To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase the uptake of (a) income support and (b) employment and support allowance by people who are eligible.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to monitor regional variations in benefit uptake.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase the uptake of pension credit by people who are eligible.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that landlords receive the expected rent payments for tenants in properties in areas where universal credit is rolled out.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the UK are not claiming benefits they are entitled to; and what estimate he has made of the annual value of such unclaimed benefits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of DAB radio reception in Scotland; and what steps his Department has taken to improve poor reception in areas receiving low-quality covera...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what alternative options were considered by her Department when formulating proposals for the feed-in-tariff review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of proposed changes to the feed-in-tariff on employment in the solar industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) export opportunities and (b) international growth potential of UK solar technology companies.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the VAT collected by businesses operating in Scotland but registered in other parts of the UK.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much value added tax was accrued to the Exchequer from Scotland in the last financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to reintroduce indefinite personal independence payment awards for degenerative and incurable conditions without further assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who no longer meet the criteria for the mobility scheme due to changes from disability living allowance to personal independence payment; an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the potential savings to the public purse from the reduction in the benefit cap over the course of this Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the targets for eradicating child poverty set out in the Child Poverty Act 2010 will be achieved.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of current regulations on spousal visas on low wage families in the UK; and if she will amend spousal visa application criteria to take into accou...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with the Highland Council on assessment of the roll-out of universal credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy plans to respond to the letter to him of 29 June 2015 from the hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Government's welfare programme on social and economic inequalities in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what research his Department has commissioned on the potential harm caused by fixed odds betting terminals in Scotland.