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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Nov 2016
Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit

"Like other hon. Members, I commend the hon. Member for Airdrie and Shotts (Neil Gray) for introducing the debate in the terms he did, and I commend other hon. Members for the way in which they have addressed the issues. Hon. Members have rightly reflected on what the impact will …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Nov 2016
Under-occupancy Charge

"In trying to present the Supreme Court judgment as a 5-2 result, could the Secretary of State take more care not to imply that the Court found that discretionary housing payments were necessarily the best or only way of helping those in extra need? In taking steps to comply with …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 May 2016
Universal Credit (Children)

"Is the hon. Gentleman really trying to tell us that the dynamic impact will compensate for the loss of income that families, particularly those with disabled children, will suffer under the universal credit changes?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 May 2016
Universal Credit (Children)

"Does the hon. Gentleman also remember that the former Secretary of State made it very clear that the Treasury was imposing the cuts through the welfare cap, which, unfortunately, was supported by both sides of the House in the last Parliament? Now, however, that cap has become the search engine …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 May 2016
Universal Credit (Children)

"The Minister refers again to additions and to giving extra support to children with disabilities. Of course, it is not extra or additional to what they would receive now; it is actually a reduction. Will she properly address the terms of the motion and not the fantasy world that she …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Apr 2016
Social Security (Equality)

"On the subject of the inequality of treatment under the two-child rule, does the hon. Lady note the contrast between what is happening on tax credits and the childcare element of universal credit, which are to be limited to two children, and what is happening on childcare allowances? The latter …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 26 Apr 2016
Social Security (Equality)

"I know that the hon. Gentleman is entirely sincere in registering his concerns, but they are contradicted by the fact that his party voted in the Assembly for a legislative consent motion that endorsed all the clauses of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 as originally tabled. He and …..."
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Written Question
Employment and Support Allowance
Wednesday 24th February 2016

Asked by: Mark Durkan (Social Democratic & Labour Party - Foyle)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been placed in (a) the support group and (b) the work-related activity group with a prognosis statement of (i) three months, (ii) six months, (iii) 12 months, (iv) 18 months, (v) two years and (iv) longer than two years since the introduction of employment and support allowance.

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

The information requested is shown in the table below.

Prognosis

Support Group

Work Related Activity Group

All

2,121,500

1,564,500

3 months

225,400

344,900

6 months

475,900

334,000

12 months

339,700

226,900

18 months

272,600

152,600

Not for 2 years

120,500

131,300

Not in longer term

545,100

257,400

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 09 Feb 2016
Work Capability Assessments

"On the Government’s justification for the measures in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill to cut the work-related activity group rate by £30 a week, the Government have said that that is to remove the financial disincentives that could otherwise discourage claimants from taking steps back to work. They have …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 09 Feb 2016
Work Capability Assessments

"Does it not strike the hon. Lady that although we often hear from the Government, in relation to many other arguments, that policy and Government decisions must be based on evidence, on this fundamental matter the Government rigged the legislation, so that medical evidence could be ignored in favour of …..."
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