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Speech in General Committees - Wed 20 Apr 2022
Universal Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Work Search and Work Availability Requirements @0017 Limitations (Amendment) Regulations 2022

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Oct 2018
Universal Credit

"Let me say at the outset that I do not claim that everything about universal credit is perfect, or that everything has gone according to plan. I think it is inevitable that such a huge reform will involve issues that will need to be dealt with. To suggest that it …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Oct 2018
Universal Credit

"I do not agree. There have been these transitional protections that we need to have in place. I am not saying that every aspect of universal credit has been correctly implemented—I do not think anyone is claiming that—but I think it is right that we try to ensure that people …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Oct 2018
Universal Credit

"I agree with the hon. Lady that universal credit needs to be adequately funded. Is she as surprised as I am, therefore, that the Labour party did not support the extra £1.5 billion given to universal credit in the last Budget?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 27 Oct 2015
Young Jobseekers

"I have read the report that my hon. Friend is talking about. She rightly said that it referred to some work in Dartford, but there were a number of things that surprised me about it. First, it said that Dartford is in London; it is not. It was also somewhat …..."
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Written Question
Jobseeker's Allowance: Kent
Friday 17th October 2014

Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Dartford constituency and (b) Kent have claimed jobseeker's allowance in each of the last five years; and if he will estimate the annual cost to the public purse of such claims.

Answered by Esther McVey

The information requested is publicly available. Benefit expenditure for parliamentary constituencies and local authorities is published at: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014

Information on Jobseeker’s Allowance caseloads is available at: http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/select/wizpopular.asp by choosing “claimant count with rates and proportions” and following the steps to select the required geography and time period.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Jun 2014
DWP: Performance

"Will the Secretary of State give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Jun 2014
DWP: Performance

"Does the Secretary of State agree that the most effective way of getting people out of poverty is by ensuring that they achieve employment? To that end, is he aware that not a single Labour Government, from the time they took office to the time they left, have ever reduced …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Feb 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"T2. Will the Minister join me in welcoming the fall in unemployment in my constituency over the past three years? We now have about 2,500 more people in work than in 2010, benefiting young and old, those in full-time and part-time positions, and men and women. Does not this highlight …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Feb 2014
Job Insecurity

"Is the hon. Gentleman aware that there has been a 24% reduction in people claiming benefits in my constituency, which is not a million miles from his constituency? Most of those jobs are full-time, permanent positions, and many are for 18 to 24-year-olds. That happened only because we did not …..."
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