Written questions

1,338 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the benefit cap at incentivising claimants who are the primary carer of a child aged under three into work.

20 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2023, to Question 159058 on Social Security Benefits, for what reason people who are not expected to seek employment because their circumstances prevent them from work

20 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2023, to Question 159058 on Social Security Benefits, what advice his Department gives to people who are subject to the benefit cap but not expected to seek employment

20 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2023, to Question 159058 on Social Security Benefits, whether claimants who are not expected to work have access to advice from Work Coaches in Job Centres.

20 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2023 to Question 159052 on Social Security Benefits, for what reason the Universal Credit benefit cap is applied to claimants who are in work.

20 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2023 to Question 159021 on Social Security Benefits: Appeals, for what reason there is a target for implementing tribunal decisions on Personal Independent Payments bu

14 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of people who would not be eligible for asylum under the Illegal Migration Bill who would be eligible to be sent to (a) a third country and (b) their cou

14 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Detainees: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Illegal Migration Bill would permit the indefinite detention of children.

14 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Immigration Removal Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the maximum capacity will be for new asylum detention centres.

14 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Illegal Migration Bill on trends in the number of people detained for that purpose.

14 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that private providers of asylum accommodation meet minimum standards.

14 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Abellio Greater Anglia: Timetables

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department gave Greater Anglia a formal written derogation to not consult on their May 2022 train timetable changes.

7 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Abellio Greater Anglia: Timetables

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has statutory powers to prevent Greater Anglia ending their national rail services from serving Edmonton Green Station.

7 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of train stations that will have a reduction in the number of trains stopping per hour in 2023.

7 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of train stations have had a reduction in the number of trains stopping per hour since January 2022.

7 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Abellio Greater Anglia: Timetables

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with Greater Anglia on its decision to end national rail services at Edmonton Green station from 21 May 2023.

6 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the benefit cap acting as a work incentive for claimants who are subject to the benefit cap and not expected to work.

6 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help support people who are not required to actively seek work but are subject to the benefit cap.

6 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the benefit cap on primary carers of children under the age of three.

6 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting people who are not required to actively seek work from the benefit cap.

6 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason it is his policy that the benefit cap is applied to people who are the primary carer of a child under the age of three and are not expected to search for work.

6 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason it is his policy that people who work but earn less than £658 are subject to the benefit cap.

6 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which teams in her Department are notified when providers of accommodation for asylum seekers report violent incidents.

6 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish guidance on the steps a claimant should take when his Department fails to reinstate a claim following a successful appeal.

6 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has a target timescale for reinstating claims for (a) Universal Credit, (b) Personal Independence Payment and (c) Employment and Support Allowance after an appeal has been allowed

6 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants who were given a negative decision following the suspension of their claim by the risk review team (a) appealed that decision and (b) had a tribunal allow their

6 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time was for his Department to reinstate payments for (a) Employment and Support Allowance, (b) Universal Credit and (c) Personal Independence Payment following a tribunal allowing an a

28 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

High Rise Flats: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2023 to Question 136710 on High Rise Flats: Safety, for what forms of direct financial assistance from his Department local authorities can apply

28 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

High Rise Flats: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2023 to Question 136709 on High Rise Flats: Safety, whether his Department retains data relating to the number of Large Panel System housing bloc

28 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Questionnaires

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claim questionnaires her Department plans to send to claimants in each month from February 2023 to December 2023.

Source: official written-questions record.