Spending on Welfare Benefits
There have been votes in Parliament on the level of spending on welfare benefits. Specific matters voted on include a cap on the overall amount the state spends on welfare each year, the rate of increase of various benefits, and the operation of specific benefits.
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Jimmy Hood generally voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
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On 11 Feb 2014:
Jimmy Hood was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Halt Further Spending and Welfare Cuts and Investigation Impact of Austerity Measures
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On 17 Jan 2014:
Jimmy Hood was absent for a vote on Benefit Entitlement (Restriction) Bill
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On 12 Nov 2013:
Jimmy Hood was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Housing Benefit — Deductions for those deemed to have excess bedrooms
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On 12 Nov 2013:
Jimmy Hood was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Housing Benefit — Deductions for Those Deemed to Have Excess Bedrooms
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On 27 Feb 2013:
Jimmy Hood voted against a housing benefit under-occupancy penalty.
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On 21 Jan 2013:
Jimmy Hood was absent for a vote on Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Clause 1 — Rate of Increase of Certain Benefits, Payments and Tax Credits
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On 21 Jan 2013:
Jimmy Hood was absent for a vote on Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Clauses 1 to 3 and Schedule — Capping Increase of Specified Benefits at 1%
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On 21 Jan 2013:
Jimmy Hood was absent for a vote on Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Third Reading — Capping Increase of Specified Benefits at 1%
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On 8 Jan 2013:
Jimmy Hood voted against capping any increase discretionary working age benefits and tax credits at 1% in 2014-15 and 2015-16
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On 21 Nov 2012:
Jimmy Hood was absent for a vote on Draft Benefit Cap (Housing Benefit) Regulations 2012 — Individual Benefits Cap
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On 24 Oct 2012:
Jimmy Hood was absent for a vote on Draft Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2012 — Under Occupation Critera — Local Housing Allowance Rates
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On 21 Feb 2012:
Jimmy Hood was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 11 — Housing costs — Exemptions from Benefit Reductions Due to Excess Bedrooms
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Jimmy Hood voted to increase the time people can receive contribution based ESA from one year to at least 730 days.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Jimmy Hood voted to allow those with a cancer diagnosis or undergoing cancer treatment to continue to receive contribution based Employment and Support Allowance after the usual 365 day limit is reached.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Jimmy Hood voted to exclude child benefit from the benefit cap.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Jimmy Hood voted to set the lower rate of the Universal Credit payment in relation to disabled children and young people at a minimum of two-thirds of the higher rate.
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On 31 Jan 2012:
Jimmy Hood was absent for a vote on Local Government Finance Bill — Clause 8 — Move from Council Tax Benefit to Council Tax Reduction Schemes
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On 15 Jun 2011:
Jimmy Hood voted against introducing Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and against restricting housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 13 Jun 2011:
Jimmy Hood voted to introduce a childcare element to Universal Credit.
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On 13 Jun 2011:
Jimmy Hood voted to exclude up to fifty thousand pounds in an ISA from the assessment of capital used to determine if someone in work is eligible for Universal Credit.
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On 9 Mar 2011:
Jimmy Hood voted against introducing Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and against restricting housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 9 Mar 2011:
Jimmy Hood was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Second Reading
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On 19 Jan 2011:
Jimmy Hood voted to call on the Government to keep the education maintenance allowance (EMA) in England.
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On 19 Jan 2011:
Jimmy Hood voted against the Government reforms to arrangements for supporting students aged 16-19.
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Agreements are when Parliament takes a decision without holding a vote.
This does not necessarily mean universal approval, but does mean there were no (or few) objections made to the decision being made.
No scoring agreements are part of this policy while this member was elected.
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On 13 Jan 2015:
Jimmy Hood voted yes on Charter for Budget Responsibility: Autumn Statement 2014 Update
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On 26 Mar 2014:
Jimmy Hood voted to cap the overall amount the state spends on welfare each year.
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On 25 Mar 2014:
Jimmy Hood voted against the the March 2014 budget, against increasing the personal income tax allowance, against reducing corporation tax, against capping welfare spending, against reducing alcohol duties and more.
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On 8 Jan 2013:
Jimmy Hood voted against capping proposed increases in working age benefits and tax credits at 1% potentially allowing them to rise by 2.2% in line with prices.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Jimmy Hood voted for those who have been ill or disabled since their youth to receive Employment and Support Allowance on the same basis as if they had made sufficient National Insurance contributions to qualify for a contribution based allowance.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Jimmy Hood voted to require the housing cost element of universal credit to be sufficient to cover the actual cost of housing for social tenants in cases where no offer of alternative accommodation has been made and the household has no more than one spare bedroom.
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On 9 Nov 2010:
Jimmy Hood voted against reducing housing benefit for those who have been on Jobseekers Allowance for over a year.
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Agreements are when Parliament takes a decision without holding a vote.
This does not necessarily mean universal approval, but does mean there were no (or few) objections made to the decision being made.
No informative agreements are part of this policy while this member was elected.