Written questions
181 written questions tabled, most recent first.
7 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Mother and Baby Units
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women in custody applied for a place in a mother and baby unit in 2017.
7 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the contracts to outsource facilities management in prisons, awarded in 2014, how much funding was allocated to (a) preventative maintenance and (b) reactive maintenance; and in relation to each
7 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much of the projected £115 million of savings in the prison facilities management contracts awarded in 2014 has been saved to date.
28 Feb 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Job Creation: St Helens South and Whiston
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support job creation schemes in St Helens South and Whiston constituency; and how much Regional Growth Fund money has been allocated to (a) that constit
22 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Government meets its target of recruiting 2,500 new prison officers by December 2018; what progress has been made on meeting that target; and if he will make a statement
22 Feb 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Visual Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the level of knowledge of the impact of sight impairment among personal independence payment assessors; and what steps her Department is taking to improve the
22 Feb 2018 · Department for International Development
USA: UNRWA
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government plans to increase its contribution to UNWRA funding as a result of the decision by the US Administration to reduce its contribution to that body; and if she will make a st
22 Feb 2018 · HM Treasury
Carer's Allowance
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2018 to Question 125989, whether he plans to take steps to support financially the working parents of disabled children aged 16 to 20 who are ineligible for carers' allowance owin
20 Feb 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124897, and the Answer of 19 January 2018 to Question 122944, what plans she has to ensure that information for Employment Support Allowance is avai
20 Feb 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2018 to Question 125988, for what reasons personal independence payment claimants are not given the full list of descriptors against which they are assessed; and if
31 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury
Children: Disability
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124887, what additional funding he plans to make available to support the working parents of disabled people aged between 16 and 20 for the finance of their care.
31 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to provide personal independence payments (PIP) claimants with an accompanying list of functional descriptors used to assess PIP claims and the points each descriptor carries.
31 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what feedback mechanisms for reporting errors relating to personal independence payments assessments are in place between the courts and healthcare assessment providers.
31 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2018 to Question 123740 on social security benefits: disability, how many times decision makers or quality assurance managers have contacted an assessment provider f
31 Jan 2018 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how he fulfils his duty under section 1(1) of the Childcare Act 2016 alongside or in conjunction with the duty of local authorities as set out in regulation 33 of the Childcare (Early Years Provision Free of Ch
24 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 23 January 2018 to Question 903506, what steps the Government has taken to address unsafe conditions in youth custody following the Youth Custody Improvement Board report published
24 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to collate and publish data relating to employment support allowance similar to that which is made available on personal independence payments.
24 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury
Child Tax Credit: Disability
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to increase the age of eligibility for the childcare cost element of child tax credit from 16 to 20 years old for families with disabled children until adult social care provision becomes available;
24 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the letter from the Financial Secretary to the Treasury to the hon. Member for St Helen's South and Whiston of 15 December 2017, whether a child in full-time education may claim disability
23 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions
What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of violence and self-harm in young offenders institutions.
18 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides on allowing disability benefit assessors to provide feedback on mistakes or errors that occur during health assessments to improve the assessment process.
18 Jan 2018 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to section 1(1) of the Childcare Act 2016, what steps he is taking to ensure that childcare is available free of charge for disabled three and four-year-old children for a period equivalent to 30
17 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Motorcycles: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to increase police powers in relation to offences involving scrambler bikes.
17 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Motorcycles: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences involving the use of a scrambler bike were committed in (a) St Helens South and Whiston constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) in England and Wales in each of the last three years.
17 Jan 2018 · Department for Education
Knives: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking in schools better to educate young people in the dangers of knife crime.
17 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Knives: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the average age of perpetrators of knife crimes in (a) St Helens South and Whiston constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) England and Wales in each of the last t
17 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Knives: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences involving a knife were committed in (a) St Helens South and Whiston constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) England and Wales in each of the last three years.
16 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Forms
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that benefit assessment and claim forms are offered in accessible formats.
16 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements the Government has in place to inform claimants of the assessment criteria against which they are measured when they apply for a PIP or ESA reconsideration or appeal.
16 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: St Helens South and Whiston
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals for (a) ESA and (b) PIP in St Helens South and Whiston constituency resulted in an increase in the amount awarded in each of the last three years; and what the average value of each suc
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