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Vicky Foxcroft
LAB✓ Current MP
🏛️ Lewisham North
📅 2015–2026
492 speeches on Hansard record
✅ Votes attended: 77.52% (#285 of 649 MPs)
🟢 Rebelled against party: 1.10%
📝 Topics: Access to Work Programme, Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations, Personal Independence Payment
🤝 Member of 1 All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Written Answers
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Cabinet Office
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work to be appointed.
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Department for Business and Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Department has made any assessment of the link between the 1988 Furniture Regulations and the 323% elevated cancer rates among young firefighters cited in London Assembly's Exposure to fire contaminants in London: A hidden, growing…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendation from the Environmental Audit Committee's Toxic Chemicals in Everyday Life report of 2019 to end the use of the ‘match and fillings’ tests; and…
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Department for Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the careers advice in (a) schools, (b) further education settings and (c) higher education settings for young people wishing to pursue a career in the creative industries.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to introduce a funded programme of national CPD to build teacher confidence in delivering Citizenship education.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 91414 on Citizenship: Teaching, what method her Department uses to assess whether citizenship is a shortage subject in schools in the absence of subject-specific data.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 91415 on Citizenship: Teachers, what steps she is taking to train and support teachers to teach citizenship as a national curriculum subject at Key Stages 1 and 2; and if she plans to fund additional…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new teachers have been recruited since July 2024; and how many of those are citizenship teachers.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that specialist Citizenship teachers are recruited and retained; and what steps she is taking to extend bursaries to this subject.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the exclusion of citizenship from the teacher training bursary list on the (a) recruitment of specialist teachers and (b) ability of schools to deliver high-quality citizenship education.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that Citizenship is treated on an equal footing with other statutory National Curriculum subjects within Ofsted’s inspection framework.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that Ofsted (a) inspections and (b) public reporting properly reflect schools’ statutory obligations to deliver Citizenship education.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of discontinuing BTEC qualifications on the number of young people not in education, employment or training.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of students studying (a) BTECs and (b) other level 3 qualifications.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with further education sector professionals during the development of its plans to replace BTECs.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to introduce a third route for level 3 qualifications.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's timetable is for the completion of its review of post-16 qualifications.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to work with (a) local authorities and (b) schools to (i) promote inclusion in schools and (ii) help ensure the adequacy of funding for SEND provision in London schools; and if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the National Council for the Training of Journalists on the potential impact of the requirement for a shorthand proficiency of 100 words per minute to achieve the National Qualification in Journalism on (a) disabled…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with (a) newspapers and (b) other media organisations on the potential impact of shorthand proficiency requirements for journalism-related jobs on (a) disabled people and (b) people with (i) cerebral palsy and (ii)…
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how community energy organisations will be involved in the development of the Community Energy in a Box Toolkit.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much and what proportion of the Local Power Plan funding will be directed to the GB Energy Community Fund.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much and what proportion of the Local Power Plan funding will be made up of concessions loans.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the terms of the concessional loans to community energy organisations will be, as announced in the Local Power Plan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many community energy schemes in England are projected to make up the Local Power Plan's target of supporting over 1,000 local and community projects to 2030.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what is the planned generating capacity of the Local Power Plan's target of supporting over 1,000 local and community projects by 2030.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how community energy organisations will be included in supporting the Warm Homes Plan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent progress his Department has made towards the publication of the Local Power Plan; and when he plans to publish that plan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent progress his Department has made towards publishing the details of how funding will be allocated to different schemes under the Warm Homes Plan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent progress his Department has made towards publishing the details of the Warm Homes Plan.
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Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to prevent insurers (a) refusing to quote on building insurance cover and (b) charging excessive increases in the premium due to a lack of remediation on buildings under 11 metres which have…
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Department for Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people sit on his Department's accessibility group; and of those, how many identify as disabled.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to require airline staff to wear cameras to help prevent discrimination against disabled airline passengers by staff.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on the introduction of an airlines accessibility framework.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of fare discounts for assistants accompanying disabled airline passengers.
