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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jul 2015
DWP Data

"I welcome my right hon. Friend’s announcement that the data will be published soon. Does she agree that, when they appear, it is important that they are analysed and that any lessons are learned, because data are pretty useless if we do not do that?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Jul 2015
Welfare Reform and Work Bill

"The Welfare Reform and Work Bill has to be seen in the context of the announcements on the living wage and the increases in tax allowances. The overall theme of increased pay, full employment, lower tax and reduced reliance on the state is one that I support. I particularly welcome …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Mar 2015
Amendment of the Law

"It is a great honour to follow the hon. Member for Sheffield, Heeley (Meg Munn). I entirely agree with her on two matters. The first is the need for more engineers, particularly women engineers. I saw that when I visited Alstom in my constituency recently and met women engineers, all …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Jan 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"T5. What measures have been taken to ensure that sanctions are not imposed inappropriately on jobseeker’s allowance claimants—if they unavoidably miss appointments, for instance?..."
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Written Question
New Enterprise Allowance: Stafford
Tuesday 9th December 2014

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 Esther McVey

Official Statistics on the numbers of New Enterprise Allowance mentoring starts and financial support starts are published quarterly and can be accessed via the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/pre-work-programme-and-get-britain-working#new-enterprise-allowance-statistics

These statistics include a spread sheet with a breakdown by Parliamentary Constituency, which shows there have been 60 starts on the New Enterprise Allowance financial support in Stafford.

Written Question
Employment
Monday 3rd November 2014

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 assessment he has made of recent employment trends.

Answered by Esther McVey

The latest figures show a record number of people in work - 30.76 million, up 736,000 on the year. There are a record 14.4m women in work, with a record female employment rate of 68.1%. This year there have been some of the largest annual increases in employment since the 1980s.

Total unemployment saw a record annual fall of 538,000, bringing unemployment below 2 million for the first time since 2008. Youth unemployment fell a record 253,000 on the year to 733,000. Long-term unemployment fell 194,000 on the year - the largest annual fall since 1998.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 03 Nov 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"I welcome the fall in the number of JSA claimants in my constituency from more than 1,500 to below 700 since 2010. However, one area in which we face significant recruitment problems is nursing. That is a problem not just in Staffordshire but across the country. Will the Secretary of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Jan 2014
Welfare Reforms and Poverty

"I congratulate the right hon. Member for Oldham West and Royton (Mr Meacher) and my hon. Friends the Members for Worthing West (Sir Peter Bottomley) and for Birmingham, Yardley (John Hemming) on securing the debate. I welcome the opportunity to discuss the impact of the Government’s welfare reforms on poverty.

…..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Jan 2014
Welfare Reforms and Poverty

" I do agree, and I shall say more about that in a moment. It is a matter that should concern all Members on both sides of the House, and I do not believe that the Government are immune to that concern.

A universal free health service and a universal …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Jan 2014
Welfare Reforms and Poverty

"I wonder whether the hon. Gentleman agrees with me about one problem with the transfer from ESA to JSA. A lady in my constituency says, “I am simply not fit for work, but by signing on for JSA I have to say that I am available and fit for work.” …..."
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