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Written Question
Universal Credit
Monday 18th December 2017

Asked by: Luke Graham (Conservative - Ochil and South Perthshire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

What steps he is taking to ensure that universal credit supports people to progress at work and increase their earnings.

Answered by Damian Hinds

Universal credit provides us with the opportunity to support people to progress and we are developing the evidence base about what works.

Building on our existing suite of trials, which includes a large scale Randomised Control Trial, we have committed an additional £8m to testing different approaches to supporting people to progress.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Dec 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"T2. I welcome my right hon. Friend’s recent announcement of the extension of auto-enrolment to 18 to 21-year-olds. In the meantime, does he have any figures on how many people have started saving and benefited from auto-enrolment in individual constituencies, including mine?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 06 Dec 2017
Youth Employment

"It is a pleasure to serve under your stewardship, Mrs Moon. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Chichester (Gillian Keegan) on securing this debate and I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on an issue that is so important to my constituency and to the UK as …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 06 Dec 2017
Youth Employment

"Our issue will be a devolved one, but to be fair to the Scottish Government, they are introducing incentives such as the recruitment incentive, which provides up to £4,000 to employers to help young people get rewarded for some of the work they are doing. On the specific point about …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 06 Dec 2017
Youth Employment

"I could not agree more with my hon. Friend and I will develop that point shortly.

That figure of 26,000 starts per year is some credit to the Scottish Government—it is a strong result—but I have concerns about higher education. Only 8% of Scottish 18-year-olds from the most deprived areas …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 06 Dec 2017
Youth Employment

"I hope the hon. Gentleman appreciates that I paid tribute to some of the Scottish Government’s work, especially on recruitment by smaller employers, but we were critical of their performance on education. Fewer students from deprived backgrounds go on to higher education in Scotland than in any other part of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Dec 2017
Universal Credit Project Assessment Reviews

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Dec 2017
Universal Credit Project Assessment Reviews

"Our welfare system has historically been the victim of criticism from both sides of the House. Colleagues, their views often stoked by the media, take opposing rhetorical positions that rarely lead to improvements in the system and certainly do not help individual constituents. I thank the Secretary of State for …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Dec 2017
Universal Credit Project Assessment Reviews

"And I hope universal credit, with these changes, will too...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Dec 2017
Universal Credit Project Assessment Reviews

"I am sorry. I am going to make a little more progress.

Quite rightly, Conservative Members—I have been one of them—have made criticisms of universal credit. I have written to Ministers, as have many other colleagues, and issues have been raised on all Benches throughout the debate.

The criticisms that …..."
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