To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether, on the enactment and coming into force of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill, the Government plans for people with an existing condition who are reassessed for the employment and support allowanc...
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to commence the review of the work capability assessment process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evaluation he has made of the effectiveness of the role played by mental health champions in the work capability assessment process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many assessors employed by Maximus under their contract to conduct work capability assessments in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK have a mental health qualification.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's document, Suicide and Self Harm Declarations - Appendix 2 (Six Point Plan), when that document was first issued to staff of his Department based in Glasgow and Bolton ...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the statistics his Department holds on sanctions applied to claimants of (a) job seeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance where the claimant is also in receipt of c...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to commission an independent review of his Department's benefit sanctioning procedures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new and expectant mothers used the Health and Safety Executive's advice services in each of the last five years; and what plans he has to improve the health and safety of pregnant women's and n...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employers contacted the Health and Safety Executive for advice on managing new and expectant mothers in each of the last five years; and what plans he has to review the effectiveness of current...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will conduct a cumulative impact assessment of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill for (a) carers, (b) women and (c) people in receipt of tax credits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to review the rate at which small businesses can recover statutory maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave pay.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of times sanctions are incorrectly imposed on employment and support allowance and jobseeker's allowance claimants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish statistics on sanctions for job seekers allowance and employment support allowance by (a) council, (b) marital status, (c) gender, (d) people with children, (e) carers and (f) age.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans next to publish comprehensive statistics on sanctions for jobseeker's allowance and employment and support allowance claimants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2015 to Question 225002, when his Department plans to publish statistics on the number of hardship applications and awards in Scotland; and for what reason those statis...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish an impact assessment on the reduction of the benefit cap.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) households, (b) adults and (c) children have been affected by the benefit cap in each local authority area since the nationwide roll-out in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to use Integrated Debt Services Ltd to collect (a) child maintenance arrears owed to his Department and (b) maintenance arrears owed to parents with care with arrears only ...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what proportion of and how many live Child Support Agency cases there were on maintenance arrears where the non-resident parent is self-employed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of and how many Child Support Agency cases being dealt with by that Agency's legal enforcement teams concern non-resident parents who (a) own a company and (b) are otherwise self-employe...