Written questions
2,147 written questions tabled, most recent first.
15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Joint Replacements: Obesity
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the use of body mass index criteria as a means to accessing treatment such as joint replacement surgery.
21 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that adequate support is in place for jobseekers with (a) health conditions and (b) disabilities in the period between the end of referrals to the Work
20 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Attendance Allowance: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2024 to Question 24973 on Attendance Allowance: Employment, for what reason his Department does not record the requested data.
20 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, at what stage an Access to Work application is logged as an outstanding case for statistical purposes.
17 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's statistical release Unfulfilled eligibility in the benefit system: financial year 2023 to 2024 estimates, publish on 16 May 2024, whether his Department has made an as
17 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's statistics entitled Unfulfilled eligibility in the benefit system: financial year 2023 to 2024 estimates, published on 16 May 2024, what steps his Department is taking
16 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2024 to Question 24972 on Universal Credit: Employment, what the criteria are for classifying people as live fit note (pre-wca).
15 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken was for a decision to be made on Access to Work requests made by apprentices in the last 12 months.
15 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many apprentices made an Access to Work request twelve months.
15 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is for making an Access to Work request for reasonable adjustments at a job interview.
15 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have requested communication support in job interviews through the access to work scheme in each of the last five years.
15 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2024 to Question 24964, when he plans to publish the data on Personal Independence Payments made since January 2024.
15 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people are awaiting a decision on their Access to Work application after submitting an application in each month between May 2023 and January 2024.
15 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the service standard time is for end-to-end processing of an Access to Work application.
15 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the service standard time is for making initial contact with an applicant following the submission of their Access to Work application.
15 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the shortest wait time was between a person submitting an Access to Work application and receiving initial contact from his Department in the last (a) six and (b) 12 months.
15 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the longest wait time was between an person submitting an Access to Work application and receiving initial contact from his Department in the last (a) six and (b) 12 months.
14 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average wait time is between an individual submitting an Access to Work application and receiving initial contact from his Department.
10 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Support
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2024 to Question 24267 on Universal Support: Disability, when in May she expects the figures to be made available.
10 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper, published on 29 April 2024, if his Department will make an asse
10 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper, published on 29 April 2024, how the outcome of the Personal Ind
10 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper, published on 29 April 2024, what assessment his Department has
8 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Unemployment: Musculoskeletal Disorders
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the the number of people who are out of work because of a musculoskeletal condition.
8 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on the digitalisation of Access to Work.
8 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Musculoskeletal Disorders
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people living with a musculoskeletal condition have (a) applied for and (b) been successful with an Access to Work application in the last 12 months.
8 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Rheumatoid Arthritis
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people living with rheumatoid arthritis have (a) applied for and (b) been successful with an Access to Work application in the last 12 months.
8 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Osteoarthritis
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people living with osteoarthritis have (a) applied for and (b) been successful in an Access to Work application in the last 12 months.
8 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are awaiting a decision on their Access to Work applications as of 1 May 2024.
7 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Carer's Allowance: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of Carer's Allowance are in paid employment.
7 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Attendance Allowance: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of Attendance Allowance are in paid employment.
Source: official written-questions record.