Jonathan Ashworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of women automatically enrolled in workplace pension schemes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to tackle hygiene poverty for welfare claimants.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of disabled young people who will be unable to access their Child Trust Fund savings without a Court of Protection application and (b) the total value of savings in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Fraud and error in the benefit system Financial Year Ending (FYE) 2023 statistical release, published on 11 May 2023, what information his Department holds on how much of the £6.4 ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Fraud and error in the benefit system Financial Year Ending (FYE) 2023 statistical release, published on 11 May 2023, what information his Department holds on how much of the £680 ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure pensioners eligible for Pension Credit submit a cost of living payment claim before the deadline on 19 May 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2023 to Question 183063 on Court of Protection, if he will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on allowing access to Child Trust Funds using DWP Appointee status as ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation's publication entitled Report on Jobs April, published on 10 May 2023, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for h...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2023 to Question 183414 on Universal Credit: Expenditure, for what reasons there was a higher than forecasted caseload for people with health conditions and therefore rec...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the number of additional people over the age of 50 who are expected to benefit from (a) apprenticeships, (b) skills bootcamps and (c) sector-based work academy program...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2023 to Question 180649 on Employment: Older People, if he will publish further details of the additional support that will be provided to older jobseekers on Universa...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2023 to Question 180649 on Employment: Older People, if he will publish further details of the ways in which his Department and The Business Champion for Older Workers...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the annual amount of unclaimed welfare benefits.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2022, published on 24 May 2022, and the Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2023, published on 25 April 2023, for what reason the outtur...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the (a) average amount per household and (b) total aggregated amount taken from Universal Credit payments amongst households subject to a deduction in each of the last 12 months for which data ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were living in households claiming Universal Credit that had a deduction in each of the last 12 months for which data are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households claiming Universal Credit had a deduction in each of the last 12 months for which data is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2023 to Question 181603 on Personal Independence Payment: Appeals, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the incidence of individuals being refused a Personal ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the level of benefits underpayments due to official error.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2023 to Question 148594 on Pension Credit, what progress his Department has made on work to assess whether the Family Resources Survey 2021-22 can produce new take-...