Written questions

894 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: National Insurance Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) men and (b) women (i) built up a qualifying year towards the state pension by paying National Insurance Contributions, (ii) built up a qualifying year towards the state pension through Nati

11 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment she has made of the effect on trends in the level of poverty among young parents of those in receipt of (a) universal credit and (b) legacy benefits.

26 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, at which jobcentres disability employment advisers are located.

26 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to increase the number of disability employment advisers.

26 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability employment advisers have been employed by her Department in each of the last five years.

26 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: National Insurance Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) men and (b) women (i) built up a qualifying year towards the state pension by paying National Insurance Contributions, (ii) built up a qualifying year towards the state pension through Nati

20 Apr 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Seasonal Workers: Pilot Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish its evaluation of the Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme.

20 Apr 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Seasonal Workers: Pilot Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Gangmasters Labour Abuse Authority on the Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme in Scotland.

20 Apr 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Gangmasters Labour Abuse Authority on the Seasonal Workers Pilots scheme.

19 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the findings of Marie Curie's Better End of Life report, published on 8 April 2021, and what plans he has to improve

19 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will respond to the finding of Marie Curie’s report of 8 April 2021, Better End of Life Report 2021, that stated there were more deaths at home throughout 2020, not just during the pandemic p

15 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people who are claiming benefits as a result of long covid receive the correct claim.

15 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) men and (b) women are receiving the new state pension; and how many and what proportion of those people receiving that benefit are receiving an amount in respect of a deceased spouse or civ

16 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take in response to the findings of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration's inspection on contingency asylum accommodation.

16 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to close Penally and Napier Barracks as asylum accommodation.

24 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Turing Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2021 to Question 152653 on the Turing Scheme, what estimate he has made of student demand for the Turing Scheme in the 2021-22 academic year.

24 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Bereavement Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2021 to Question 145157 on bereavement benefits, whether the remedial order will be fully retrospective to ensure that those who have already lost their partner will

22 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Union Connectivity Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the interim report of the Union Connectivity Review.

19 Feb 2021 · Scotland Office

Whisky: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential competitive disadvantage faced by Scotch Whisky and other spirits produced in Scotland that are taxed higher per unit of alcohol

19 Feb 2021 · Scotland Office

Whisky: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the role of Scotch Whisky distillers as employers in rural Scottish communities.

19 Feb 2021 · Scotland Office

Whisky: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the public health impact of Scotch Whisky distillers producing hand sanitiser for their local communities.

19 Feb 2021 · Scotland Office

Whisky: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the importance of the Scotch Whisky industry to the Scottish economy.

10 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Erasmus+ Programme: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding (a) projects and (b) institutions in Scotland have received through Erasmus+ in each year since 2015.

10 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Turing Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of not including (a) adult educational institutions, (b) youth groups and (c) sporting bodies in the Turing Scheme on the Government's levelling up agenda.

10 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Turing Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of students who will take part in the Turing Scheme in the 2021-22 academic year.

9 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to relation to the Minister for Welfare Delivery's correspondence of 21 December 2020 to the Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee on automating the identification of affected c

8 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from which countries have been issued a Youth Mobility Scheme visa in each of the last five years.

8 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on expanding the Youth Mobility Scheme to EU nationals.

4 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Penally Camp

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with Dyfed-Powys Police on the costs incurred at Penally Camp; and whether her Department plans to reimburse Dyfed-Powys Police for any such costs.

4 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Job Entry Targeted Support

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number or people who will take part in the Job Entry Targeted Support programme in (a) the UK and (b) Scotland over the lifetime of that programme.

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