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- Mesothelioma Bill [HL] — Second Reading (20 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate
Lord Howarth of Newport: ...grudging and obstructive in the past, but it has established the Employers' Liability Tracing Office and is willing to go along with this scheme. It is, however, a scheme that needs improvement. Credit should certainly be given to the previous Government for the preliminary work that they did. The Minister was rightly generous to my noble friend Lord McKenzie, who published the...
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Social Rented Housing (20 May 2013)
Mark Prisk: ...and officials from the Department for Communities and Local Government are in regular contact with social housing providers across a range of issues. My Department and the Department for Work and Pensions recognise the importance of protecting the budgets of social housing providers as our welfare reform changes are implemented. This is shown through our close working with a group of...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Universal Credit Pathfinder (20 May 2013)
Claire Perry: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the introduction of the universal credit pathfinder.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Universal Credit (20 May 2013)
Richard Graham: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department has taken to recognise the situation of self-employed people and the unpredictable flow of income such people may receive in designing the universal credit system.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Universal Credit (20 May 2013)
Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many universal credit staff ambassadors are working with Ashton-under-Lyne Jobcentre Plus to assist with the introduction of universal credit.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Universal Credit (20 May 2013)
Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department has spent on external consultants for the universal credit project, in addition to spending on the universal credit IT system, since May 2010.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Universal Credit (20 May 2013)
Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which external consultants have worked on the universal credit project, other than on the universal credit IT system, since May 2010.
- Written Answers — Education: Staff (20 May 2013)
Edward Timpson: ... 41 8 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 724 23 Department for International Development 19 0 Department for Transport 98 (1)— Department for Work and Pensions 102 6 Department of Energy and Climate Change 78 (1)— Department of Health 2,307 158 Export Credits Guarantee Department 8 0 Food Standards Agency 101 (1)— ...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Universal Credit (16 May 2013)
Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are in receipt of universal credit.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Universal Credit (16 May 2013)
Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what evaluation he has set in place to assess the effect on (a) lifting people out of poverty and (b) claimants of disablement benefits, of the introduction of the universal credit social benefit scheme; and over what time periods he plans to report to Parliament its impact on the poorest people.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Universal Credit: Gloucestershire (16 May 2013)
Richard Graham: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when benefit claimants in Gloucestershire will be transferred to universal credit.
- Economic Growth (15 May 2013)
Danny Alexander: ...people it did not pay to work is one of the greatest scandals of Labour’s time in government, so I make no apology whatever for reforming the welfare system and putting in place a universal credit where everybody on benefits knows they would be better off in work. That is the right thing for the country, and I am happy to support it. The measures in the Queen’s Speech will also...
- Written Answers — Justice: Work Capability Assessment: Appeals (15 May 2013)
Helen Grant: HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) decisions on entitlement to employment and support allowance (ESA) (decisions in which the work capability assessment is a key factor) rather than appeals against work capability assessment decisions themselves. The SSCS Tribunal covers Great Britain but not Northern Ireland, which has its own...
- Written Answers — Treasury: Advance Corporation Tax (15 May 2013) See 1 other result from this answer
Eilidh Whiteford: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate his Department has made of the contribution of the abolition of advanced corporation tax to the reduction in the value of pension funds; (2) how much has been raised by the withdrawal of advance corporation tax credit on pensions.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: State Retirement Pensions (15 May 2013)
Steve Webb: Under the current system, 30 qualifying years of paid or credited national insurance contributions are required for a full basic state pension, currently £110.15 a week. Additional state pension entitlement is based on national insurance contributions paid or credited over the full course of working life. Entitlement to the full amount of the single-tier pension, assumed to be £144...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Universal Credit (15 May 2013)
Liam Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much of the £2 billion universal credit spending envelope was spent in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13; and how much he forecasts will be spent in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Universal Credit: North West (15 May 2013)
Eilidh Whiteford: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) for what reasons acceptance of claims for universal credit in pathfinder project areas of Wigan, Warrington and Oldham has been deferred; (2) what assessment he has made of (a) the financial implications and (b) the administrative cost of the deferral of acceptance of claims for universal credit in the pathfinder project areas of...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Universal Credit: Scotland (15 May 2013)
Eilidh Whiteford: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether any changes have been made to the designated date for the introduction of universal credit in Scotland; and whether he anticipates any future changes to the timetable for the introduction of that programme.
- Queen’s Speech — Debate (4th Day) (14 May 2013) See 2 other results from this debate
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch: ...groups. Meanwhile, the Government are doing nothing to raise families out of poverty. The Work Programme is failing to get the long-term unemployed into work, and the implementation of the universal credit system is beset by delays and problems. We believe that, as a start, every young person who is out of work for more than a year should be offered a job guarantee to avoid a deskilled and...
- Cost of Living (14 May 2013) See 4 other results from this debate
Iain McKenzie: ...surprising that most people feel that nothing is changing for them, and the Government seem intent on following a failing economic plan—a plan that, bizarrely, asks millions of families and pensioners to pay more, while 14,000 millionaires are given a tax cut of more than £40,000 each. Many of my constituents find that quite unbelievable in the face of plummeting living...