Written Question
Tuesday 1st September 2020
Asked by:
Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how she plans to support claimants with long-term symptoms from contracting covid-19.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
Claimants with long term health conditions or disabilities, whether or not they are experiencing symptoms directly arising from infection with Covid-19, may be supported in a range of ways through social security benefits and other support measures, depending on their particular circumstances. Up-to-date information about the support available for individuals can be found on GOV.UK:
Newly unemployed claimants
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-what-to-do-if-you-were-employed-and-have-lost-your-job
Moving into work
https://www.gov.uk/moving-from-benefits-to-work
Personal Independence Payment
https://www.gov.uk/pip
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 02 Oct 2019
Child Maintenance Service: Payment Recovery from Absent Parents
"I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. I have a constituent who is owed a substantial sum by an absent father, who lives very comfortably and flies in and out of the UK with no apparent difficulty. The only answer my constituent gets is that the service …..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 02 Oct 2019
Child Maintenance Service: Payment Recovery from Absent Parents
"I note the Minister’s offer to the hon. Member for Stirling (Stephen Kerr) to meet the operations team. Is that offer open to all of us who have participated in this debate?..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 24th June 2019
Asked by:
Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her (a) Department and (b) Department's agencies have entered into contracts with CTF Partners since 2015.
Answered by Will Quince
There are no contracts held in the Departments eProcurement system with CTF Partners.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 22 May 2019
Pension Funds: Financial and Ethical Investments
"Does my hon. Friend agree that consistent, reliable policy frameworks from Governments are essential when encouraging investors to take up the ethical investment opportunities that I know they are keen to take up?..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 22 May 2019
Pension Funds: Financial and Ethical Investments
"Will the Minister give way?..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 May 2019
Food Poverty: Scotland
"I pay tribute to the many organisations in my constituency—the gurdwaras, churches and mosques—that do so much to address this issue, and to the tremendous volunteers who assist. Would the hon. Gentleman agree that the Scottish Government are trying to address food poverty and sort it out without having the …..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Mar 2019
Supporting Disabled People to Work
"Citizens Advice has identified that some disabled people could be worse off under universal credit by as much as £300 a month because the work allowance is not available to disabled people who are assessed as fit for work unless they have children. Will this damning report finally make the …..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Mar 2019
Households Below Average Income Statistics
"The Secretary of State has to get real about the impact of her Government’s policies on real people’s lives. Since April 2016, the price of butter has gone up by 23%; of sugar by 17%; and of bread by 11%. Benefits, however, have been frozen at 2015-16 prices. Why will …..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 11th March 2019
Asked by:
Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what purposes jobcentre staff will visit claimants in hospital.
Answered by Lord Sharma
Officers from the DWP Visiting Team, as appropriate, visit claimants to support them in making an application for benefit or for on-going administration of their claim – for example if they have a change in their circumstances. The majority of visits conducted by DWP take place in a claimant’s home. However, an officer can also arrange an appointment at an alternative place, such as an information point (surgery) or hospital, if a claimant is deemed to be vulnerable or is in need of additional support when making an application for benefit or for on-going support. We may also visit centenarians to confirm they can receive and appreciate a congratulatory birthday card from the Queen.