Written questions

2,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Feb 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that people appealing unsuccessful mandatory reconsiderations following a reassessment for the enhanced mobility component of personal independence payments do not have

20 Feb 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of unsuccessful mandatory reconsiderations of personal independence payments were overturned at the appeal stage in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

20 Feb 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures are in place to ensure that people claiming universal credit are informed of sanctioning rules in the case of missed appointments due to illness.

7 Dec 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability: Garston and Halewood

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Garston and Halewood constituency have had mobility components stopped which enable access to the Motability Scheme in each year since 2010.

7 Dec 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment: Garston and Halewood

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people of working age in Garston and Halewood constituency have had a work capability assessment in each year since 2010; and how many of those people have been passed fit for work and placed (

7 Dec 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Living Allowance: Garston and Halewood

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Garston and Halewood constituency have had their disability living allowance claims converted to personal independence payments in each year since those payments were introduced

7 Dec 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Living Allowance: Garston and Halewood

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Garston and Halewood constituency have been in receipt of disability living allowance each year since 2010.

7 Dec 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability: Garston and Halewood

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Garston and Halewood constituency have had a Motability vehicle in each year since 2010.

7 Dec 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Living Allowance: Garston and Halewood

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Garston and Halewood constituency who were in receipt of disability living allowance (DLA) have had their application for personal independence payment (PIP) (a) refused completely an

7 Dec 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Garston and Halewood

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Garston and Halewood constituency have had more than one sanction in their benefit payments in each year since 2010.

7 Dec 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Garston and Halewood

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Garston and Halewood constituency have received sanctions on their benefit payments in each year since 2010.

7 Dec 2016 · Department for Education

Pupils: Cheshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations her Department has received on the availability and regularity of bus services for pupils travelling for Halewood to Cronton Sixth Form and Riverside College.

21 Nov 2016 · Home Office

Immigration: EEA Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for permanent resident status from EEA citizens have been rejected since June 2015 on the grounds of the applicant not having comprehensive sickness insurance.

21 Nov 2016 · Home Office

Immigration: EEA Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review the requirement for EEA citizens to have comprehensive sickness insurance when applying for permanent resident status in the UK as a result of the vote to leave the EU.

21 Nov 2016 · Home Office

Immigration: EEA Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure that EEA citizens who (a) have resided in the UK for a period exceeding five years and (b) are married to a UK citizen are able to obtain permanent residency in the UK without the n

2 Nov 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability: Garston and Halewood

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people from Garston and Halewood constituency have had their eligibility for the motability scheme revoked since April 2013.

2 Nov 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Garston and Halewood

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people from Garston and Halewood constituency have had their personal independence payment claim rejected since April 2013.

2 Nov 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure that people who appeal unsuccessful personal independence payments applications are adequately represented during the appeals process.

2 Nov 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons her Department removed the requirement to have a panel member with direct experience of disability from the personal independence payments appeals process.

28 Oct 2016 · Department of Health

NHS: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures are in place to allow public consultation after the publication of NHS transformation and sustainability plans for Cheshire and Merseyside.

28 Oct 2016 · Department of Health

NHS: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made toward the publication of NHS transformation and sustainability plans for Cheshire and Merseyside.

28 Oct 2016 · Department of Health

Health Services: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the budget deficit for Cheshire and Merseyside if the current sustainability and transformation plans are implemented.

28 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury

Concentrix

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which sources Concentrix used to inform its checking of fraud and error in tax credit claims.

28 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury

Welfare Tax Credits

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for recipients of tax credits being erroneously told a (a) previous tenant of the recipient's property and (c) close family member was an undisclosed partner.

28 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury

Welfare Tax Credits

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, why some tax credits have been stopped prior to recipients being asked to deal with apparent discrepancies in information about their claims.

28 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury

Welfare Tax Credits

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the accuracy and reliability of data sets used to identify fraud and error in tax credit claims.

28 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury

Concentrix

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that HM Revenue and Customs adheres to section 16 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 in respect of the employment of Concentrix to identify fraud and error in tax credit claims.

28 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury

Concentrix

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the cost and benefits of HM Revenue and Customs' employment of Concentrix to identify fraud and error in tax credit claims.

28 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury

Welfare Tax Credits

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs plans to continue to use current data sources to identify fraud and error in tax credit claims in the future; and if he will make a statement.

28 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury

Welfare Tax Credits

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data HM Revenue and Customs and Concentrix have relied upon to identify fraud and error in tax credit claims.

Source: official written-questions record.