Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Jul 2018
Points of Order
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Jul 2018
Points of Order
"On a point of order, Mr Speaker. During Prime Minister’s questions, the Prime Minister suggested that when she was chair of education at Merton Council, she put money into early years education while Labour was making cuts. She was chair of the education board from 1988 to 1990, when the …..."Caroline Flint - View Speech
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 27 Feb 2017
Draft Bereavement Support Payment Regulations 2017
"Since the regulations were laid before the House in January, what consideration have the Minister and her colleagues given to developing cost-neutral proposals that could spread the payments over three years to those with dependent children? The suggestion was made by the Childhood Bereavement Network as a way to work …..."Caroline Flint - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Oct 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"It has been brought to the attention of the Public Accounts Committee that universal credit is paid per calendar month, which, as has been pointed out by the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, affects those receiving four-weekly pay very badly. I know that, since our evidence inquiry, the …..."Caroline Flint - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 25th February 2016
Asked by:
Caroline Flint (Labour - Don Valley)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of his Department's invoices for goods and services supplied by (a) private companies and (b) small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are completed on time; and what proportion of the (i) number and (ii) value of contracts between his Department and private companies are held by SMEs.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
DWP does not hold the information to answer ‘what proportion of his Department's invoices for goods and services supplied by (a) private companies and (b) small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are completed on time.’
However, the figures below are published monthly and quarterly on Gov.UK and confirm DWP’s commitment to paying invoices within 30 days (contractual) and 5 days. We cannot disaggregate the invoices into SMEs and other private companies.
2015-16 (Financial Year) | Percentage of invoices paid within 5 days | Percentage of invoices paid within 30 days |
Quarter 1 | 97.3% | 99.8% |
Quarter 2 | 95.5% | 99.7% |
Quarter 3 | 97.5% | 99.8% |
At December 2015, 2534 (9.3%) of the Department’s suppliers were SMEs.
At December 2015, SMEs accounted for 2.5% of the Department’s direct commercial spend. However, there is a substantially greater proportion of commercial spend with SMEs via prime contractors. The Department relies upon Cabinet Office survey information in order to estimate the combined total spend with SMEs. The most recent combined total estimate we have (2014/15), is 16.2% of the total or some £483 million.
Written Question
Wednesday 4th November 2015
Asked by:
Caroline Flint (Labour - Don Valley)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people in work expected to be in receipt of universal credit currently receive less than the proposed National Living Wage.
Answered by Priti Patel
- Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
DWP does not have estimates of the salaries of people who are forecast to be on Universal Credit in the future.
Written Question
Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Asked by:
Caroline Flint (Labour - Don Valley)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of changes to the work allowance in universal credit announced in the Summer Budget 2015 on incentives to work.
Answered by Priti Patel
- Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Universal Credit will have a powerful positive effect on labour market participation. We expect 300,000 more people to be in work as a result of the introduction of Universal Credit, and around 75% of the households that gain under Universal Credit are in the bottom 40% of the income distribution.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Nov 2010
Housing Benefit
"Does the hon. Lady agree with councillors in Hastings who have expressed concern about the additional pressures that the Government’s policies will impose on their local community, including additional costs for education and children’s services?..."Caroline Flint - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Nov 2010
Housing Benefit
"My understanding is that nearly 7,000 people will lose out as a result of the cuts in Enfield. What does the hon. Gentleman have to say to them?..."Caroline Flint - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Nov 2010
Housing Benefit
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