Written questions
807 written questions tabled, most recent first.
13 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to ensure that Jobcentre Plus districts align with the West Midlands Combined Authority area.
13 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Labour Market and Skilled Workers: Employment Data Lab
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to share data from the Trailblazer labour market and skills programmes with its Employment Data Lab.
13 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether negative evaluations of employment support programmes made by his Department's Employment Data Lab result in reduced spending on those programmes.
13 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Data Lab: Jobcentres
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department's Employment Data Lab evaluates (a) jobcentres and (b) his Department's employment services.
9 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide new learning and development materials for Jobcentre work coaches to help ensure that claimant commitments for lead carers reflect individual circumstances.
9 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to publish new guidance for Jobcentre work coaches on managing claimant commitments for lead carers of children aged between three and 12.
7 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Parliamentary Questions: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department estimates the cost of answering Parliamentary Questions.
7 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Young People: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many specialist Disability Employment Advisers are employed in youth hubs to support participants with a health condition.
7 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Restart Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to use the findings of the customer satisfaction measure survey of the Restart Scheme to improve the (a) experience and (b) outcomes of participants with a health con
7 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Restart Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the first quarterly Customer Satisfaction Measure survey of the Restart Scheme.
7 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his Department's policy that a patient's GP practice be informed if that patient visits different hospitals in the same NHS trust with similar illnesses or injuries.
7 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of Jobcentre plus offering employment support to unemployed individuals that are not in receipt of out-of-work benefits.
7 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Data Lab: Jobcentres
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department's employment data lab on the effectiveness of (a) jobcentres and (b) existing employment services.
7 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Young People: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the Youth Employment Group's report entitled Young Person's Guarantee published 27 September 2023.
18 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the Youth Employment Group's report entitled Young Person's Guarantee published 27 September 2023; and if he will make a
18 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Data Lab
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of his Department's employment data lab on the effectiveness of (a) job centres and (b) existing employment services.
18 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Impact Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to disseminate best practice identified by his Department's Employment Data Lab.
18 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Youth Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for the long-term role of Youth Hubs in society; and if he will make a statement.
18 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of Jobcentre plus offering employment support to unemployed individuals not in receipt of out-of-work benefits.
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes: Publicity
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to advertise the JCP and DWP Work trial programme to employers.
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Sector-based Work Academy Programme: Publicity
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to advertise Sector-based Work Academy Programmes to employers.
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes: Publicity
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to increase employers' engagement with its employment schemes.
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes: Publicity
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to advertise its employment schemes to employers.
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the £3.5 billion over five years to increase workforce participation announced in Budget 2023, what estimate he has made of how much and what proportion of that investment will be spen
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the £3.5 billion over five years to increase workforce participation announced in Budget 2023, how much and what proportion has been spent as of 13 October 2023.
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of benefit claimants per work coach is as of September 2023.
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of benefit claimants per work coach was December 2019.
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of children is in couple households where one parent is a benefit claimant and searching for work and one parent has no work requirements.
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of children is in couple households where both parents are benefit claimants and searching for work.
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Lone Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of children is in single-parent households where that parent is a benefit claimant and searching for work.
Source: official written-questions record.