Written Question
Thursday 5th November 2015
Asked by:
Matthew Pennycook (Labour - Greenwich and Woolwich)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost to his Department is of an appeal against a fit for work decision.
Answered by Priti Patel
- Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
The level of information requested is not available.
Written Question
Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Asked by:
Matthew Pennycook (Labour - Greenwich and Woolwich)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals by claimants in the work related activity group of employment and support allowance have resulted in subsequent placement in the support group of employment and support allowance in each quarter since 2013.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
The information as requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Written Question
Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Asked by:
Matthew Pennycook (Labour - Greenwich and Woolwich)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of appeals against fit for work decisions since January 2013 have involved people whose primary medical condition is a mental health condition.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
The information as requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Written Question
Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Asked by:
Matthew Pennycook (Labour - Greenwich and Woolwich)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals by claimants in the work related activity group of employment and support allowance whose primary medical condition is a mental health condition have resulted in subsequent placement in the support group of employment and support allowance in each quarter since 2013.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
The information as requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Nov 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"4. What assessment he has made of the effect of poverty on increases in the number of people living in temporary accommodation since 2010...."Matthew Pennycook - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Nov 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"Official figures show that in England the total number of homeless households in temporary accommodation has risen by an alarming 26% over the last five years. In my local area, it has risen by 55% in the last 18 months. The Minister will know that being placed in temporary accommodation …..."Matthew Pennycook - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Sep 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"T8. The planned reduction in support of £30 a week for those in the employment and support allowance work-related activity group is causing considerable anxiety. If I heard the Minister for Employment correctly, she said that no existing claimants will lose financial support. Does that mean that existing claimants reassessed …..."Matthew Pennycook - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Jul 2015
Welfare Reform and Work Bill
"Does my right hon. Friend agree that the concern about the impact of the changes to housing rental income relates not just to the immediate shortfall in funding, but to the uncertainty they will create among registered providers, whose business plans are drawn up five, 10 or 15 years in …..."Matthew Pennycook - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 1st July 2015
Asked by:
Matthew Pennycook (Labour - Greenwich and Woolwich)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what benchmark analysis of average household earnings his Department used to determine that £23,000 should be the new level at which the household benefit cap is set.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
We will publish a full Impact Assessment in due course.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Jun 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"Section 96 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 stipulates that the level at which the total benefit cap is set will be determined by reference to estimated average earnings. How do the Government justify breaking the link between the cap and average earnings by reducing the rate to £23,000?..."Matthew Pennycook - View Speech
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