Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions

– in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 18 October 2010.

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The Secretary of State was asked-

  • Work programme (15 speeches)

    What progress his Department has made towards the launch of its Work programme providing personalised assistance to those out of work.

  • Jobcentre Plus (11 speeches)

    What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of services provided to jobseekers by Jobcentre Plus.

  • Incapacity Benefit (8 speeches)

    What support his Department plans to make available to people on incapacity benefit to enable them to take up employment.

  • Winter Fuel Allowance (8 speeches)

    What plans he has to amend the eligibility criteria for winter fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement.

  • Work Capability Assessment (11 speeches)

    What steps are being taken to improve the quality and accuracy of the work capability assessment.

  • Benefit Fraud (8 speeches)

    What steps he is taking to increase the proportion of benefit fraud detected.

  • Child Support (8 speeches, 1 annotation)

    What steps his Department is taking to enforce payment of child support by parents who refuse to pay.

  • Benefit Dependency (4 speeches)

    What recent assessment his Department has made of the effects on levels of benefit dependency of wage levels.

  • Equality (Disabled People) (8 speeches)

    What programmes his Department operates to deliver equality for disabled people.

  • Carer's Allowance (4 speeches, 3 annotations)

    Whether carer's allowance payments will be included in the proposed cap on benefit payments.

  • Mortgage Interest Payments (6 speeches)

    What options he has considered for future support for mortgage interest payments for those out of work.

  • Child Support (6 speeches)

    If he will remove eligibility for child benefit in respect of children not resident in the UK from non-UK EU nationals working in the UK.

  • Workplace Pensions (Automatic Enrolment) (6 speeches)

    What progress he has made on his plans to introduce automatic enrolment into workplace pensions in 2012.

  • Work Capability Assessment (4 speeches)

    What steps his Department is taking to increase the quality and accuracy of the work capability assessment.

  • Topical Questions (42 speeches, 1 annotation)

    If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

  • Education Policy (55 speeches)

    (Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State to set out the Government's policy on the fairness premium to disadvantaged young children, pupils and students.

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