Lesley Laird: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency who have been affected by the changes in state pension age have (a) lodged a complaint with and (b) had that complaint reviewed by the Independent Case Examiner’s office.
Lesley Laird: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the economic effect of changes to the state pension age for women born in the 1950s in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency.
Alison Thewliss: I thank the hon. Lady for her support. I hope to at least press new clause 19 to a vote, because there needs to be some action on SLPs, and tying it to a bank account is a good way of doing that. The SNP is extremely proud of Scotland’s reputation as a successful place to conduct business, but with SLPs continuing to generate new scandals, there is an ever-growing reputational risk to...
Lesley Laird: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-resident parents are in maintenance arrears through the Child Maintenance Service; and what amount of money is outstanding in such arrears in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency.
Lesley Laird: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims include a child component in (a) Scotland and (b) Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency.
Lesley Laird: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children are included on universal credit claims in (a) Scotland and (b) Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency.
Lesley Laird: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have requested an advance payment when applying for universal credit; and what proportion of people that figure applies to in (a) Scotland and (b) the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency.
Lesley Laird: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many payments for housing costs have been paid directly to landlords from people's universal credit payments; and what proportion of people that figures applies to in (a) Scotland and (b) the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency.
Lesley Laird: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been seen by work coaches since the introduction of universal credit full service in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency; and how many of those people have subsequently secured employment.
Lesley Laird: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people on universal credit have been sanctioned in (a) Scotland and (b) Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency since its introduction.
Claire Perry: ...received on 23 April 2018 Since the start of the Green Deal, the following number of households have received Green Deal plans provided by Home Energy Lifestyle Management Systems in Scotland by constituency: Households that have received Green Deal plans provided by Home Energy Lifestyle Management Systems (HELMS) Constituency Households receiving HELMS plans ...
Lesley Laird: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people making a claim for employment and support allowance have waited over one year for a medical assessment in (a) Scotland and (b) Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency in the last five years.
Lesley Laird: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants have been successful on appeal at tribunal against decisions to reject those claims in (a) Scotland and (b) Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency in each of the last three years.
Lesley Laird: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the number of people in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency who have been eligible for cold weather payments since the beginning of 2018.
Lesley Laird: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the number of people in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency who have applied for cold weather payments in 2018.
John Glen: Absolutely, and that is why it is important that the UK Government act. In June last year, Scottish limited partnerships were brought into the scope of the public register of corporate beneficial ownership maintained by Companies House. That was welcomed by the former Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, who is a leading campaigner on the issue, as was mentioned earlier. He said it was...
Jenny Chapman: It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Stirling (Stephen Kerr), and I can sense the torture he is putting himself through. The shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, my hon. Friend the Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (Lesley Laird), who is sitting on the Bench beside me, described his trying to come up with a reason for not voting with the Opposition on amendment 3 as...
Lesley Laird: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the effect of the roll-out of universal credit in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency; and if he will make a statement.
Lesley Laird: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of new claimants of universal credit in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency in (a) the next six months and (b) each year until 2022.
Lesley Laird: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what categories of claimants will be transferred onto the universal credit service in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency when the full service of universal credit is rolled out in December 2017; and what the dates of those transfers will be.