Work and Pensions

– in the House of Commons at on 14 September 2020.

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The Secretary of State was asked—

  • Access to Benefits: Post Offices (4 speeches)

    What steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to ensure that vulnerable people have access to welfare benefits through Post Office services.

  • Welfare Benefits: Rent Arrears (6 speeches)

    What steps her Department is taking to ensure that welfare benefits for rent are paid to landlords to prevent rental arrears building up.

  • Terminally Ill People: Welfare Support (4 speeches)

    When she plans to publish the findings of her Department’s review of how well the welfare system supports terminally ill people, which was announced in July 2019.

  • State Pension Errors: Retired Women (11 speeches)

    What steps her Department is taking to (a) investigate and (b) rectify errors made in the payment of the state pension to retired women.

  • Employment Support: Local Labour Market (7 speeches)

    What steps her Department is taking to help ensure employment support is tailored to local labour market conditions.

  • Support for Disabled People: Covid-19 (8 speeches)

    What steps her Department is taking to support disabled people during the covid-19 outbreak.

  • Unemployment Trends (10 speeches)

    What recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of unemployment.

  • Returning to Employment: Covid-19 (12 speeches)

    What steps her Department is taking to support people of all ages to return to employment as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.

  • Kickstart Scheme: Harlow (4 speeches)

    How many businesses have signed up to the kickstart scheme in Harlow constituency.

  • Employment Support for Young People: Covid-19 (7 speeches)

    What steps her Department is taking to support young people into employment as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.

  • Support for Shielding People: Covid-19 (7 speeches)

    What financial support her Department plans to make available to shielding people affected by covid-19 local lockdowns.

  • Universal Credit: Bonuses (4 speeches)

    What assessment she has made of the effect of bonuses on the level of payments made to universal credit claimants.

  • Kickstart Scheme: Young People (10 speeches)

    What steps her Department is taking with employers to help ensure as many young people as possible benefit from the Kickstart scheme.

  • Adequacy of Benefits (4 speeches)

    What steps she is taking with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to ensure the adequacy of benefits for claimants.

  • Universal Credit: Covid-19 Income Support Schemes (4 speeches)

    What assessment she has made of the potential effect on universal credit claims of the end of covid-19 income support schemes.

  • Employment Opportunities: Post Lockdown (4 speeches)

    What steps her Department is taking to promote employment opportunities as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.

  • Topical Questions (37 speeches)

    If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.