Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Glasgow East to the Minister for Afghan Resettlement, emailed on 1 February and 8 March 2022, reference DL10440.
Answered by Eddie Hughes
The letter has been transferred to the Home Office to provide a response to the Hon Member.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to promote access to support with mortgage interest, ground rent and service charges by claiming pension credit.
Answered by Kemi Badenoch - Leader of HM Official Opposition
I refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question UIN 120883 on 15 February 2022.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to promote access to support with rent in the form of housing benefit by claiming pension credit.
Answered by Kemi Badenoch - Leader of HM Official Opposition
I refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question UIN 120883 on 15 February 2022.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to promote access to support with council tax by claiming pension credit.
Answered by Kemi Badenoch - Leader of HM Official Opposition
I refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question UIN 120883 on 15 February 2022.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on reviewing her Department's condition that a claimant will normally be willing to travel 90 minutes each way to work, to help ensure that it meets the aim in the foreword of the Levelling Up the United Kingdom White Paper, that people deserve to live in a country where life is not a postcode lottery, where by staying local you can go far.
Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
The Government is helping individuals across the nation to take full advantage of job opportunities within their local areas and the Department for Work and Pension is well placed to support the Levelling Up agenda.
Typically, a claimant who is expected to be available and looking for work will be required to look for work that is within daily travelling time of their home. There is a maximum limit set at 90 minutes travel time for this. Work coaches have the flexibility to tailor this taking into consideration a claimant’s circumstances, for example, location of childcare, schools, available work and public transport links.
The Flexible Support Fund is available to help with the cost of attending interviews and can support travel costs for up to three months of the claimant starting work.