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Department for Work and Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the Timms Review plans to engage with disabled people reliant on both personal independence payment and means-tested benefits.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to engage with a) disabled people and b) disabled people's organisations during next the phase of reform for the Disability Confident scheme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to the letter of 24 October 2025 from the hon. Member for Lewisham North.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2025 to Question 87802 on Access to Work Programme, whether his Department has any plans to collect data on employment outcomes for Access to Work customers following reassessments.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2025 to Question 87803 on Access to Work Programme, whether his Department holds data on the (a) number and (b) proportion of Access to Work applications that have closed in each financial year from 2022-2023…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the number of Access to Work reassessments conducted in (a) 2022-2023, (b) 2024-2025 and (c) the financial year 2025-26 to date which resulted in (i) a reduction in funding, (ii) an increase in funding and (iii)…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department holds data on the (a) number and (b) proportion of Access to Work applications terminated in each financial year from 2022-2023 to 2025-26 to date by (i) stage of the claim and (ii) reason for termination.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department holds data on (a) the number and (b) the proportion of Access to Work awards terminated within (i) six months and (ii) a year of reassessment for each of the financial years from 2022-2023 to 2025-26 to date.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) number and (b) percentage of Access to Work applicants who have lost their employment after a reassessment resulted in a reduction in the support they receive through the programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2024 to Question 24973 on Attendance Allowance: Employment, for what reason his Department does not record the requested data.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's statistics entitled Unfulfilled eligibility in the benefit system: financial year 2023 to 2024 estimates, published on 16 May 2024, what steps his Department is taking to tackle unfulfilled Personal Independence…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's statistical release Unfulfilled eligibility in the benefit system: financial year 2023 to 2024 estimates, publish on 16 May 2024, whether his Department has made an assessment of the reasons for unfulfilled…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, at what stage an Access to Work application is logged as an outstanding case for statistical purposes.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2024 to Question 24964, when he plans to publish the data on Personal Independence Payments made since January 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the service standard time is for making initial contact with an applicant following the submission of their Access to Work application.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people are awaiting a decision on their Access to Work application after submitting an application in each month between May 2023 and January 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the service standard time is for end-to-end processing of an Access to Work application.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the longest wait time was between an person submitting an Access to Work application and receiving initial contact from his Department in the last (a) six and (b) 12 months.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the shortest wait time was between a person submitting an Access to Work application and receiving initial contact from his Department in the last (a) six and (b) 12 months.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have requested communication support in job interviews through the access to work scheme in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is for making an Access to Work request for reasonable adjustments at a job interview.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many apprentices made an Access to Work request twelve months.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken was for a decision to be made on Access to Work requests made by apprentices in the last 12 months.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2024 to Question 24972 on Universal Credit: Employment, what the criteria are for classifying people as live fit note (pre-wca).
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that adequate support is in place for jobseekers with (a) health conditions and (b) disabilities in the period between the end of referrals to the Work and Health Programme in Autumn 2024 and the…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average wait time is between an individual submitting an Access to Work application and receiving initial contact from his Department.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper, published on 29 April 2024, how the outcome of the Personal Independence Payment consultation will interact…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper, published on 29 April 2024, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of the existing…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2024 to Question 24267 on Universal Support: Disability, when in May she expects the figures to be made available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper, published on 29 April 2024, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the potential options…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people living with osteoarthritis have (a) applied for and (b) been successful in an Access to Work application in the last 12 months.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people living with rheumatoid arthritis have (a) applied for and (b) been successful with an Access to Work application in the last 12 months.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people living with a musculoskeletal condition have (a) applied for and (b) been successful with an Access to Work application in the last 12 months.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the the number of people who are out of work because of a musculoskeletal condition.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on the digitalisation of Access to Work.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of Carer's Allowance are in paid employment.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were waiting for a decision on their PIP application on 1 April 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were waiting for a decision on their PIP application on 1 March 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were waiting for a decision on their PIP application on 1 January 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Personal Independence Payment claimants are in a form of paid employment.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on the Health Transformation Programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on the roll out of the Back to Work Plan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in the Universal Credit (Limited Capability for Work) group are in a form of paid employment.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants in the limited capability for work and work related activity group are in some form of paid employment as of May 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department took to engage with (a) disabled people and (b) disabled people's organisations when developing the Work Well programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria his Department used to select the pilot areas for the WorkWell programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department plans to measure the effectiveness of the WorkWell programme pilots.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of Attendance Allowance are in paid employment.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are awaiting a decision on their Access to Work applications as of 1 May 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress his Department has made towards the full rollout of the Universal Support programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of potential costs of planned changes to the Work Capability Assessment on (a) the NHS and (b) mental health services.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of planned changes to the Work Capability Assessment on (a) appeal and (b) mandatory reconsideration costs.