Written Question
Monday 9th February 2015
Asked by:
Roger Williams (Liberal Democrat - Brecon and Radnorshire)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the criteria for awarding cold weather payments have changed since May 2010.
Answered by Steve Webb
In April 2013 Universal Credit was added as a qualifying benefit and Council Tax Benefit was removed as a qualifying benefit as it ceased to exist. Otherwise, the criteria for awarding Cold Weather Payments have remained the same.
This Government have also, from 2010, permanently increased the value of a Cold Weather Payment from £8.50 to £25.
Written Question
Tuesday 3rd February 2015
Asked by:
Roger Williams (Liberal Democrat - Brecon and Radnorshire)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with movement disorders have applied for personal independence payment.
Answered by Lord Harper
Information on claims made to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) broken down by condition is not available.
Written Question
Tuesday 3rd February 2015
Asked by:
Roger Williams (Liberal Democrat - Brecon and Radnorshire)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receiving personal independence payments have undergone an intervention to review their entitlement.
Answered by Lord Harper
The information requested is not available at this time. We will make the statistics on PIP interventions available when they meet the standards required for them to be released in official statistics.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Dec 2014
Pensions and Benefits Uprating
"I, too, congratulate my right hon. Friend on his statement, which will be warmly received by pensioners in my constituency and throughout the country. Some time ago, my right hon. Friend was kind enough to meet representatives of the community from Coelbren, who were concerned that they rarely qualified for …..."Roger Williams - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Dec 2013
Food Banks
"I am pleased that this debate has entered a calmer, cooler stream, because I felt very uneasy that some of the most vulnerable people, such as those I have met in my constituency, were being used as a political football across this Chamber. They would not have wanted that. They …..."Roger Williams - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Dec 2013
Food Banks
"I thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. [Interruption.] I am being encouraged to say that the Government intend to meet the Trussell Trust. I am pleased about that.
Food banks have come rather late to my constituency, but I really welcome them. I went to the New Life church …..."Roger Williams - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Dec 2013
Food Banks
"I have not quite achieved 16 years, but that is my intention if I am successful at the next election.
My hon. Friend is right. I am sure that every hon. Member will agree that it is not just lately that people have come to our surgeries because they have …..."Roger Williams - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Dec 2013
Food Banks
"I agree that getting into work is the best way out of poverty, but work is not always available for people. I am sure that hon. Members know of such experiences...."Roger Williams - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Dec 2013
Food Banks
"I am sure that is the case. I am trying to respond to my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood). I believe that the current benefits system is not fit for purpose and that this Government are making progress to make it better, but there is still …..."Roger Williams - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Dec 2013
Food Banks
"I have already written to a Minister and I am going to meet them to find out why the sanctions in different jobcentres have different criteria; why they have different systems for writing to and contacting people in order to encourage them to attend meetings; and why, if people do …..."Roger Williams - View Speech
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