Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions

– in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 19 October 2009.

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The Secretary of State was asked-

  • Youth Unemployment (10 speeches)

    How many young people between the ages of 18 and 24 were unemployed on (a) the latest date for which figures are available and (b) the equivalent date in 1997.

  • Jobseeker's Allowance (21 speeches)

    How many people were receiving jobseeker's allowance in Vale of York constituency on the latest date for which figures are available.

  • Pensioners (8 speeches)

    Whether she plans to provide any additional financial assistance for pensioners this winter.

  • Youth Unemployment (12 speeches, 2 annotations)

    What priorities she has set for reducing youth unemployment.

  • Long-term Unemployment (8 speeches)

    What steps she is taking to reduce levels of long-term unemployment.

  • Personal Accounts (6 speeches)

    What recent progress has been made in the implementation of personal accounts; and if she will make a statement.

  • Child Support System (8 speeches)

    How many cases are being dealt with under the (a) old and (b) current child support system.

  • Child Poverty (8 speeches, 1 annotation)

    What recent progress has been made towards meeting the 2010 target on child poverty reduction.

  • Youth Unemployment (9 speeches)

    What steps she is taking to reduce unemployment among young people; and if she will make a statement.

  • Personal Accounts (6 speeches)

    What recent progress has been made on the introduction of personal accounts; and if she will make a statement.

  • Jobseeker's Allowance (6 speeches)

    What the percentage change was in the number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance between the end of September 1997 and the end of September 2009 in (a) England and (b) Wellingborough...

  • Incapacity Benefit (5 speeches, 1 annotation)

    How many recipients of incapacity benefit who have been reassessed for employment and support allowance (a) have been placed in the work-related activity group, (b) have been placed in the...

  • Topical Questions (38 speeches)

    If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

  • Children's Commissioner (25 speeches)

    (Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will make a statement on the appointment of the next Children's Commissioner.

  • Defence Acquisition (Independent Review) (34 speeches)

    In December 2008, my predecessor asked Bernard Gray to undertake a review to identify improvements that we could make in the acquisition of defence equipment. On Thursday, I published Mr. Gray's...