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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Dec 2017
Prison Reform and Safety

"Does my hon. Friend agree that prison can offer people a second chance to gain access to education and to find the right track? Charities such as Greener Growth, which works in Norfolk prisons in particular, and with which I work in my constituency, help people to understand and connect …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Dec 2017
Prison Reform and Safety

"Does the hon. Lady agree that that relates to the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Banbury (Victoria Prentis) about not being able to keep the data? It is well known that health outcomes for those who sleep rough are less good, and we find ourselves with …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 20 Oct 2017
Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill

"On that point, in a recent conversation with police officers in Bury St Edmunds, they said how beneficial body-worn videos are. Is there scope in the Bill for their use in other circumstances, for example for those who work in ambulances and so on who also go into very aggressive …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 20 Oct 2017
Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill

"When we tease out that definition in Committee, I will offer up lone workers such as general practitioners who go out on call on their own. The definition should encompass the broader point. As my hon. Friend the Member for Saffron Walden (Mrs Badenoch) said, those of us who represent …..."
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Written Question
Social Security Benefits: Appeals
Monday 10th October 2016

Asked by: Jo Churchill (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many decisions taken on claims for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment have been appealed in (i) Bury St Edmunds (ii) Suffolk and (iii) the UK in each of the last five years; and how many of those appeals have been successful.

Answered by Oliver Heald

I refer the honourable member to the answers given to PQ 43251 on 18 July 2016 and PQ 44405 on 12 September 2016.

Written Question
Social Security Benefits: Suffolk
Tuesday 26th July 2016

Asked by: Jo Churchill (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many decisions taken on claims for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payments were appealed in (i) Bury St Edmunds constituency and (ii) Suffolk in each of the last five years; and how many of those appeals were successful.

Answered by Phillip Lee

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) does not hold accurate information on the volumes of appeals against decisions on claims for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP). At the point of receipt and registration of the appeal the Tribunal is unable to differentiate between appeals relating to new claims for these benefits and those to relating existing claims.

Information about the volumes and outcomes of appeals to the Tribunal is published at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2016.

The tables below provide information on the number of appeals against decisions taken on ESA and PIP claims that were found in favour of the appellant, that were heard at (i) the Tribunal venue at 1Cambridge, which serves appellants living in the Bury St Edmunds constituency and other nearby locations; and (ii) Suffolk.

ESA claims (excluding reassessment decisions)

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

1Cambridge

171

171

252

33

75

2Suffolk

1,177

869

1,797

332

537

3PIP claims (excluding reassessment decisions)

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

Cambridge

0

0

0

14

103

Suffolk

0

0

0

50

532

1 The tribunal venue in Cambridge serves appellants living in the Bury St Edmunds constituency and other nearby locations

2 Suffolk includes the data from the Cambridge, Colchester, Ipswich & Norwich venues.

3 PIP was introduced as a new benefit in April 2013 to replace Disability Living Allowance for people aged 16 to 64, and appeal volumes have risen since that time.

Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Dec 2015
Women and the Economy

"On the reduction in the gender pay gap for people under 40, in a large number of firms a greater proportion of fathers are now taking on a greater burden of the childcare, which will hopefully begin to ameliorate any differences in pay in the long term, leading to a …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 16 Sep 2015
Magistrates Courts: Suffolk

"I do not wish to repeat what my hon. Friend the Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous) has said, but so many of his points apply to my constituents too. Ensuring that the vulnerable are not in vehicles with people with whom they would rather not spend the hour before going …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 10 Sep 2015
Welfare Reform and Work Bill (Second sitting)

"Q 41 I will try to be succinct, because you have covered a lot of this. My major interest is in how we help occupational health outcomes that would aid employees, particularly those who, for example, suffer from cancer and, through no fault of their own, end up in a …..."
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