Written questions

2,147 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of their Department's employees are recorded as having a disability.

29 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published on 15 March 2023, which Jobcentres are included in the trial of extra work coach suppor

29 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings on concerns of general practice staff on delivering adequate level of care in winter 2023 in the Royal College of General Practitioners report entitled Fit for the Fu

29 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2023 to Written Question 156196 on Social Security Benefits: Disability, how many of those claimants had previously received Disability Living Allowance or Personal Ind

29 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Flexible Working: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published on 15 March 2023, what steps his Department has taken to consult with disabled people

29 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Flexible Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published on 15 March 2023, what requirements his Department will place on employers to consult

29 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Flexible Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published on 15 March 2023, when and in what way the Government plans to introduce the right to

28 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published on 15 March 2023, when his Department will publish the Major Conditions Strategy.

28 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Access to Work applications were rejected in each of the last five years.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an estimate of the number of claimants who will not receive the first Cost of Living payment in 2023 following application of sanctions to their Universal Credit.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which (a) organisations and (b) individuals responded to the Health and Disability Green Paper consultation proposing making PIP the sole health-based assessment in the benefits system.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new Personal Independence Payment awards were made to people who had previously been in receipt of (a) personal independence payment or (b) disability living allowance but at the time of regist

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Employment Support Allowance claimants are in (a) the Work-Related Activity Group and (b) the Support Group on the basis of substantial risk.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants are assessed to have (a) Limited Capability for Work and (b) Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity on the basis of substantial risk.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the (a) cost of energy for people with disabilities and (b) introduction of a social tariff.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new staff have been recruited to work on the Access to Work programme in each of the last six months for which data is available; and whether his Department plans to recruit more staff to work

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March to Question 153716 on Access to Work Programme, what recent progress the Department has made on increasing the digitisation of the Access to Work programme.

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper published on 15 March 2023, when the pilots designed to test the effectiveness of the Adjustment P

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contractors and freelancers have benefitted from the Access to Work scheme in each of the last five financial years.

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper published on 15 March 2023, when he expects to deliver the Access to Work digital service.

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work has met with the Disability Confident Business Leaders Group in the last year; and when he is next due to meet with them.

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many members make up the Disability Confident Leaders Group.

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Occupational Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper published on 15 March 2023, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of testing a financi

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Occupational Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the results of the Fund to Stimulate Innovation in Occupational Health competition will be announced.

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Occupational Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for the Fund to Stimulate Innovation in Occupational Health competition were received by the closing date of 15 March 2023.

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to promote greater recognition of the health benefits of work.

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Joint Work and Health Unit is taking to support people to start, stay and succeed in work.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has conducted an impact assessment of the Access to Work annual cap since its introduction in 2015.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an equality impact assessment was undertaken before the Access to Work annual cap was introduced in 2015.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: Sign Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Access to Work applications for users of British Sign Language resulted in recommendations which exceeded the annual cap in each of the last three years.

Source: official written-questions record.