Written questions

528 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Special Advisers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the details of all meetings held by special advisors in her Department since her appointment as Secretary of State.

15 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any officials in her Department receive remuneration for paid work for organisations or companies outside of government.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's Official Statistics entitled Benefit sanctions statistics to October 2020 (experimental), published on 23 February 2021, how many and what proportion of the 4,628 univ

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's Official Statistics entitled Benefit sanctions statistics to October 2020 (experimental), published on 23 February 2021, what assessment her Department has made of the

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's Official Statistics entitled Benefit sanctions statistics to October 2020 (experimental), published on 23 February 2021, what plans her Department has to conduct a ful

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's Official Statistics entitled Benefit sanctions statistics to October 2020 (experimental), published on 23 February 2021, what assessment her Department has made of the

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's Official Statistics entitled Benefit sanctions statistics to October 2020 (experimental), published on 23 February 2021, what assessment her Department has made of the

23 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health and Safety Executive: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many covid-19 workplace spot checks have been completed in schools by the Health and Safety Executive in each month of the last 12 months.

23 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health and Safety Executive: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many workplace spot checks relating to covid-19 compliance have been completed by the Health and Safety Executive in each week in the last 12 months.

11 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many additional staff her Department has employed on fixed-term contracts during the covid-19 outbreak; and if she will list when each of those contracts will end.

11 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many additional staff her Department has employed during the covid-19 outbreak.

9 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will provide a breakdown of from where officials in her Department have been moved in order to staff the Kickstart scheme.

9 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training has been provided to staff working on the Kickstart scheme.

9 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobseeker's Allowance: Benefits Rules

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions her Department has had with representatives of trade unions on the reintroduction of a full sanction and conditionality regime for claimants of jobseeker's allowance; and what the timef

9 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many easements were approved for universal credit between March 2020 and July 2020.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people employed by her Department claim in-work benefits.

24 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Support for Mortgage Interest

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims were made for Support for Mortgage Interest in each of the last 12 months (a) in total and (b) by (i) disability, (ii) ethnicity and (iii) family type.

22 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his department has made of the potential merits of (a) reducing and (b) suspending benefit sanctions for (i) disabled people and (ii) people with severe mental illness during the

19 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many members of staff in her Department were deployed to (a) process and (b) approve applications for the Kickstart Scheme.

28 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will the publish the reasons why her Department has closed applications for organisations to become gateways for Kickstart scheme placements.

28 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many placements have been created under the Kickstart scheme in each (a) region and (b) sector.

25 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Overpayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit overpayments have been raised in the last 12 months; and how many of those payments were caused by a system error.

19 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Industrial Diseases: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that the amount awarded to claimants for the Pneumoconiosis Etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 lump sum payment is not affected by the delays in assessing claims.

19 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that claimants whose work capability assessments have been delayed due to a need for a face-to-face assessment do not have their universal credit payment reduced or de

19 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the feasibility of restarting face-to-face work capability assessments.

19 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to tackle the disparity in eligibility for Winter Fuel Payments for UK nationals living in different European Economic Area countries.

6 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many welfare claimants have seen their benefit cap grace period come to an end since March 2020.

30 Dec 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

National Insurance: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the suspension of processing applications for new national insurance numbers for EU nationals and EU/UK dual nationals since March 2020 on those

30 Dec 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if claimants must exercise their right to record their personal independence payment (PIP) assessment by producing recordings on either audio cassette or CD.

30 Dec 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if claimants are able to exercise their right to record personal independence payment (PIP) assessment by using mobile phone or laptop computer for audio recordings.

Source: official written-questions record.