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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Dec 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"Single parents in Darlington who are on the Work programme have been to see me because they are being told to leave their nine and 10-year-old children at home unsupervised during the school holidays so that they can attend the Work programme. Will the Minister look into that urgently and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Jun 2014
DWP: Performance

"It is a pleasure to contribute to the debate and to follow the hon. Member for Amber Valley (Nigel Mills). I agree with a couple of the things he said; I agree that the programme has had a bumpy start, but I disagree that the bumpy start is over. I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Mar 2014
amendment of the law

"It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Neil Parish), although I wish he had said more about youth unemployment. A golden thread ran through the speeches of many Opposition Members, most notably my hon. Friends the Members for Coventry South (Mr Cunningham), for Liverpool, …..."
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Written Question

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Tuesday 18th March 2014

Asked by: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Darlington constituency currently receive independent living fund payments.

Answered by Mike Penning

The Independent Living Fund records data by post code or local authority rather than by constituency and therefore, does not hold the information in the format requested. As at 13 March 2014 there are 63 ILF recipients in the area covered by Darlington Borough Council.

The ILF publishes data by local authority quarterly on its website: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/ilf/publications/corporate-publications/statistics/index.shtml

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Feb 2014
Job Insecurity

"Is my hon. Friend aware that people who get jobs on the minimum wage through employment agencies routinely have their wages docked to cover the administration of their pay? Very low-paid workers are therefore receiving far less—up to £16 or £20 a week less—than the minimum wage...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Feb 2014
Job Insecurity

"It is pleasing that the Secretary of State has referred to the north-east and acknowledged that we have a particular problem. He said that he would introduce policy once he knew the scale of the issues, but regardless of that, will he commit to doing something about employment agencies’ practice …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Feb 2014
Job Insecurity

"I am happy to explain. A constituent of mine contacted me after taking a job through an employment agency on the minimum wage. He was required to sign away £16 of his earnings per week to pay the agency to process his pay—that is what he was told—so he is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Dec 2013
Universal Credit

"How confident is the Secretary of State that the system will be able to deal with people who live in such unusual circumstances as being in a couple or having children?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 25 Jun 2012
Oral Answers to Questions

"In their efforts to get people back into work, will Ministers please make more of an effort to work with colleagues in the Treasury on tax credits? Constituents of mine are taking three-month contracts, ringing up to get the forms, which then take six or seven weeks to arrive, and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Nov 2011
Living Standards

"I am no expert, but is my right hon. Friend saying that the Chancellor’s economic plan is a catastrophic failure?..."
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