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Q9 of the oral evidence by Gareth Parry to the Work and Pensions Committee on 17 April 2024, HC 697, whether the Work and Health Programme will end in November 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what national specialist employment support his Department plans to provide for disabled people, in the context of the planned ending of funding for the Work and Health Programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people have been supported into work by the Universal Support programme as of 30 April 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Access to Work applicants were awaiting a decision on (a) 1 January, (b) 1 February and (c) 1 March in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008, (iii) 2009 and (iv) 2010.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were waiting for a decision on their Access to Work application on 1 April 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the increase in Access to Work applications between September 2023 and March 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new staff have been recruited to work on the Access to Work programme in each of the last six months for which data is available; and whether her Department plans to recruit more staff to work on this programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of awarding the full Carer's Allowance to unpaid carers that are in receipt of the state pension.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of awarding Carer’s Allowance to unpaid carers that are studying (a) 21 hours and (b) more than 21 hours per week.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of awarding Carer’s Allowance to unpaid carers between the ages of 16-18 that are studying (a) 21 hours and (b) more than 21 hours per week.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the Carer’s Allowance to £93 per week.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the earnings threshold for Carer's Allowance in-line with the National Living Wage for financial year 2024-25.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants for Personal Independence Payment had not received a decision on the first day of each month in 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were awaiting a decision on their Personal Independence Payment application on the first day of each month in 2022.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were awaiting a decision on their Personal Independence Payment application on the first day of each month in 2021.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants for Access to Work support had not received a decision on (a) 1 January, (b) 1 February and (c) 1 March 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants for Access to Work support had not received an assessment on 1 December 2022.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people in receipt of a letter notifying them of a postponed PIP reassessment are counted as awaiting a PIP (a) assessment and (b) reassessment.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Departments consultation outcome entitled Work Capability Assessment: activities and descriptors, published 5 September 2023, how many cases were reviewed as part of the research.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Departments consultation outcome entitled Work Capability Assessment: activities and descriptors, published 5 September 2023, how his Department selected the cases to be reviewed.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Departments consultation outcome entitled Work Capability Assessment: activities and descriptors, published 5 September 2023, what the (a) grade and (b) job titles were of the staff who undertook the research exercise.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Departments consultation outcome entitled Work Capability Assessment: activities and descriptors, published 5 September 2023, for what reason the results of the research exercise have not been published.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2024 to Question 17902, how many individual Musculoskeletal Physical Activity Hubs will be created as a result of the £12 million a year allocated as part of the 2023 Spring Budget.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were waiting for a decision on their Access to Work application on 1 March 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to take steps to help increase the number of musculoskeletal hubs in local communities.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to increase public awareness of support available to people living with (a) arthritis and (b) musculoskeletal conditions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that people living with (a) arthritis and (b) a musculoskeletal condition are able to remain in work.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of people living with (a) arthritis and (b) a musculoskeletal condition that have received support through the Access to Work scheme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve awareness of the Access to Work programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications to the Access to Work scheme were rejected in each month from January 2023 to February 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time taken to process an Access to Work application was in each month since January 2022.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Q102 of the oral evidence given by Lorraine Jackson to the Work and Pensions Select Committee on 31 January 2024, HC 148, when the constant review of statutory sick pay began; what steps his Department is taking to conduct this…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the statutory sick pay system on (a) older and (b) disabled workers.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were awaiting a decision on their Access to Work application on 1 January 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of levels of availability of replacement guide dogs on the blind and visually impaired community since the pandemic.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of waiting times for a replacement guide dog after a previous dog has been retired on the blind and visually impaired community.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the longest waiting time was to receive approval for an Access to Work application in the last 12 months.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what has been the largest number of people awaiting a decision on their Access to Work application in any month since 1994.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were awaiting a decision on their Access to Work application on the first day of each month in 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to help support people with complex disabilities with the cost of living in the 2024-25 financial year.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to help support disabled people who cannot work with the cost of living in the 2024-25 financial year.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment claims are outstanding.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department holds information on the number of Access to Work claims for job coaching support for interns that have been approved but are unpaid as of 2 February 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was for a payment to be made through the Access to Work programme for the cost of employment coaches for supported interns in the latest period for which data is available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Access to Work claims are outstanding.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help ensure that disabled people who are (a) in work and (b) are seeking to return to work have access to occupational health services.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure the UK's obligations under the International Labour Organization Convention on Occupational Health Services are met.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are waiting for an Access to Work assessment as of 16 January 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress his Department has made on publication of the Disability Action Plan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2023 to Question 5438, if he will make an estimate of the number of people that are waiting for (a) trauma and (b) orthopaedic treatment and are unable to work until they receive treatment as of 12 December…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average caseload of a Jobcentre Universal Credit case manager was in the most recent period for which data is available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average caseload of a Jobcentre work coach was in the most recent period for which data is available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2023 to Question 5084 on Social Security Benefits: Disqualification, if his Department will start capturing this data.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the wellbeing of Jobcentre staff.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help improve (a) the quality of recruitment and (b) staff retention levels within his Department.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of his Department's employees are paid (a) at and (b) above the Real Living Wage.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of his Department's staff have (a) applied for and (b) been given reasonable adjustments in the most recent period for which data is available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the Access to Work cap is calculated.