Oral Answers to Questions

Dan Jarvis Excerpts

Monday 9th October 2017 Commons Chamber

[Penny Mordaunt]

We have looked in great detail at many aspects of Access to Work, and although it is a popular scheme, there are many things we want to change in it. I very much recognise that the scheme is not just about giving someone a piece of technology to enable them to communicate; it is about giving them the services they need to be their best—to thrive and to be their most creative in the workplace. For some, that will involve British sign language interpreters. This is very much an area we are looking at, and it will be something we bring forward and report back on in the health and work road map.

[Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central) (Lab)]

Are levels of child poverty falling or rising?

[Damian Hinds]

When one compares rates of poverty with those before the change of Government in 2010, we see that none of the four main measures has worsened and, in fact, three have improved.