Written questions
745 written questions tabled, most recent first.
22 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work and Health Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Work and Health Programme statistics: background information and methodology, updated on 29 February 2024, what estimate he has made of the six metrics figures by (a) nation and (b
22 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Support
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department estimates the Universal Support programme rollout will be completed (a) nationally and (b) by region.
22 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work and Health Programme: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Work and Health Programme on supporting disabled people into the workforce.
22 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work and Health Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 88 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023, published on 6 July 2023, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Work and Health Programm
22 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people the Work and Health Programme support helps into work per year; and what estimate his Department has made of the number of how many disabled people that will be helped into work
22 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work and Health Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people the Work and Health Programme has supported into work (a) in total and (b) by region.
22 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Social Security Benefits: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals for all types of benefit case (a) are awaiting a hearing and (b) were awaiting a hearing on 22 April 2010 (i) nationally, (ii) by region, (iii) by Tribunal Office and (iv) by hearing venue.
22 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Universal Credit: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals relating to Universal Credit claims are awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, (c) by Tribunal Office and (d) by hearing venue; what the average length of time between such appeals bei
22 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals relating to Employment Support Allowance claims are awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, (c) by Tribunal Office and (d) by hearing venue; what the average length of time between such
22 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Disability Living Allowance: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals relating to Disability Living Allowance claims are awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, (c) by Tribunal Office and (d) by hearing venue; what the average length of time between such
22 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals relating to Personal Independence Payment claims are awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, (c) by Tribunal Office and (d) by hearing venue; what the average length of time between suc
22 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Social Security Benefits: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the longest period of time that a claimant has had to wait for their benefit decision to be heard at tribunal (a) nationally and (b) by region in the last five years.
22 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
National Insurance Contributions: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 10 of the National Audit Office's report entitled Report on Accounts: Department for Work & Pensions, published on 29 June 2023, what the level of assurance over the integrity of
19 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of Work Coaches was per Jobcentre in the latest period for which data is available; and what the average caseload was of a Work Coach in the same period.
19 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the average distance benefit recipients need to travel to their assigned Jobcentre; and what the greatest distance for a recipient was in the latest period for w
19 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Fraud and Maladministration
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of staff working on fraud and error in his Department work on (a) preventing fraud and error upfront and (b) detecting fraud and error after it has happened.
19 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Fraud and Maladministration
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 4.2 of the report by the National Audit Office entitled Department for Work and Pensions Accounts 2022-23, published on 6 July 2023, whether it remains his Department's plan
19 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Underpayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) large and (b) unusual underpayments have been referred for analysis since June 2023.
19 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the advance Universal Credit claims flagged by his Department’s machine learning algorithm as potentially fraudulent in which claimants were (a) from protected groups and
19 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the advance Universal Credit claims flagged by his Department’s machine learning algorithm as potentially fraudulent were found to be fraudulent.
19 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the advance Universal Credit claims flagged by his Department’s machine learning algorithm as potentially fraudulent were from (a) protected groups and (b) vulnerable claimants.
19 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the advance Universal Credit claims flagged by his Department’s machine learning algorithm as potentially fraudulent were (a) from protected groups and (b) vulnerable cla
19 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 10 of the NAO's Report on Accounts 2022-2023, when his Department plans to report to Parliament on the impact of data analytics on protected groups and vulnerable claimants.
19 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost per claim is for successfully identified fraudulent Universal Claims using his Department’s machine learning algorithm.
19 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total annual cost of his Department’s use of machine learning algorithms to identify fraudulent benefit claims is.
19 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many fraudulent advance Universal Credit claims have been identified by his Department's machine learning algorithm.
18 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has (a) spent on and (b) reduced its expenditure due to the expansion of targeted case reviews.
18 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of fraud and error was (a) prevented upfront and (b) detected after the event in the latest period for which data is available.
18 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the financial impact of his Department's counter-fraud activities in the 2023-24 financial year.
18 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by the National Audit Office entitled Department for Work and Pensions Accounts 2022-23, published on 6 July 2023, whether his Department has taken recent steps to amend the
Source: official written-questions record.