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Written Question
Equality: Committee of Public Accounts
Thursday 24th November 2022

Asked by: Karen Buck (Labour - Westminster North)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the equality analysis referred to in the letter of 6 September 2022 from the Permanent Secretary of his Department to the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee.

Answered by Mims Davies - Shadow Minister (Women)

This document contains information that could be used to defraud the benefit system and adversely impact the public purse, it is therefore not in the public interest to publish this. Our equality analyses are detailed live documents and change each time our models and projects change, which provides assurance that we are considering bias and balance at each stage of development of these initiatives.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Social Security Support for Children

"It is a pleasure to respond for the Opposition under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I congratulate the hon. Member for Airdrie and Shotts (Ms Qaisar) on securing this debate. We have heard a small number of contributions, but powerful ones, in which people have reflected not just on the strategic …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Social Security Support for Children

"I will come to that later, but it is obvious that we need to look at the system as a whole. Indeed, we have to look at the issue of hardship and poverty not just in terms of the social security system, although that is the subject of today’s debate …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Social Security Support for Children

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Social Security Support for Children

"On the issue of absolute poverty, in a previous debate I raised the fact that the absolute poverty figures for larger families—those affected by the two-child limit—have been worsening, rather than improving, as the Minister claims. Will he go away, have a look at that, and inform himself about it …..."
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Written Question
Social Security Benefits
Wednesday 23rd November 2022

Asked by: Karen Buck (Labour - Westminster North)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if it remains his Department's policy to not publish the evaluation of the lowered Benefit Cap completed in Spring 2019.

Answered by Guy Opperman

The Secretary of State's initial priorities have included very urgent decisions relating to the recent Autumn Statement. The Secretary of State will be receiving further advice regarding the evaluation of the lowered Benefit Cap, and he will make decisions about its publication in due course.

Written Question
Social Security Benefits: Maladministration
Tuesday 22nd November 2022

Asked by: Karen Buck (Labour - Westminster North)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help reduce the number of errors made by his officials in the administration of the benefits system.

Answered by Tom Pursglove

The Department maintains vigorous control of Official Error via its Quality Assurance Framework, which provides an assurance that the necessary quality controls are in place.

Speech in General Committees - Wed 16 Nov 2022
Draft Cessation of EU Law Relating to Prohibitions on Grounds of Nationality and Free Movement of Persons Regulations 2022

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I am grateful to the Minister for setting out an explanation of the regulations. I do not intend to detain the Committee long, but I have a few questions. Regulation 3, “Cessation of free movement of persons”, refers to …..."
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Written Question
Universal Credit
Friday 11th November 2022

Asked by: Karen Buck (Labour - Westminster North)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve the process of explicit consent used in Universal Credit.

Answered by Guy Opperman

The Department keeps the process under review.

Written Question
Advocacy
Tuesday 8th November 2022

Asked by: Karen Buck (Labour - Westminster North)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress his Department has made on establishing a National Advocacy Service.

Answered by Tom Pursglove

In Shaping Future Support: The Health and Disability Green Paper, we set out our intention to test providing extra support for claimants who find it difficult to navigate the benefits system. We will provide an update on our progress in a White Paper which we will publish in the coming months.