Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions - Dec 18

1 James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis): What progress his Department is making on implementing the Disability Confident scheme.(902978)

2 Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): What progress has been made on implementing the recommendations of his Department's report, Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families, published in April 2017.(902979)

3 Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes): What progress has been made on implementing the recommendations of his Department's report, Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families, published in April 2017.(902980)

4 Liz Twist (Blaydon): What steps his Department is taking to respond to and implement the recommendations in the concluding observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, published on 3 October 2017.(902981)

5 Chris Elmore (Ogmore): What assessment he has made of trends in the number of in-work households living in poverty.(902982)

6 Ms Karen Lee (Lincoln): If he will make an assessment of the effect of the length of waiting time to receive universal credit on levels of foodbank usage.(902983)

7 Ms Nusrat Ghani (Wealden): What recent assessment he has made of trends in youth unemployment.(902984)

8 Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): Whether his Department has set a target for the time taken for a personal independence payment claim to be processed from application to decision.(902985)

9 Stephen Pound (Ealing North): What estimate his Department has made of the number of sanctions that will be applied each month as universal credit is rolled out.(902986)

10 Robert Jenrick (Newark): What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the number of jobs created since 2010.(902987)

11 Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington): What assessment his Department has made of the effect of the personal independence payments' application process on people with mental health issues.(902988)

12 Mary Creagh (Wakefield): What recent assessment he has made of the (a) accuracy and (b) efficiency of contracted-out health assessments for (i) employment and support allowance and (ii) personal independence payments.(902989)

13 Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): What recent representations he has received on pension transition arrangements for women born in the 1950s.(902990)

14 Kevin Foster (Torbay): What assessment he has made of the level of preparedness in Torbay for the roll-out of universal credit.(902991)

15 Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood): If he will make an assessment of the effect of the length of waiting time to receive universal credit on levels of foodbank usage.(902992)

16 Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich): What assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of spending on social security for working households since 2015.(902993)

17 Luke Graham (Ochil and South Perthshire): What steps he is taking to ensure that universal credit supports people to progress at work and increase their earnings.(902994)

18 Hugh Gaffney (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): What assessment his Department has made of recent trends in the average level of household debt for people in receipt of universal credit.(902995)

19 Patrick Grady (Glasgow North): What progress his Department is making on reducing poverty.(902996)

20 Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): What assessment he has made of the effect of social security provisions in the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 on levels of child poverty.(902997)

21 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): What recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of universal credit appeals.(902998)

22 Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West): If he will review the implementation of the new state pension ages for women born in the 1950s; and if he will compensate those affected by that change.(902999)

23 Joan Ryan (Enfield North): What assessment his Department has made of recent trends in the average level of household debt for people in receipt of universal credit.(903000)

24 Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): Whether universal credit claimants will lose money if they receive a disability premium in addition to income-based benefits.(903001)

25 Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): What progress his Department is making on rolling out universal credit.(903002)

At 3:15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

T1 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.(903003)

T2 Bob Blackman (Harrow East): (903004)

T3 Luke Graham (Ochil and South Perthshire): (903005)

T4 Heidi Allen (South Cambridgeshire): (903006)

T5 Henry Smith (Crawley): (903007)

T6 Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich): (903008)

T7 Naz Shah (Bradford West): (903009)

T8 Imran Hussain (Bradford East): (903010)

T9 Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): (903011)

T10 Sir Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): (903012)