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls the access to work helpline received from (a) employers, (b) employees and (c) in total in financial year (i) 2021-22 and (ii) 2022-23.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure individuals whose Access to Work requirements exceed the annual cap receive support to (a) start and (b) stay in work.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 20 November 2023 to Question 1370 and 28 November 2023 to Question 3349 on Access to Work Programme, for what reason the requested information was only available on 28 November 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on the Health Transformation Programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to support people with (a) arthritis and (b) musculoskeletal conditions who have been out of work for longer than six months into work.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to the Work Capability Assessment on disabled people’s finances.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to assess the impact of the Universal Support programme on employment outcomes.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of increases in cost of living on people with complex disabilities.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who are (a) waiting for (i) trauma and (ii) orthopaedic treatment and (b) are unable to work until they are treated who will be supported to (A) receive their treatment and (B)…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Access to Work scheme applications were submitted for reconsideration in 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government Response to the Work Capability Assessment: Activities and Descriptors Consultation, published on 22 November 2023, what steps his Department plans to take to help increase the availability of home working jobs…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2023, whether he had discussions with (a) disabled people and (b) disabled people's organisations when finalising reforms to the Work Capability Assessment.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many blind and partially-sighted people accessed Jobcentres in the most recent period for which data is available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) deaf people and (b) people with hearing loss accessed Jobcentres in the most recent period for which data is available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many British sign language users accessed Jobcentres in the most recent period for which data is available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to people who are waiting for (a) trauma, (b) joint replacement and (c) other orthopaedic treatment who have to give up their jobs until they receive that treatment.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to people who are waiting for (a) trauma, (b) joint replacement and (c) other orthopaedic treatment who are unable to live independently until they receive that treatment.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the number of sanctioned benefits claimants who have subsequently found long-term employment.
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Department of Health and Social Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the upcoming NHS Workforce plan will ensure recruitment and retention of the rheumatology workforce.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to include people with arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions in the development of employment support programmes.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the use of body mass index criteria as a means to accessing treatment such as joint replacement surgery.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients with a high body mass index are able to access joint replacement surgery in line with NICE guidelines.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure new Neighbourhood Health Services support people living with (a) arthritis and (b) other musculoskeletal conditions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to enable adults with (a) learning disabilities and (b) autism living in in-patient units to live independently.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to provide housing for adults with (a) learning disabilities and (b) autism who are currently living in in-patient units so that they can live independently.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate she has made of the number and proportion of NHS buildings that contain asbestos.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to remove asbestos from NHS buildings.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with representatives of the pharmaceutical industry on (a) the expiry of the patent for Elvanse is out of date and (b) the potential merits of (i) producing and (ii) procuring a generic version of Elvanse.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing free prescriptions on the health of (a) all benefit claimants and (b) benefit claimants with long-term health conditions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many calls were responded to by mental health joint response cars in London in each of the last 12 months.
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Home Office
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Final Police Funding Settlement (England and Wales) 2026-27, how much funding her Department has specifically provided for violence reduction units in the 2026-27 financial year.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment the Department has made of the effectiveness of A&E navigator programmes in reducing a) youth violence and b) exploitation of young people.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects RAND Europe to deliver the process evaluation and feasibility impact study of its Young Futures Panel pilots.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of Violence Reduction Units in reducing youth violence.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of central Government funding for Violence Reduction Units.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department will announce funding arrangements for Violence Reduction Units for future financial years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of providing longer term funding for violence reduction units, beyond the current one year settlement.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether calls to his Department's MP Enquiry line team have been outsourced.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of its communication campaign in informing landlords of changes in the Renters' Rights Act 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on ensuring courts are ready for changes due to come into force as a result of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to allow letting agents to submit data to the Private Rented Sector database on behalf of their landlords.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is taking steps to extend Awaab's Law to private rented sector housing.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Department is taking to help ensure that housing in the private rented sector is maintained to the appropriate standards.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expediting implementation of the Decent Homes Standard to improve maintenance practices in privately rented properties.
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Ministry of Justice
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of extending qualified one-way costs shifting to discrimination cases.
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Treasury
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made any assessment of the potential merits of introducing a basic income for people working in the arts, similar to the Basic Income for the Arts recently introduced in Ireland.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the projected financial impact of the new 12% premium insurance rate for Motability leases on (a) Motability users and (b) the car industry.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of (a) VAT and (b) Insurance Premium Tax exemptions on the affordability of Motability Scheme advance payments.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of funding for social care.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to provide financial support for disabled people with the rise in the cost of living.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to increase the financial inclusion of people with a learning disability.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason VAT relief is not available on hearing aids.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the income to the public purse from Income Premium Tax on buildings insurance was in each year since 2017.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Autumn Statement 2023 on the finances of people with complex disabilities.
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Women and Equalities
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many enquiries the Equality Advisory and Support Service has responded to in each of the last five years.
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