Jonathan Ashworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the level of (a) the state pension and (b) pension credit on the number of pensioners whose home has been repossessed in each of the last five ye...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of pensioners had a mortgage in the most recent period for which data is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average amount spent by his Department per person on claimants aged between 18 and 24 in the Universal Credit Intensive Work Search Regime on (a) Youth Hub services and ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants aged 18-24 who are in the Intensive Work Search regime accessed support from a Youth Hub in (a) May 2023 and (b) the most recent month for which data is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department collects on training courses recommended by Work Coaches.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the number and proportion of pensioners in receipt of Pension Credit who were mortgage holders in the most recent period for which data are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of people aged 16 to 24 on Universal Credit with (a) Limited capability for work and (b) Limited capability for work and work-related activity who had...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on its expected spending on nationally contracted employment support programmes after the financial year 2024-25.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2022, if he will publish a breakdown of planned spending on skills by Department.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office for National Statistics publication entitled Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2022, if he will provide a breakdown of public spending on functions associated with skills.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has issued on backdating pension credit for those who have received a naturalisation certificate through the Windrush Scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Youth Hub work coaches are employed by his Department as of 19 June 2023; and how many were employed on the same date in (a) 2022 and (b) 2021.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on Youth Hubs in each financial year since they were launched; and how much his Department is forecast to spend on Youth Hubs in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25, (c) 2025-26, (d) ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish a list of Youth Hub locations in Great Britain as of 19 June 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseekers (a) were referred to and (b) engaged with Youth Hub services (i) in 2021-22, (ii) in 2022-23 and (iii) between 1 April 2023 and 19 June 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) Youth Hub and (b) Jobcentre support in helping young jobseekers into employment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what total amount was taken from Universal Credit payments among households subject to a benefit deduction in (a) March 2020 to February 2021, (b) March 2021 to February 2022 and (c) March 2022 to Febru...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) households had a and (b) children lived in households with a Universal Credit deduction from (i) March 2022 to February 2023, (ii) March 2021 to February 2022 and (iii) March 2020 to Februa...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 9 May 2023 to Question 182576 on Universal Credit: Deductions, if he will publish an updated version of Table 1 - Deductions to Universal Credit household awards containi...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the decision to reduce the maximum rate of deductions from 30 per cent of the Universal Credit standard allowance to 25 per cent of the Unive...