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Written Question
Social Security Benefits: Disability
Monday 8th March 2021

Asked by: Alun Cairns (Conservative - Vale of Glamorgan)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

What assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the level of welfare support required by disabled people.

Answered by Justin Tomlinson

This Government is committed to supporting disabled people affected by the Covid-19 outbreak and has delivered an unprecedented package of support, putting £7 billion into the welfare system.

We continue to monitor the impact on disabled people using existing and new data sources, whilst ensuring that they are able to access the support they need.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 31 Mar 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"16. What assessment he has made of recent trends in employment figures...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 31 Mar 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"Unemployment in the Vale of Glamorgan has dropped by more than 27% since the general election. Does that not demonstrate that UK employment growth is happening in all nations and regions? We should be celebrating the fact that the economy is growing outside London and the south-east as well as …..."
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Wednesday 19th March 2014

Asked by: Alun Cairns (Conservative - Vale of Glamorgan)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding his Department provided for staff to carry out trade union activities in each of the last three years; and how many days staff spent on those activities in those years.

Answered by Mike Penning

  1. The Department provides no funding for any trade union related activities. However it does allow time for these activities to be undertaken.

  1. The Department did not report on the amount of trade union activities taken by our representatives in the years 2011-12 and 2012-13, as such the figures shown below are estimates based on the allocation of time we allowed for union representatives to use on trade union activities.

  1. The Department has undergone a significant amount of change in its facility time arrangements over the last 12 months as it has introduced the Cabinet Office reforms from June 2013, this has resulted in a decrease in the amount of time taken by our people for trade union activities

  1. The data relating to 2013-14 covers the period April 2013 to December 2013.

Year

Facility time taken by Union Representatives (days)

% of total working days

2011-12

17,219

0.09%

2012-13

15,409

0.08%

2013-14

3,124

0.02%

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Dec 2013
Food Banks

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Dec 2013
Food Banks

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Dec 2013
Food Banks

"When it comes to increases in the cost of living, what contribution does the right hon. Gentleman think is due to the increases in council tax in Wales? There has been a 9% increase over recent years in Wales, yet it has been broadly flat in England...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Dec 2013
Food Banks

"Thank you, Mr Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to this welcome debate, which provides the opportunity to analyse the role of food banks, their background, and why they are growing at the reported rate. I am extremely disappointed, however, at how the debate has been proposed, and the way …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Dec 2013
Food Banks

"I absolutely recognise that the tone of this debate is disgraceful, but the issues need to be analysed and addressed in an adult way so we can understand the longer-term issues that have got us to this position. That has not happened since 2010; the issue goes back well beyond …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Dec 2013
Food Banks

"I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that powerful point, which gives me the opportunity to pay tribute to those who work and organise food banks in the Vale of Glamorgan: Coastlands Family church, Bethesda chapel in Dinas Powys, and Bethel Baptist church in Llantwit Major. For me, food …..."
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