Written Question
Monday 26th February 2018
Asked by:
Adam Afriyie (Conservative - Windsor)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of long-term unemployment on the mental health needs of claimants.
Answered by Sarah Newton
We know that the longer a working age person is out of work, the more difficult it is for them to return to work and their health and wellbeing may worsen as a result, which is why improving employment support for people with mental health issues is a key priority for this Government.
The Command Paper Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability, published in November 2017, outlines actions to improve out of work support, including:
- Investment in trials, proofs of concept and feasibility studies to test ways to provide specialist support for people with mental health conditions;
- Doubling the number of employment advisers working in NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services by over 300 by 2019, enabling greater provision of integrated psychological treatment and employment support;
- Enhancing mental health training for Jobcentre work coaches;
- Supporting NHS plans to increase access to the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model – a model of integrated employment support within secondary mental health care services.
Written Question
Tuesday 14th June 2016
Asked by:
Adam Afriyie (Conservative - Windsor)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to increase the range of statistics that his Department collects on income mobility.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
The Department for Work and Pensions (as well as the Office for National Statistics) publishes a wide range of information looking at the income distribution. We have announced we will be producing a new publication, Income Dynamics in February/March 2017, which will look at income mobility, including a measure of persistent low income, based on new data from the Understanding Society survey.
Written Question
Thursday 4th February 2016
Asked by:
Adam Afriyie (Conservative - Windsor)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the triple lock pension policy of the number of pensioners living in poverty in (a) Windsor, (b) the South East and (c) the UK.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
While we can’t draw a direct link between the triple lock and pensioner poverty, pensioner poverty is at one of the lowest rates since records began. Pensioners are less likely to be in relative and absolute low income after housing costs than the population as a whole. The Government continues to support the poorest pensioners and from April 2016, Pension Credit will top up income to a guaranteed minimum level of £155.60 for a single person and £237.55 for couples.
The Government wants all pensioners to have a decent and secure income in retirement. We are committed to the triple lock, the guarantee that the basic State Pension will increase by the highest of the growth in average earnings, price increase or 2.5%. From April 2016, the basic State Pension will be over £1,100 a year higher than at the start of the last Parliament. This will benefit many of the 18,000 recipients of State Pension in Windsor, the 1.7 million recipients in the South East and the 13 million recipients in the UK.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Mar 2015
Amendment of the Law
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Mar 2015
Amendment of the Law
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Mar 2015
Amendment of the Law
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Mar 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Mar 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Mar 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Feb 2015
Mental Health and Unemployment
"I was not sure whether I would make it to this debate, given my other responsibilities, but I am very glad that I have. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for scheduling the debate, and the right hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Paul Burstow) for opening it.
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