Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Feb 2015
Mental Health and Unemployment
"The hon. Gentleman has hit the nail on the head—that is precisely it. The distribution of traits within mankind and the British population is like a bell curve. Every person is unique. There are very few identical twins. Certain mental health conditions require a longer period of adjustment before people …..."Adam Afriyie - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Feb 2015
Mental Health and Unemployment
"I think we agree. Indeed, I was about to focus on how we could significantly improve the way the system works for people with mental health challenges. First, on public services, particularly welfare-to-work arrangements, we need to be very finely attuned to the processes undertaken. Somebody with a mental health …..."Adam Afriyie - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Feb 2015
Mental Health and Unemployment
"I am not sure the Government have ignored it. I have been in meetings where it has been carefully discussed, so it is certainly on the agenda. I agree with the hon. Gentleman’s general point, however, and I am sure we will get to it on the other side of …..."Adam Afriyie - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Feb 2015
Compulsory Jobs Guarantee
"It seems to me that with the DWP reforms we have brought through and with the changes to the tax system and regulation, we have created the greatest job creation engine this country has ever seen. Does my right hon. Friend agree that this motion is completely redundant, just as …..."Adam Afriyie - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Jan 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"23. It lifts my heart to see so many more people in employment across Windsor and the country. All hon. Members share the vision of a country in which the circumstances of our birth do not determine where we end up. I commend the Secretary of State on his work …..."Adam Afriyie - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 18th June 2014
Asked by:
Adam Afriyie (Conservative - Windsor)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled entrepreneurs have been able to access additional support funding through the Access to Work programme.
Answered by Mike Penning
In the financial year April 2013 – March 2014 DWP supported 4066 disabled customers who are registered as self employed through the Access to Work programme. Of which 57 customers were also from The New Enterprise Allowance programme.
Written Question
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Monday 28th April 2014
Asked by:
Adam Afriyie (Conservative - Windsor)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide a simple route for people to donate their universal benefits back to the state; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Steve Webb
The majority of winter fuel payments are sent out automatically. However, people can simply return their winter fuel payment to the office that issues it. They can also write to the Department requesting not to receive a winter fuel payment for future years, either in advance of first getting a payment, or after they have received one or more payments.
Anyone aged 75 or over is entitled to a free TV Licence for their main address. The free licence is not issued automatically and needs to be applied for. Once issued, licences are renewed automatically every year unless the customer does not have a National Insurance Number in which case TV Licensing will contact them to confirm their circumstances have not changed each year. An over 75 licence can be cancelled at any time and a paid-for licence requested.
The concessionary travel benefit is optional. An eligible person can choose not to take up the entitlement. The National Travel Survey 2011 shows that in GB, 79 per cent of people eligible for an older persons' bus pass held one.