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets his Department's assessment contractors have for conducting (a) personal independence payments and (b) employment and support allowance assessments.

31 Oct 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department's assessment contractors received any (a) penalty, (b) bonus and (c) incentive to deny individual claims for (i) personal independence payment and (ii) employment and support allo

31 Oct 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance (ESA) claimants with (a) chronic disabilities and (b) illnesses were declared fit to work and had their ESA payments stopped in each month of (i) 2013, (ii) 201

31 Oct 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department's assessment contractors receive any penalty or fine when a claimant has been initially refused (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment and support allowance and is l

31 Oct 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people whose initial personal independence claim was unsuccessful died before their appeal was heard in each year from 2013 to date.

25 Oct 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Programme: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to provide support for disabled people who will lose access to specialist help to find work as a result of changes in the level of funding for the Government's wo

25 Oct 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Programme: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of disabled people who will lose access to specialist help to find work as a result of changes in the level of funding for the Government's work progr

25 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with private companies on (a) the outsourcing of children's social care services and the running of care homes and (b) other different ways of working in social care.

25 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of outsourcing children's social care services and the running of care homes to private companies on the wellbeing of children under the supervisi

25 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with local authorities on the provision in the Children and Social Work Bill [Lords] to give Ministers the power to exempt local authorities from statutory duties to chil

25 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of exempting local authorities from statutory duties to children in social care on the wellbeing of children under the supervision of social worke

25 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Art History: GCE A-level and GCE AS-level

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in (a) London and (b) England and Wales studied History of Art at AS and A levels at state schools in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013, (v) 2014, (vi) 2015 and (vii) 2016.

25 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Art History: GCE A-level and GCE AS-level

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the non-availability of History of Art AS and A Levels on disadvantaged young people with an interest in art who wish to pursue that course of study at u

12 Oct 2016 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many applicants his Department has received for trade negotiator positions; how many such applicants have been invited for interview; to how many such applicants job offers have been made; and how

12 Oct 2016 · Home Office

Home Office: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign-born EU nationals are employed by her Department and its agencies.

12 Oct 2016 · Department of Health

NHS: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many foreign-born EU nationals are employed in the NHS in (a) the UK, (b) England and (c) London both in gross terms and as a proportion of the total NHS workforce.

5 Sep 2016 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff in his Department are currently engaged in (a) London and (b) Geneva on World Trade Organisation policy.

5 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UK Mission to the UN: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many additional staff have been deployed to the UK's mission to the UN in Geneva to work on World Trade Organisation (WTO) policy and to renegotiate the UK's membership of the WTO sin

2 Sep 2016 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Department for Exiting the European Union: Secondment

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what budget his Department has set for paying staff (a) on secondment from external companies and (b) engaged as external contractors or consultants for each year from 2016 to 2020.

2 Sep 2016 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Department for Exiting the European Union: Secondment

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many officials of his Department are (a) on secondment from external companies and (b) engaged as external contractors or consultants; and what the cost is of engaging those staff.

2 Sep 2016 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many officials of his Department are (a) on secondment from external companies and (b) engaged as external contractors or consultants; and what the cost is of engaging such people.

2 Sep 2016 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what budget his Department has set for paying staff (a) on secondment from external companies and (b) engaged as external contractors or consultants for each year from 2016 to 2020.

2 Sep 2016 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many full-time equivalent trade negotiators his Department has in post (a) in total, (b) with at least a year's experience, (c) with at least five years' experience and (d) with at least 10 years'

2 Sep 2016 · Women and Equalities

Equality and Human Rights Commission: Staff

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many full-time equivalent caseworkers have been employed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in each year from 2006.

21 Jul 2016 · Home Office

Refugees: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of refugee children seeking reunion with family in the UK who are currently in Europe.

21 Jul 2016 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of cases the Disclosure and Barring Service did not resolve within 60 days in (a) the UK, (b) London, (c) Harringey and (d) Tottenham in the most recent year for which figures are avai

21 Jul 2016 · Home Office

Refugees: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied refugee children in Europe have been accommodated in the UK in each month of 2016 to date.

21 Jul 2016 · Home Office

Forced Marriage: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of forced marriage with indefinite leave to remain in the UK or with British citizenship her Department has information on who are (a) male and (b) female aged (i) under 13, (ii) 13 t

Source: official written-questions record.