Benefits for Those Unemployed Due to Illness or Disability
The amount of welfare benefits paid to those unemployed due to disability or illness has been the subject of a number of votes in Parliament.
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Robert Halfon almost always voted against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability
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On 7 Feb 2022:
Robert Halfon voted yes on draft Social Security Up-rating Order 2022
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On 2 Mar 2016:
Robert Halfon voted against making the removal of the work-related activity component from employment and support allowance conditional on an impact assessment and against requiring Parliament to approve details of implementing the change.
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On 2 Mar 2016:
Robert Halfon voted against making the removal of the limited capability for work element of universal credit conditional on an impact assessment and against requiring Parliament to approve details of implementing the change.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Robert Halfon voted to remove the "work-related activity component" from the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Robert Halfon voted to remove the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 27 Oct 2015:
Robert Halfon voted to reduce the household benefit cap, to freeze the rate of many working-age benefits, to reduce social rents in England and for other changes to the benefits system.
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On 20 Jul 2015:
Robert Halfon voted to reduce the household benefit cap, to freeze the rate of many working-age benefits, to reduce social rents in England and for other changes to the benefits system.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Robert Halfon voted against those who have been ill or disabled since their youth recieving 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:
Robert Halfon voted not 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:
Robert Halfon voted not to make an exception for those with a cancer diagnosis or undergoing cancer treatment from the 365 day limit on receiving contribution based Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 1 Feb 2012:
Robert Halfon voted not 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 15 Jun 2011:
Robert Halfon voted to introduce Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and to restrict housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 9 Mar 2011:
Robert Halfon voted to introduce Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and to restrict housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 9 Mar 2011:
Robert Halfon voted to introduce Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and to restrict housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 18 May 2022:
Robert Halfon voted not to express support for a series of policy proposals put forward by the leader of the Scottish National Party Ian Blackford MP. The policies in question were: protecting workers' rights, doing more in respect of the cost of living and climate change; increasing benefits; imposing windfall taxes; retaining existing EU derived law and retaining the existing Human Rights Act.
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On 24 Jan 2022:
Robert Halfon was absent for a vote on Cost of Living Increases — Income — Poverty — Universal Credit — Energy Payment — Child Payments
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On 21 Sep 2021:
Robert Halfon voted for rising prices, lower benefits, and higher taxes particularly for low and middle income workers.
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On 15 Sep 2021:
Robert Halfon was absent for a vote on Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit
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On 18 Jan 2021:
Robert Halfon voted in favour of continuing paying an additional twenty pounds a week to those on Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit beyond April 2021; the additional sum had been introduced for one year in April 2020 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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On 20 Jul 2016:
Robert Halfon voted for cuts in housing benefit for recipients in supported housing.
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On 8 Jun 2016:
Robert Halfon voted for reductions in benefits for disabled and ill claimants required to participate in activities intended to increase their chances of obtaining work.
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