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Written questions

Alison McGovern

807 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Impact Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2023 to Question 133981, when his Department plans to complete the evaluations.

7 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme and Restart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the underspend for the (a) Restart and (b) Kickstart schemes as of 7 February 2023.

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefits claimants see a work coach each week.

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many district level progression leads have been recruited.

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Flexible Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2022 to Question 110674 on Department for Work and Pensions: Flexible Working, if he will publish all internal guidance documentation on flexible working in his Dep

1 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Older Workers: Early Retirement

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Answer of 19 January 2023 to Question 120945 on Older Workers: Early Retirement, what forecasts his Department has commissioned of the number of older workers who may retire early in future

1 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department's review on workforce participation will consider students.

1 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) temporary and (b) permanent job centres there are at the (i) national (ii) regional and (iii) district level.

31 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department's review of workforce participation will consider the role of public transport.

31 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department's review into workforce participation will include the impact of childcare costs on participation in the workforce.

31 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department's review on workforce participation will consider the role of unpaid carers.

31 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport

Driving under Influence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will publish estimates of drink-drive collisions and casualties more frequently than once a year.

31 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport

Highway Code

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of the changes made to the Highway Code in January 2022.

31 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Road Traffic Offences: Merseyside

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with Merseyside Police on preventing hit-and-run offences.

31 Jan 2023 · Wales Office

Borderlands Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when his Department last met the Welsh Assembly Government to discuss the Wrexham to Bidston train line.

27 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Jobcentres

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on delivery of support by (a) job centres and (b) work coaches since 2011.

27 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Data Lab

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the capacity for the Employment Data Lab is to carry out evaluations on how many impact assessments are underway or planned.

27 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long on average a work coach meeting with a claimant lasts for.

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport

West Coast Main Line: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of industrial action by rail workers on the ability of Avanti West Coast to adequately improve their service before their extended contract expires.

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Restart Scheme: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the underspend on the Restart scheme contract exceeded £1.2 billion.

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Restart Scheme: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to publish regular performance data on the Restart scheme.

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's Press release entitled £122 million employment boost for people receiving mental health support, published on 10 October 2022, what assessment his Department has made

11 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee report entitled Where have all the workers gone, published on 20 December 2022, whether his Department's review of issues holding back wor

11 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Older Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department's review on workforce participation will consider measures that could be taken by the (a) Government and (b) employers to encourage future age cohorts to remain in the workforce.

11 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department's review of workforce participation will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) different types of pensions systems and (b) the furlough scheme on economic inactivity.

11 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Older Workers: Early Retirement

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department's review on workforce participation will assess whether future cohorts of older workers will retire earlier in greater numbers.

11 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department's review on workforce participation will include an understanding of the potential effect of (a) NHS waiting lists and (b) Long Covid on labour supply.

10 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Immigration and Visas: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the success rate is of visa and immigration appeal applications to the Home Office (a) with Members of Parliament intervening and (b) without Members of Parliament intervening.

10 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Immigration and Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the success rate is of visa and immigration applications when Members of Parliament intervene to help a constituent.

14 Dec 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Autumn Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 17 November, Official Report column 848, what estimate he has made of when his Department's review of issues holding back wor

Source: official written-questions record.