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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 25 Oct 2016
Plumbers’ Pensions

"The Minister is very reassuring today, and I am grateful for the very generous responses given to the concerns. I get the sense that we are trying to resolve this, and the Green Paper is a great opportunity to do that. May I just make this plea to the Minister …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Jul 2015
Welfare Reform and Work Bill

"On a point of order, Mr Speaker. As the neutral arbiter of this House, is there any way in which you could help and advise me on how we can achieve this? Can we rearrange the furniture of this House so that the SNP becomes the official Opposition while the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 30 Jun 2015
Scotland Bill

"This is now day three in Committee on the Scotland Bill, and thus far the Government have refused to accept any amendments. The Scottish Parliament’s Devolution (Further Powers) Committee has said that the Bill does not meet Smith, and the House of Commons Library says that it does not meet …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 30 Jun 2015
Scotland Bill

"Will the Government now agree to accept some of the amendments? I tell the right hon. Lady that she had better not even be thinking of amending the Bill in the House of Lords, out of sight of democratic scrutiny by this House. Will she assure me today that the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Feb 2015
Compulsory Jobs Guarantee

"Is it the case that the more powers the Scottish Parliament has, the more we can do for the people of Scotland?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Feb 2015
Compulsory Jobs Guarantee

"I note that Labour’s motion talks about taking benefits away from under-25s if they do not take an offer of a job. How does the policy of the right hon. Gentleman and the Labour party to take benefits away from young people differ from the Tory party’s policy on taking …..."
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Written Question
Carer's Allowance: Perth
Wednesday 17th December 2014

Asked by: Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party - Perth and Kinross-shire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Perth and North Perthshire constituency are in receipt of carer's allowance.

Answered by Lord Harper

Statistics on Carer’s Allowance are published at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool

Guidance for users is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance

Written Question
Incapacity Benefit: Perth
Thursday 11th December 2014

Asked by: Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party - Perth and Kinross-shire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Perth and North Perthshire constituency are in receipt of incapacity benefit.

Answered by Lord Harper

Statistics on Incapacity Benefit and Severe Disablement Allowance claimants are published at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool

Guidance for users is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance

Written Question
Employment and Support Allowance: Perth
Thursday 11th December 2014

Asked by: Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party - Perth and Kinross-shire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Perth and North Perthshire constituency have been in receipt of employment and support allowance payments for more than one year.

Answered by Lord Harper

Statistics on Employment and Support Allowance claimants are published at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool

Guidance for users is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance

Written Question
Income Support: Perth
Tuesday 25th November 2014

Asked by: Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party - Perth and Kinross-shire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Perth and North Perthshire constituency have had income support capped since the introduction of the benefit cap.

Answered by Esther McVey

The number of households subject to the benefit cap by Parliamentary Constituency is published on gov.uk each quarter. The latest data, showing the total number of households capped from 15 April 2013, when the benefit cap was introduced, to August 2014, can be found in Table 1 of the data tables published here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-august-2014

The benefit cap applies to the combined income from a number of benefits, including Income Support.

• the main out-of-work benefits (Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income Support, and Employment and Support Allowance except when the Support Component is in payment);

• Housing Benefit;

• Child Benefit;

• Child Tax Credit;

• other benefits such as Carer’s Allowance.

The cap is currently administered through Housing Benefit. This means that, if affected, it is only a household’s Housing Benefit entitlement that is reduced so that the total amount of benefit received is no longer higher than the cap level.