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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Dec 2018
Disability Support

"I wholly agree with the hon. Lady. Yes, we should be trailblazers and setting the example by giving employment to those who are seeking employment and want to contribute to society, and broadening that as best we can. We should also be encouraging local employers, as I am sure the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Oct 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"I commend the staff at Ayr jobcentre, who recently hosted a successful employment fair at which we discussed the value of flexibility in the universal credit system in helping vulnerable claimants back into work. Will my right hon. Friend consider what further support might be useful to jobcentres in hosting …..."
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Written Question
Universal Credit
Monday 15th October 2018

Asked by: Bill Grant (Conservative - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

What recent changes the Government has made to universal credit to protect the incomes of the most vulnerable claimants.

Answered by Justin Tomlinson

We have already spent £1.5 billion on improvements during the first assessment period. We have already committed more money to protect the most vulnerable, including the 500,000 people currently receiving the Severe Disability Premium. A million disabled people will be better off.

Written Question
State Retirement Pensions: Females
Thursday 13th September 2018

Asked by: Bill Grant (Conservative - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has carried out an impact assessment on the effect of the change to the state pension age for women born in the 1950s on their families and dependents.

Answered by Guy Opperman

Successive Governments have taken care to give proper consideration to the impact of the proposals made in the Pensions Acts of 1995, 2007 and 2011, which each made changes to the State Pension age that affected women born in the 1950s. The exact form of the assessments has changed over time as the requirements on Government to carry out standardised impact assessments have changed.

The Pensions Act 1995 legislated to equalise men and women’s SPa at 65, over a 10 year period between 2010 and 2020. Standardised impact assessments had not been introduced at the time, but an overview of the options and evidence considered when developing the policy is provided in the 1993 white paper ‘Equality in State Pension age’. (See attached)

The Pensions Act 2007 legislated to introduce a timetable for the increase of SPa to 66, 67 and 68, so that these rises took place by 2026, 2036 and 2046.

The impact assessment for the Pensions Act 2007 can be found here: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121204130650/http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/pensions-bill-ria.pdf

The Pensions Act 2011 brought forward the equalisation of the male and female State Pension age at 65 by 18 months, so that it takes place by November 2018 rather than April 2020. It also brought forward the increase from 65 to 66 by five and a half years, so that it takes place by October 2020 rather than March 2026.

The impact assessment for the Pensions Act 2011 can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/181462/pensions-bill-2011-ia-annexa.pdf

Written Question
Universal Credit: Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Wednesday 12th September 2018

Asked by: Bill Grant (Conservative - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants there are in the Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock constituency.

Answered by Lord Sharma

The latest available information on the number of people on Universal Credit by parliamentary constituency and local authority is published and can be found at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.

Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:

https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Jul 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Will my right hon. Friend confirm that more than eight in 10 claimants are satisfied with their experience of universal credit?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Jun 2018
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

"I thank my hon. Friend for his contribution to this important debate. Does he agree that we have moved on since the UN report, which the Government refuted? Does he also agree that it is good that through the Disability Confident scheme 600,000 disabled people have secured employment and the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Jun 2018
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Jun 2018
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 06 Jun 2018
Employment Rates

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole (Michael Tomlinson) on securing this debate, albeit for the second time.

We can be in no doubt about the progress the Government have made on many …..."
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