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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Feb 2022
Social Security and Pensions

"Like me, my hon. Friend must be alarmed at the comments by the head of Tesco, who has indicated that the cost of the average food basket will go up by 4% to 5%. The cost of living is really putting a squeeze on ordinary citizens across the entirety of …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 20 Jul 2021
Welfare System and Child Poverty: Wales

"Welcome to this afternoon’s debate. As you know, there are special arrangements in place because of covid. I only remind Liz Saville Roberts, who is appearing virtually, that she will be on camera the whole time. I know she will already be aware of that, but I say it for …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Mar 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

" What discussions her Department has had with the Department for Communities on the kickstart scheme. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Mar 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Minister is absolutely right that the kickstart scheme is a wonderful, innovative scheme, which should be applied to Northern Ireland, but it has not yet been rolled out there. I wonder whether the Minister will be honest with us and tell us whether that is the fault of the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Jul 2019
Department for Work and Pensions

"In Northern Ireland, we are seeing the roll-out of the horror story that the hon. Lady has mentioned. Statistics published in February this year show that there have been 193,000 applications for PIP, 32% of which were turned down. The resulting appeal from 50,000 turned-down applications has cost us £5 …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 30 Jan 2018
PIP Back Payments

"Portglenone medical centre in my constituency is one of the largest rural practices in Northern Ireland. It deals not only with vulnerable people, but with some of the most marginalised in the country, because of their rurality. The practice has written to me to say not only that the system …..."
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Written Question
Employment: Young People
Tuesday 17th October 2017

Asked by: Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party - North Antrim)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of trends in youth employment.

Answered by Damian Hinds

Employment amongst 16 to 24 year olds in the UK is up by 200,000 since 2010 to reach 3.915 million. Unemployment amongst this age group has fallen by over 40% since 2010 to reach 528,000 – close to its lowest level on record.

Written Question
Employment: Females
Tuesday 17th October 2017

Asked by: Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party - North Antrim)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Government's policies in getting women into work.

Answered by Damian Hinds

We have made great progress in getting women into work.

The female employment rate is 70.8% - which equates to a record 15.12 million women in work.

Written Question
Unemployment
Tuesday 17th October 2017

Asked by: Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party - North Antrim)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent comparative assessment he has made of rates of unemployment in the UK and other European countries.

Answered by Damian Hinds

The UK has the joint 4th lowest unemployment rate in the EU - better than France, the Netherlands and Denmark.

The UK’s unemployment rate (4.3%) is the lowest in 42 years and is less than half that of the Euro area (9.1%) and 3.3% points below the EU28 average (7.6%).

Written Question
Employment: Disability
Tuesday 17th October 2017

Asked by: Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party - North Antrim)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on the Disability Confident scheme.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt

The Disability Confident scheme was launched in November 2016. As of 22 September 2017 5,162 employers had signed up to it, across a wide range of sizes, industries and locations, with this number continuing to grow.

The Disability Confident Business Leaders Group, comprising of prominent national businesses, is leading efforts to promote Disability Confident to employers, as are industrial and professional membership bodies. Those businesses signed up as Disability Confident Leaders are encouraging and supporting other employers to sign up. Disability Confident is being promoted to employers via a wide range of Government activities including press releases, social media, events, conferences and links to the Gov.UK site.

The Department is constantly looking to improve the Disability Confident offer to employers that sign up to the scheme and to do this we have introduced a specialist themed approach, offering additional advice, guidance and support on a wide range of topics such as Mental Health, Autism and Neuro-diversity and Reasonable adjustments. By utilising the expertise of Disability Confident Leaders, we are able to share best practice via events, webinars, blogs, video-links to benefit all Disability Confident employers.