Work and Pensions

– in the House of Commons at on 18 December 2023.

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The Secretary of State was asked—

  • Job Vacancies: Stroud (4 speeches)

    What steps he is taking to help fill job vacancies in Stroud constituency.

  • Access to Work (11 speeches)

    What steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for Access to Work assessments.

  • Long-term Unemployment (12 speeches)

    What steps his Department is taking to support the long-term unemployed into work.

  • Employment Rate: OBR Forecast (12 speeches)

    What assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the employment rate forecast in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s economic and fiscal outlook published in...

  • Welfare Fraud and Error (6 speeches)

    What steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of fraud and error in the welfare system.

  • Insecure Employment and Poverty (7 speeches)

    What assessment he has made of the potential impact of insecure employment on people in poverty.

  • Child Poverty (18 speeches)

    What steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of children in poverty.

  • Cost of Living: Pensioners (7 speeches)

    What steps his Department is taking to help pensioners with the cost of living.

  • Work Incentives (4 speeches)

    What steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people are financially incentivised to work.

  • UNICEF Report on Child Poverty (4 speeches)

    Whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of UNICEF’s report entitled “Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth”.

  • Destitution (4 speeches)

    What steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of people experiencing destitution.

  • Flexible Working (4 speeches)

    Whether he has made an assessment of the role of flexible working arrangements in supporting people to take up employment.

  • Defined-benefit Pension Schemes (5 speeches)

    Whether he has had recent discussions with the Pensions Regulator on the adequacy of the administration of defined-benefit pension schemes.

  • Long-term Sickness and Disability (4 speeches)

    What steps his Department is taking to encourage people who are economically inactive owing to long-term sickness and disability to return to work.

  • Topical Questions (40 speeches)

    If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.