Alison McGovern

12 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received an advance payment of universal credit between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023.

28 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Educational Visits: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the impact of the withdrawal of the list of travellers scheme for school trips from EU countries in October 2021 on the (a) tourism and education sectors and (b) economy

28 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Educational Visits: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps the Government has taken to facilitate travel of school groups from (a) Germany and (b) other EU member states to the UK.

28 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Educational Visits: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had discussions with his European counterparts on easing travel restrictions for UK school groups travelling to EU member states.

28 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Educational Visits: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had discussions with his European counterparts on extending the rules for school groups travelling to the UK from France, to other EU member states.

28 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Educational Visits: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to take steps to ensure parity in travel requirements for school groups travelling to the UK from (a) Germany and (b) other EU member states with those from France.

19 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he (a) has made recent changes to or (b) plans to change his Department's guidance to job centres on the information to be included on signposting slips.

5 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claims were closed because a claimant failed to accept a claimant commitment that included (a) no work-related, (b) only work preparation and (c) work-focused interview require

5 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claims were closed because a claimant failed to accept a claimant commitment that included (a) no work-related, (b) only work preparation and (c) work-focused interview require

5 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claims were closed because a claimant failed to accept a claimant commitment that included (a) no work-related, (b) only work preparation and (c) work-focused interview require

5 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claims were closed because a claimant failed to accept a claimant commitment that included (a) no work-related, (b) only work preparation and (c) work-focused interview require

5 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants whose claims were closed in 2023 because they failed to accept their claimant commitment subsequently successfully challenged the (a) claimant commitment and (b) case

5 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants whose claims were closed in 2022 because they failed to accept their claimant commitment subsequently successfully challenged the (a) claimant commitment and (b) case

5 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants whose claims were closed in 2021 because they failed to accept their claimant commitment subsequently successfully challenged the (a) claimant commitment and (b) case

5 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants whose claims were closed in 2020 because they failed to accept their claimant commitment subsequently successfully challenged the (a) claimant commitment and (b) case

5 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Data Lab

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 17 March 2023 to Question 163847 on Employment Data Lab, when he plans to publish the two further evaluations.

2 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in the private rented sector are in receipt of housing benefit; how many and what proportion of those households have rents that exceed the local housing allowance (LHA); and what th

2 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the number of households in the private rented sector in receipt of universal credit with the housing element in payment; how many and what proportion of those househol

2 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance and Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims for which the local housing allowance did not cover rent were subject to deductions for (a) universal credit advances, (b) universal credit overpayments, (c) tax credit

2 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance and Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the median (a) difference between the cost of rent and the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) in households where rent exceeds the LHA and (b) deduction of universal

2 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit Programme Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish details of (a) external bodies and (b) other Government departments that are members of the Universal Credit Programme Board.

2 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit Programme Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions Ministers from his Department have attended the Universal Credit Programme Board in each year since 1 January 2018.

2 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit Programme Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions an issue at the Universal Credit Programme Board has been escalated to the Portfolio Board in each year since 1 January 2018.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many people have entered employment through the people and skills investment priority of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in each year since its inception.

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Meetings

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's publication entitled DWP's ministerial meetings, July to September 2023, published on 14 December 2023, if he will list the (a) organisations and (b) individuals who a

23 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households there are in the private rented sector in receipt of universal credit with the housing element in payment; of those households, how many and what proportion have rents which exceed t

23 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in the private rented sector there are in receipt of housing benefit in payment; of those households, how many and what proportion have rents which exceed the local housing allowance

23 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in receipt of universal credit in the private rented sector with the housing element in payment have one or more members with limited capability for work and/or for work-related acti

23 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households are in receipt of local housing allowance (LHA) in payment; of those households, how many and what proportion have rents which exceed the LHA; and what the median gap is between the

23 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in the private rented sector are in receipt of the housing element of Universal Credit; of those households, how many have rents which exceed the local housing allowance rate; and wh