Jonathan Ashworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households on Universal Credit requested a Split Payment Alternative Payment Arrangement in February 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many households receiving Universal Credit either member of the household (a) had notified his Department of financial mismanagement or financial abuse, (b) had notified his Department that there...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) Universal Credit and (b) Employment and Support Allowance claimants with limited capability (i) for work and (ii) work-related activity have voluntarily sought employment support from a Job...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the potential savings to the public purse following the freezing of Local Housing Allowance rates at their 2020-21 level in the (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24 fina...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department is forecast to spend on (a) all nationally contracted employment support programmes, (b) Access to Work and (c) Universal Support in the financial years (i) 2023-24, (ii) 2024-25...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many economically inactive people aged between 50 and 64 have presented at a Jobcentre voluntarily seeking employment support in each of the last 12 months for which this data is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the underspend for the Restart scheme as of 12 June 2023.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Table 6.6 of the Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 2022, if he will provide a breakdown of the £2.5 billion projected to be spent on employment policies in 2024-25.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Table 6.6 on Central government own current and capital expenditure on services by function, 2017-18 to 2024-25, of the Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2022, published on 20 July 2022, ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the longest period between (a) receipt and (b) approval of an application for pension credit was in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average clearance time for a new claim for pension credit was in each of the last three months for which data are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much money was originally allocated to deliver the Pensions Dashboard; and what total costs have been incurred as of June 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Disability Employment Advisors were employed by his Department as of 1 June (a) 2023, (b) 2022, (c) 2021, (d) 2020, (e) 2019 and (f) 2018.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parents paying child maintenance claim Universal Credit; and how many of them are in paid employment as of June 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason has there been an increase in the number of separated families that do not have a child maintenance agreement in place.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much money has the Child Maintenance Service received in collection fees from (a) paying and (b) receiving parents in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of trends in the level of child maintenance arrears from parents that pay through the Direct Pay system.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish further details on his Department's plans for evaluating the potential impact of making new obesity drugs accessible to patients living with obesity outside of hospital settings ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve private pension outcomes for people with mental health problems.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people aged (a) 50 and (b) over 50 started a Skills Bootcamp in financial year 2021-22.