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Steve Webb
Liberal Democrat MP for Thornbury and Yate
- Also represented Northavon
- Minister of State (Pensions), Work and Pensions (since 13 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Steve Webb voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Health, Treasury, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Pensions, Benefit Fraud, Tax Credits, Pension Credit, Child Support Agency
(based on written questions asked by Steve Webb and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Pensions Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Child Poverty Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Energy Bill Committee (13 out of 15)
- Climate Change Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Health Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Pensions Bill Committee (18 out of 22)
- Age-Related Payments Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Tax Credits Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Tax Credits Committee (2 out of 2)
- State Pension Credit Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Social Security Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Council Tax (7 Feb 2012)
“I am withholding the information requested because it contains details of individual housing benefit and council tax benefit claimants and therefore provision of such data would breach the Data Protection Act.”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit (7 Feb 2012)
“We will provide a range of transitional support on the introduction of the benefit cap to assist households including helping to manage families into more appropriate accommodation. This will include additional funds for local authorities to make discretionary housing payments to help hard cases. We will provide up to £80 million for this purpose in 2013/14, and a further £50...”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit (7 Feb 2012)
“Discretionary housing payments (DHPs) are payments that provide claimants with further financial assistance when a local authority (LA) considers that help with housing costs is needed. The Government contribution towards DHPs announced at the 2010 spending review is £20 million in 2010/11, £30 million in 2011/12 and £60 million in 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15. On 14 December...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 35 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 85.03% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 15 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 994 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. More about the Register
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £19,741 (301st) | £22,913 (215th) | £22,101 (joint 203rd with 2 others) | £12,644 | £12,372 (538th) | £13,338 (511th) | £12,722 (567th) | £15,266 (326th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £19,116 (265th) | £18,461 (320th) | £17,079 (510th) | £22,133 | £16,834 (419th) | £18,786 (joint 258th with 1 other) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £14,118 (375th) |
| Staffing costs | £101,427 (114th) | £93,370 (93rd) | £90,633 (58th) | £81,947 | £72,813 (228th) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £65,596 (joint 179th with 51 others) | £50,417 (171st) |
| Communications Allowance | £8,616 (333rd) | £9,984 (147th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,458 (223rd)1 | £8,325 (280th)2 | £9,667 (229th)3 | £9,384 | £7,977 (423rd) | £7,030 (442nd) | £7,237 (444th) | £5,237 (455th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £79 (joint 351st with 1 other) | £74 (joint 388th with 1 other) | £122 (365th) | £138 | £174 (joint 379th with 1 other) | £393 (293rd) | £164 (393rd) | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £3,661 (joint 307th with 1 other) | £996 (226th) | £837 (344th) | £1,073 | £1,192 (238th) | £811 (349th) | £1,232 (joint 236th with 1 other) | £997 (joint 333rd with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,365 (193rd) | £2,329 (364th) | £3,908 | £3,414 (226th) | £3,014 (joint 258th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,308 (joint 172nd with 2 others) | £1,114 (231st) | £933 | £1,863 (joint 380th with 1 other) | £1,863 (joint 374th with 1 other) | £1,863 (joint 364th with 1 other) | £1,863 (joint 339th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £293 (79th) | £585 | £0 | £0 | £642 (76th) | £0 |
| Total | £162,098 (166th) | £158,796 (113th) | £144,175 (192nd) | £132,745 | £116,639 (467th) | £113,258 (460th) | £107,690 (452nd) | £87,898 (347th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,030 (488th). Rail £7,322 (100th). Misc £588 (62nd). Other: Mileage £25 (84th). Rail £493 (44th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,204 (497th). Rail £6,558 (131st). Misc £563 (65th).