Written questions

745 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 May 2024 · Treasury

Pensioners: Income Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of freezing of income tax thresholds on pensioners.

8 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners: Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioner households are entitled to but not in receipt of housing benefit.

8 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the uptake of housing benefit in (a) Wallasey constituency, (b) Wirral, (c) the North West and (d) the United Kingdom.

8 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the uptake of Pension Credit in (a) Wallasey constituency, (b) Wirral, (c) the North West and (d) United Kingdom.

30 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Support

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings a Universal Support scheme participant has with their personal adviser on average (a) prior to employment and (b) when in post; and what proportion of those meetings are (i) online and

30 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Support

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the proportion of Universal Support scheme participants who (a) have successfully moved into employment since that scheme's introduction and (b) are still employed.

30 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Support

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the sectors of employment that people have successfully moved into after having participated in the Universal Support scheme.

30 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Support

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which organisations are contracted providers to identify and refer potential participants for the Universal Support scheme; and how many participants each of those contracted providers has referred onto

30 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Support

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been (a) identified through and (b) referred to the Universal Support scheme by (i) work coaches and (ii) contracted providers since 13 September 2023.

30 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Support

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people that have been helped into work by the Universal Support scheme since 13 September 2023.

25 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of roles in his Department are vacant as of 25 April 2024; and of those, how many and what proportion are not actively being recruited for.

25 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the staff turnover rate for his Department is as of 25 April 2024.

25 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Targeted Case Review agents there are as of 25 April 2024.

25 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on meeting its Greening Government Commitment targets.

25 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Restart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 88 of his Department's Annual Report and Account 2022-23, what progress his Department has made on geographical case studies to understand local delivery challenges of the Restart

23 Apr 2024 · 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 increase the number of claims processed within planned processing timescales.

23 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of new Child Maintenance claims have been completed within the planned processing timescales by (a) nation and (b) region in each year since 2012.

23 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of new Pension Credit claims have been completed within the planned processing timescales by (a) nation and (b) region in each year since 2010.

23 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of new State Pension claims have been completed within the planned processing timescales by (a) nation and (b) region in each year since 2010.

23 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of new Universal Credit claims have been completed within the planned processing timescales by (a) nation and (b) region in each year since 2012.

23 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobseeker's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of new Jobseeker’s Allowance claims have been completed within the planned processing timescales by (a) nation and (b) region in each year since 2010.

23 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Living Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of new Disability Living Allowance claims have been completed within the planned processing timescales by (a) nation and (b) region in each year since 2010.

23 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of new Employment and Support Allowance claims have been completed within the planned processing timescales by (a) nation and (b) region in each year since 2010.

23 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of new Personal Independence Payment claims have been completed within the planned processing timescales by (a) nation and (b) region in each year since 2013.

23 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Prisons: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many prisoners have accessed support through Prison Work Coaches since the scheme's introduction; and how many of those prisoners entered the labour market as a result in each such year.

23 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Chronic Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a comparative estimate of the number of people who were economically inactive and waiting for NHS treatment by (a) nation and (b) region as of (i) 23 April 2010 and (ii) 23 April 2024.

23 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department were working on programmes supporting disabled people into work as of 23 April (a) 2010 and (b) 2024.

23 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work and Health Programme: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department held discussions with organisations representing disabled people on the disbanding of the Work and Health Programme.

23 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 33 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts, what proportion of Jobcentres provide access to the Employment Advisers in NHS Talking Therapies programme as of 23 April 2024.

23 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 33 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, how many people received support from the Employment Advisers in NHS Talking Therapies programme (a) nationally and (b)

Source: official written-questions record.