Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Mar 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"I am afraid to say that the five-week wait issue is not going to go away until the Government recognise that it is driving some people to food banks. I was in Glasgow on Friday with the Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee, the right hon. Member for Birkenhead …..."Heidi Allen - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Mar 2019
Social Security
"I want to put on the record that I have visited some of the poorest parts of the country in recent weeks with the right hon. Member for Birkenhead (Frank Field), and I can confirm that I have seen this destitution with my own eyes. I have spoken to individuals …..."Heidi Allen - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Mar 2019
Social Security
"Setting aside my concerns about the direction of the Conservative party, one of the motivations behind those of us determined to build a new centre ground party is the opportunity to develop policy based on evidence and to reflect on and amend our policy when that evidence changes. The motion …..."Heidi Allen - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Feb 2019
Department for Education
"I thank my hon. Friend for giving way. We have seen changes over the past few years, including increases in some pensioner benefits and in the national living wage, but the group of people who stand out more than any other are those on benefits. It is utterly unacceptable that …..."Heidi Allen - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Feb 2019
Department for Education
"Will the hon. Gentleman give way?..."Heidi Allen - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Feb 2019
Department for Education
"I wish in a way that, at the time, I had been able to defend the courage of my good friend the Member for Bexhill and Battle (Huw Merriman). He is right that employment is up, but for the parts of the country that my right hon. Friend the Chair …..."Heidi Allen - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Jan 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"I would like to put on the record my thanks to the Secretary of State for listening and changing her approach to managed migration. I think we will see a step change in how vulnerable claimants feel about their security under universal credit. I have given her a list of …..."Heidi Allen - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 23rd October 2018
Asked by:
Heidi Allen (Liberal Democrat - South Cambridgeshire)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the introduction of the 20-metre rule on the level of people's eligibility for personal independence payment compared with previous levels of eligibility for disability living allowance.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The development of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment has been carried out in an iterative, transparent and consultative manner. It was developed in collaboration with a wide range of experts and through comprehensive public consultation.
The consultation process confirmed there is no consensus across the health and social care community of the perfect measure of mobility and there is no evidence for one particular distance.
The 20 metre distance was introduced in PIP to distinguish those whose mobility is significantly more limited than others and who face even greater barriers on a day to day basis – those who have the highest need.
There are 104,000 PIP claimants receiving the enhanced rate of mobility who previously were not awarded the higher rate mobility in Disability Living Allowance in the period April 2013 to October 2017.
Written Question
Tuesday 23rd October 2018
Asked by:
Heidi Allen (Liberal Democrat - South Cambridgeshire)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the evidential basis was for the introduction of the 20-metre rule as a criterion for mobility in the personal independence payment assessment procedure.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The development of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment has been carried out in an iterative, transparent and consultative manner. It was developed in collaboration with a wide range of experts and through comprehensive public consultation.
The consultation process confirmed there is no consensus across the health and social care community of the perfect measure of mobility and there is no evidence for one particular distance.
The 20 metre distance was introduced in PIP to distinguish those whose mobility is significantly more limited than others and who face even greater barriers on a day to day basis – those who have the highest need.
There are 104,000 PIP claimants receiving the enhanced rate of mobility who previously were not awarded the higher rate mobility in Disability Living Allowance in the period April 2013 to October 2017.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Oct 2018
Universal Credit
"For the record, I was one of those employers, and I got very frustrated that I could not give more hours to people working for me. On the taper rate, the situation is better than it was. Given the choice, I would restore the taper rate to 50%, where it …..."Heidi Allen - View Speech
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