Written questions
807 written questions tabled, most recent first.
23 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of households in receipt of the housing element of Universal Credit; how many of those households have rent that exceeds the local housing allowance r
23 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who determines whether a paper presented to the Universal Credit Programme Board is a below the line item and therefore not automatically deposited in the Library after two years.
23 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2024 to Question 9806 on Fraud, for what reason his Department forecasts that fraudulent behaviour will rise by five per cent per year.
22 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2024 to Question 7902 on Social Security Benefits: Disability, if she will provide a breakdown of those figures by age; and how many and what proportion of people wh
17 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the 18% of Universal Credit claims which contain an element of fraud.
16 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Fourth Report of the Public Accounts Committee of 2023–24 on The Department for Work & Pensions Annual Report and Accounts 2022–23, HC 290, published on 16 November 2023, for what
10 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people receiving Personal Independence Payments are in work as of 19 January 2024.
5 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans that the full rollout of Universal Credit will be completed.
5 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish Universal Credit sanctions rate data from its introduction to April 2019.
5 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in the Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity group left that group in the last 12 months.
14 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Unemployed People: Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse has been of his Department's programme with TalkTalk to provide free broadband for six months to unemployed people.
14 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Restart Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2023 to Question 208 on Restart Scheme, for what reason the Customer Satisfaction Measure results of the Restart Scheme are not published.
14 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2023 to Question 1120 on Jobcentres: Training, how frequently the learning materials are updated.
14 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2023 to Question 1120 on Jobcentres: Training, when the modules were last updated.
14 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2023 to Question 2865 on Jobcentres: Staff, which job centres were part of the Additional Jobcentre Support pilot.
12 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in the Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity group have flowed off in each year since 2015.
8 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Unemployed People: Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households received free broadband for six months from the TalkTalk and Jobcentre Plus scheme.
7 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many written parliamentary questions to his Department remained unanswered when Parliament prorogued on 26 October 2023.
27 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Long Covid: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to increase funding for biomedical research on long covid.
21 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether incentives are included as part of work coach performance management.
21 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the minimum training required for new work coaches is.
21 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of work coach appointments took place in person in the latest period for which data is available.
20 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Restart Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish the next experimental statistics for the Restart Scheme.
20 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) undertaken an assessment of the effectiveness of the Intensive Personalised Employment Support programme.
20 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the overall annual cost of the Intensive Personalised Employment Support programme is.
20 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have received Intensive Personalised Employment Support, by local authority area, in each of the last five years.
14 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to develop employment support pilot programmes in the West Midlands Combined Authority.
14 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for monitoring the effectiveness of Trailblazer employment support programmes.
13 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Data Lab: Impact Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 7 February 2023 to Question 133981, when his Department plans to complete the evaluations.
13 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to publish objectives agreed with the West Midlands Combined Authority for (a) purposes, (b) outcomes and (c) monitoring of employment programmes funded by the Department.
Source: official written-questions record.