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Written Question
Railways: North of England
Tuesday 8th April 2014

Asked by: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of changes in the number of nationals of other EU countries accessing benefits in the Peterborough City Council area following changes to (a) the habitual residence test and (b) the minimum earnings threshold; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Esther McVey

The department does not currently hold this information.

While we check the immigration status of benefit claimants to ensure the benefit is paid properly and to prevent fraud, traditionally that information has not been collected as part of the payment administrative systems.

However, the Government is looking at ways to reform the current administrative system under Universal Credit that will record nationality and immigration status of migrants who make a claim.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Mar 2014
amendment of the law

"Is it not a bit galling to take lessons from the Labour party on equity and fairness when, under this Government since 2010 there are 400,000 fewer workless households and 290,000 children who are no longer in workless households? That is a record that I will be proud to stand …..."
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Monday 17th March 2014

Asked by: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce long term unemployment in Peterborough constituency; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Esther McVey

The government are committed to helping people off benefits and into work, so it is encouraging that we have seen record numbers of people in work nationally, with unemployment falling.

The Government's Work Programme revolutionises the help available to people who were in danger of becoming long-term unemployed. Private providers offer tailored help to people who may have been out of work for many years – moving them closer to getting a job. According to Industry figures released this month (March), half a million people have found work through the Work Programme.

We are determined to do everything we can to support those people who are hardest to help into work, and that is what the Work Programme is designed to do, whilst also being a good deal for the tax payer.

Work Coaches in local Jobcentres now have the flexibility to offer all claimants a comprehensive menu of help which includes skills provision, job search support and the Flexible Support Fund.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Mar 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"There is significant concern across the country about the likelihood of welfare dependency as a result of immigration from Romania and Bulgaria from January 2014. Will the Minister look urgently at the habitual residence test within the context of the free movement directive and ensure that such issues are addressed …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Jan 2013
Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill

"Will the hon. Lady give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Jan 2013
Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill

"For the record, 42,654 people in the Peterborough constituency will be better off under the tax changes in April. Is the hon. Gentleman not ashamed that under his Government, who presided over 16 years of economic growth, more than 1,000 people in my constituency were parked on invalidity and incapacity …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Jan 2013
Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill

"I do not criticise Labour Members for their aspirations. There is nothing ignoble in the positions that they are taking; I just happen to believe that they are wrong. They know that the picture of despair and hopelessness that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State saw in Easterhouse …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Jan 2013
Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill

"My hon. Friend is absolutely right. In retrospect, I think that it was a tragedy to import thousands of low-wage, low-skilled people from eastern Europe while we parked our own indigenous young people who needed skills and training and who needed educators and businesses to put their the faith and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Jan 2013
Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill

"I will not give way to the hon. Gentleman, even though he is a terribly charming fellow.

Those people in my constituency want to work, but they want the Government to give them a positive message about the future. It is cruel to park people and to forget them...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Jan 2013
Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill

"That was eloquently put by my hon. Friend, who is even younger and better looking than the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Mr MacNeil). We take a pinch of salt for a party that has no coherent fiscal alternative. Frankly, “Tough on Coco Pops and tough on the …..."
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