Written questions

2,147 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the longest waiting time was to receive approval for an Access to Work application in the last 12 months.

16 Feb 2024 · Treasury

Hearing Aids: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason VAT relief is not available on hearing aids.

16 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to remove asbestos from NHS buildings.

16 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate she has made of the number and proportion of NHS buildings that contain asbestos.

16 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lisdexamfetamine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with representatives of the pharmaceutical industry on (a) the expiry of the patent for Elvanse is out of date and (b) the potential merits of (i) producing and (ii) pr

16 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what has been the largest number of people awaiting a decision on their Access to Work application in any month since 1994.

16 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were awaiting a decision on their Access to Work application on the first day of each month in 2023.

6 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to work with (a) local authorities and (b) schools to (i) promote inclusion in schools and (ii) help ensure the adequacy of funding for SEND provision in London schools; and if she w

2 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to help support disabled people who cannot work with the cost of living in the 2024-25 financial year.

2 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to help support people with complex disabilities with the cost of living in the 2024-25 financial year.

2 Feb 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 was for a payment to be made through the Access to Work programme for the cost of employment coaches for supported interns in the latest period for which data is available.

2 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department holds information on the number of Access to Work claims for job coaching support for interns that have been approved but are unpaid as of 2 February 2024.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Access to Work claims are outstanding.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment claims are outstanding.

19 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Occupational Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure the UK's obligations under the International Labour Organization Convention on Occupational Health Services are met.

19 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Occupational Health: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help ensure that disabled people who are (a) in work and (b) are seeking to return to work have access to occupational health services.

16 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress his Department has made on publication of the Disability Action Plan.

16 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are waiting for an Access to Work assessment as of 16 January 2023.

15 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Members: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether calls to his Department's MP Enquiry line team have been outsourced.

9 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Buildings: Insurance Premium Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the income to the public purse from Income Premium Tax on buildings insurance was in each year since 2017.

9 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to prevent insurers (a) refusing to quote on building insurance cover and (b) charging excessive increases in the premium due to a lack of remedia

5 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Journalism: Cerebral Palsy and Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with (a) newspapers and (b) other media organisations on the potential impact of shorthand proficiency requirements for journalism-related jobs on (a) disabled people and (b) peo

5 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Journalism: Cerebral Palsy and Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the National Council for the Training of Journalists on the potential impact of the requirement for a shorthand proficiency of 100 words per minute to achieve the National Q

13 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2023 to Question 5084 on Social Security Benefits: Disqualification, if his Department will start capturing this data.

12 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2023 to Question 5438, if he will make an estimate of the number of people that are waiting for (a) trauma and (b) orthopaedic treatment and are unable to work unti

12 Dec 2023 · Cabinet Office

Department for Work and Pensions: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work to be appointed.

12 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average caseload of a Jobcentre work coach was in the most recent period for which data is available.

12 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average caseload of a Jobcentre Universal Credit case manager was in the most recent period for which data is available.

12 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the wellbeing of Jobcentre staff.

12 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help improve (a) the quality of recruitment and (b) staff retention levels within his Department.

Source: official written-questions record.