Jonathan Ashworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to help simplify the court process for Court of Protection applications since the publication of the Mental Capacity: Small Payments Scheme Government Response in February 2023...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the decision clearance time was for a Court of Protection application as of 27 April 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on allowing access to Child Trust Funds using DWP Appointee status as a proxy for approval.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase pension memberships among the self-employed.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Child Trust Fund accounts have been locked because the account holder lacks mental capacity; and how much is contained in these funds.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason people in receipt of housing benefit only are not eligible for the Cost of Living Payments 2023 to 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of his Department's policies on food bank use in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to increase take-up of broadband social tariffs among recipients of income-related benefits.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) households, (b) people and (c) children living in households in receipt of housing benefit are not eligible for the first of the Cost of Living Payments 2023 to 2024.

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 Justice, how many applications to the Court of Protection by parents or guardians of children with learning disabilities hoping to access their Child Trust Fund were (a) made and (b) successful in the last year for which ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Twenty-Sixth Report of he Committee off Public Accounts of Session 2022-23, The Department for Work and Pensions’ Accounts 2021–22: Fraud and error in the benefits system, HC 44, p...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on how may people received benefit overpayments as a result of fraud in the last financial year for which data is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report entitled The sanctions surge: Shining a light on the universal credit sanctions regime, published in March 2023, what assessment he has made of the implications for his poli...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2023 to Question 167120 on Employment Schemes: Disability, if he will take steps to work with disability (a) charities and (b) groups on the development of the univers...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households claiming Universal Credit that will exceed the £7,400 annual earnings limit for free school meals as a result of (a) the increase in April 2023 of t...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2023 to Question 167120 on Employment Schemes: Disability, what new specialist support will be available to disabled jobseekers through the universal support programme...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance is provided to health professionals who have been asked to provide medical evidence for (a) Personal Independence Payment assessments (b) Work Capability Assessments.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to simplify the process by which families of children with terminal health conditions may access Child Trust Funds.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to increase children's and young people's awareness of Child Trust Funds.