Work and Pensions

written question – answered on 14 February 2013.

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  • Absent Parents: Scotland

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many cases under consideration by the Child Support Agency involve absent parents in (a) Scotland and (b) Perth and North Perthshire...

  • Employment and Support Allowance: Perth

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people claimed employment and support allowance in Perth and North Perthshire constituency in each of the last three years.

  • Housing Benefit

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the ability of the private rental market to accommodate people who leave the social rented sector due to their...

  • Housing Benefit

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent estimate he has made of the number of local authority tenants in England and Wales who will be affected by his proposed changes to...

  • Housing Benefit

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what transitional measures are in place to assist individuals likely to be adversely affected by proposed changes to rules on occupancy for...

  • Housing Benefit

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what measures are in place to assist cohabiting couples who are required to sleep in separate bedrooms and who may potentially be affected by...

  • Housing Benefit

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the costs to the public purse of tenants moving from social housing to private sector housing but who may still...

  • Housing Benefit: Scotland

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government about the advice that should be provided to households affected by the introduction of...

  • Incapacity Benefit

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what additional support his Department provides for claimants of incapacity benefit.

  • National Insurance Fund

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of any increase in the income of the national insurance fund as a result of the abolition of contracting out.

  • New Enterprise Allowance: Yorkshire and the Humber

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber are in receipt of the new enterprise allowance.

  • Pension Credit

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the (a) annual amount of unclaimed pension credit and (b) number of pensioners failing to claim pension credit.

  • Social Security Benefits: EU Countries

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what comparative assessment he has made of (a) levels of benefits and (b) qualifying thresholds to access benefits in other EU member states.

  • State Retirement Pensions

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost would be of extending entitlement to the single-tier pension to existing pensioners at the date of its introduction; and how much...

  • State Retirement Pensions: Perth

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people claimed the state pension in Perth and North Perthshire constituency in each of the last three years.

  • Vacancies: Advertising

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what steps his Department has taken to prevent jobs that have already been filled being advertised on the Universal Jobmatch website; (2)...

  • Work Capability Assessment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to improve the accuracy of work capability assessments for people diagnosed with (a) HIV, (b) hepatitis C and (c) other...

  • Work Capability Assessment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make it his policy to include a success fee as part of the work capability assessment contract in order to penalise the contract...