David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to review eligibility criteria for welfare benefit claimants who are non-UK citizens.
David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders have been placed on community payback orders in each probation area in England and Wales for each year since 2008; and how many such offenders reoffended within two years of the completion of the requirements of the order in each such area in each such year.
David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of convictions for (a) rape and (b) other sexual offences in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire, (vi) Norfolk and (vii) England resulted in custodial sentences in each of the last three years.
David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people living abroad received employment and support allowance in each of the last four years; and what the total amount paid to such claimants was in each year.
David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will place in the Library the guidance issued by his Department to jobcentres for improving the take-up of English courses.
David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the level of detected benefit fraud was in each of the last four years; and if he will estimate what the level of undetected fraud was in each of those years.
David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his latest estimate is of the amount of overpayments made owing to official error for each social security benefit paid by his Department in each of the last four years.
David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the amount of employment and support allowance granted to individuals (a) on mental health grounds and (b) for behaviour reasons was in each of the last four years; (2) what the number of claims for employment and support allowance on grounds of disability was for each category of disability in each of the last four years; and...
David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many face-to-face medical examinations of claimants who have been in receipt of employment and support allowance for (a) 0 to six months, (b) six to 12 months, (c) 12 to 24 months, (d) 24 to 36 months, (e) 36 to 48 months, (f) 48 to 56 months and (g) over 56 months have been conducted in each of the last four years; and how many such...
David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people aged 25 years or under claimed housing benefit; and what the total cost was of such claims in each of the last four years.
David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what savings from detected benefit fraud were made by (a) his Department and (b) local authorities in each of the last four years.
David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average time taken was for the completion of a personal capability assessment for (a) employment and support allowance claimants and (b) income support claimants in each of the last four years.
David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants of (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) other income-related benefits took up the offer of free English language lessons in each of the last four years; how many places on English language courses were available in each of those years; and what the budget was for the provision of free English lessons in each of those years.
David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what working estimate was used by his Department for housing benefit fraud in each of the last four years; and what the level of detected housing benefit fraud was in each such year.
David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were (a) convicted and (b) charged for but subsequently acquitted of each benefit fraud offence in each of the last four years; how many of those convicted of each type of offence in each such year were sentenced to (i) immediate custody and (ii) each other type of disposal; what the (A) mean average and (B) longest...
David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff were employed by his Department to investigate instances of fraud relating to (a) employment and support allowance and (b) other benefits in each of the last four years.
David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) homes and (b) businesses were at risk of flooding in Bury St Edmunds constituency in each of the last five years; and whether any changes between years can be attributed to mitigation measures.
David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children with special educational needs and resident in Suffolk were educated outside that county in each of the last three years; and what the cost of such provision was to Suffolk County Council in each year.
David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many teachers took early retirement in (a) Suffolk, (b) Norfolk, (c) Essex, (d) Cambridgeshire, (e) Bedfordshire, (f) Hertfordshire and (g) England by category of institution in each of the last three years.
David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average length of time for an appeal by a claimant against a decision on non-entitlement to employment and support allowance to be heard was in each of the last four years.