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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Jan 2019
Universal Credit

"Universal credit is now being rolled out in my constituency and across Edinburgh, and I have been meeting those who specialise in advising my constituents on the problems that they encounter in the benefits system. The Community Help and Advice Initiative wants to know why the Government are not halting …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Oct 2017
Universal Credit Roll-out

"My constituent Martyn Dewar, the disability students officer at Heriot-Watt University, has pointed out to me that although under employment and support allowance a disabled person can become a student and continue to claim, the same will not happen under universal credit? Does my hon. Friend agree that this is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Oct 2017
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

"My hon. Friend is making a very powerful speech. At the moment, she is emphasising the importance of accessibility rights. Is she aware that the former Paralympian, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, has said that leaving the European Union will prevent British people with disabilities benefiting from upcoming EU legislation on accessibility? …..."
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Written Question
Children: Maintenance
Friday 17th June 2016

Asked by: Joanna Cherry (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh South West)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the affordability of the child support system for people who are self-employed.

Answered by Priti Patel - Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

Even after parents have separated they continue to have financial responsibility for their children. We believe that the calculation for Child Maintenance is reasonable and proportionate, being based on the level of the non-resident parent’s income, regardless of whether they are employed or self-employed.

The formula for the Child Maintenance Calculation is based primarily on the non-resident parent’s gross taxable income, where possible using information derived from HMRC. The level of the calculation is intended to be an approximation of what the non-resident parent would spend if the child lived with them.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Feb 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Half of those receiving employment and support allowance in Scotland qualify through a mental health problem. A report from the Scottish Association for Mental Health, which has a base in my constituency at Redhall Walled Garden, has found that people who are placed in the work-related activity group report “inappropriate …..."
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Written Question
State Retirement Pensions
Monday 2nd November 2015

Asked by: Joanna Cherry (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh South West)

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 effect on single tier pensions on people contracted out of the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme.

Answered by Justin Tomlinson

Contracting out of additional State Pension for Defined Benefit schemes will end on the introduction of the new State Pension from 6 April 2016. The impact on individuals is set out in the Updated impact of the single-tier pension reforms (July 2014) and can be found at the following link:


https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/332996/single-tier-pension-impact-assessment-update-july-2014.pdf

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Nov 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"7. If he will make an assessment of the potential effect of benefit sanctions on claimants’ mental health...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Nov 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"In 2014, the Scottish Association for Mental Health, Scotland’s leading mental health charity, published research that found that 98% of its service users said that their mental health had deteriorated as a direct result of welfare reform. Further research this year by the same charity at the facility it runs …..."
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