Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 18 Nov 2016
Fireworks: Licensing of Premises
"Just over two years ago, an explosion and fire at a business—SP Plastics—in Stafford resulted in the tragic deaths of two people, injuries to others, the destruction of buildings and the loss of businesses. I would like to offer my heartfelt sympathy to all those who suffered as a result. …..."Jeremy Lefroy - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Nov 2016
Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit
"I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Airdrie and Shotts (Neil Gray) for introducing this debate and for assembling here a large number of right hon. and hon. Members.
My father became disabled when I was two weeks old, when he was 34. He worked for the rest of …..."Jeremy Lefroy - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Nov 2016
Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit
"I am not clear on the figures, but what I do know is that the Government are committed to providing support to people to get into work. That is absolutely vital, but I do not think it is a substitute for the additional financial help that has been given until …..."Jeremy Lefroy - View Speech
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Written Question
Friday 17th June 2016
Asked by:
Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Stafford constituency are in receipt of the New Enterprise Allowance.
Answered by Priti Patel
- Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
The following table gives the number of mentor and business starts in Stafford for New Enterprise Allowance from April 2011 to December 2015. These figures are taken from the latest Official Statistics which can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/new-enterprise-allowance-apr-2011-to-dec-2015
| New Enterprise Allowance: Mentor starts (1) | New Enterprise Allowance: Business starts (2) |
Stafford | 180 | 100 |
Notes:
1) Figures show the number of starts where people have begun working with a business mentor.
2) Figures show the number of mentor starts that have progressed to set up their own business.
3) Values are rounded to the nearest 10.
4) Some claimants on Universal Credit (UC) are not captured in the data, there may be a small undercount of starts in areas where UC has been introduced.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Feb 2016
Welfare Reform and Work Bill
"I would like to address Lords amendments 8 and 9 and the question of employment and support allowance and the work-related activity group, which is the group of people who currently have limited capacity for work.
I support the Government’s intention to enable more people who are on ESA to …..."Jeremy Lefroy - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Feb 2016
Welfare Reform and Work Bill
"It is like that, and I would have preferred to see an assessment such as I proposed in the amendment that I tabled on Report. I hoped that perhaps the Lords would take that up, because it is important. To some extent, it is an act of faith in the …..."Jeremy Lefroy - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 16th November 2015
Asked by:
Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2015 to Question 10742, what proportion of people in the work-related activity group of employment and support allowance are also in receipt of personal independence payment.
Answered by Priti Patel
- Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
In May 2015, about 48% of the 460,000 claimants in the work-related activity group receive both ESA and PIP/DLA.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Nov 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Nov 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"I welcome the Secretary of State’s answer. The cost of relationship and family breakdown has been estimated at some £47 billion a year. I welcome the support for relationship advice, but I ask the Secretary of State to do more on that and to help turn around the lives of …..."Jeremy Lefroy - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 14th October 2015
Asked by:
Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what analysis his Department has carried out on the comparative living costs of people (a) in the work related activity group of employment and support allowance and (b) on jobseeker's allowance.
Answered by Priti Patel
- Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
The Department has not carried out any analysis on the comparative living costs of these two groups.
If claimants experience additional costs as a result of their illness or disability, they may be eligible to claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP) which we have exempted from the Benefit cap and will continue to uprate by inflation.