Written questions

873 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people with conditions that do not require face-to-face assessments for a personal independence payment application but are still being invited for one in the

10 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP2 forms were (a) completed and returned within the four week deadline, (b) completed and returned outside the four week deadline and (c) never returned in the last 12 months.

10 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints were received in relation to the personal independence payment assessment process in (a) the UK, (b) Wales and (c) Aberavon in each of the last two years.

10 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has undertaken a costings exercise on introducing an assessment rate for personal independence payments claimants during the appeals process.

10 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints were upheld in relation to the personal independence payment assessment process in (a) the UK, (b) Wales and (c) Aberavon in each of the last two years.

10 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the usefulness of the information provided to personal independence payment claimants on obtaining supporting evidence for their claims.

10 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the psychological effect that the personal independence payment assessment process is having on applicants.

10 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent defending appeals of personal independence payment decisions in (a) the UK, (b) Wales and (c) Aberavon in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

10 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the (a) quality and (b) consistency in the delivery of personal independence payment assessments across the UK in each of the last five years for which figures are availab

10 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing an assessment rate for personal independence payments during the appeals process.

10 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has any plans to review the personal independence payments assessment criteria.

10 Oct 2017 · Wales Office

Public Sector: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on lifting the public sector pay cap.

10 Oct 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with Natural Resources Wales on plans to build a prison on land in the Baglan Industrial Estate.

10 Oct 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how far away from residential properties are the planned new prisons at (a) Yorkshire, adjacent to HM Prison Full Sutton, (b) HM Young Offenders Institute Rochester and (c) HM Young Offenders Institute Hindley.

10 Oct 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing the settlement for local government in the next budget.

10 Oct 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Emergency Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the feasibility of establishing an event to mark the contribution that the emergency services make to communities and to thank them for the work they do d

10 Oct 2017 · Cabinet Office

Armed Forces: Census

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including a question in the next census about membership of the armed forces community.

5 Sep 2017 · HM Treasury

Public Expenditure: Wales

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing Barnett formula funding for Wales in line with the recent increase in funding for Northern Ireland.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many ex-service personnel have been affected by the under-occupancy charge.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the under-occupancy charge on ex-service personnel.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the levels of uptake of advance payment of universal credit in (a) the UK, (b) Wales and (c) Aberavon constituency.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of advice given by (a) work coaches and (b) universal credit journals on claiming the advance payment of universal credit.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides for universal credit claimants for (a) budgeting, (b) managing a claim online and (c) complex claims.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a comprehensive support package or strategy for those negatively affected by the roll-out of universal credit.

4 Sep 2017 · Wales Office

Public Expenditure: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Barnett consequential funding since the Government announced separate additional funding for Northern Ireland.

4 Sep 2017 · Wales Office

Public Expenditure: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the effect of Northern Ireland's additional funding on the operation of the Barnett Formula.

4 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Port Talbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funds he will make available to the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to provide healthcare for prisoners in the proposed prison in Port Talbot.

4 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have caused (a) harm to themselves, (b) harm to other prisoners and (c) harm to members of the prison service in (i) HMP Parc, (ii) HMP Bure and (iii) HMP The Mount in the past 24 months.

4 Sep 2017 · Department of Health

Prisoners: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners have required (a) medical treatment and (b) emergency medical treatment at an NHS hospital at (i) HMP Parc, (ii) HMP Bure and (iii) HMP The Mount in the past 24 months.

4 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Category C prisoners are held in (a) HMP Swansea, (b) HMP Cardiff and (c) HMP Parc.

Source: official written-questions record.