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Written Question
Welfare to Work
Wednesday 18th June 2014

Asked by: Lord Rowlands (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the final cost of terminating the welfare to work contracts made before May 2010.

Answered by Lord Freud

We have interpreted the question as referring to the early cancellation of Flexible New Deal (FND) contracts in 2011.

I would draw your attention to the DWP Annual Accounts 2011-12 (page 174) FND exit costs.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214340/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-2012.pdf

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 15 Jul 2013
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill

"My Lords, I rise to make a brief contribution—my one and only contribution to the Bill—because listening to the debates and reading the correspondence has brought vivid memories back to me of voting at 4.27 am, 46 years ago this month, by 99 votes to 14 for Mr Leo Abse’s …..."
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