Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Sep 2016
Social Security
"That was the problem. In his short intervention, my hon. Friend did not have the opportunity to explain what happened. We were not delighted that the powers were taken away from us, but because of the use of the petition of concern by the SDLP and others, the ability to …..."Sammy Wilson - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Sep 2016
Social Security
"I will give way in a moment, but let me just explain this, because it is important. Rather than being delighted that Westminster had taken responsibility, our party worked frantically to try to find ways of ensuring that the worst aspects of welfare reform—the ones that we believed were the …..."Sammy Wilson - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Sep 2016
Social Security
"I was the Finance Minister in Northern Ireland at the time, and I can remember those discussions. There was a whole list of demands. Basically, it was demanded that we should not introduce any of the welfare reform proposals and that we should just go ahead as usual. The important …..."Sammy Wilson - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Sep 2016
Social Security
"This is the amazing thing: I know there are all these attempts to rewrite history, but it was a DUP Minister who actually brought the legislation to the Assembly—who was prepared to walk through the Lobby and to vote for it. However, because a petition of concern was introduced by …..."Sammy Wilson - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Sep 2016
Social Security
"The hon. Lady had plenty of opportunity to make her point during the debate, and I have allowed three or four interventions already—I know she is struggling with the case that she has and with the embarrassment of the way in which the SDLP has handled this issue.
We now …..."Sammy Wilson - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Mar 2016
State Pension Age
"I think everyone recognises that we need to review pension arrangements, especially given the demographics in the United Kingdom, but all such reviews throw up difficult cases and anomalies, not least in relation to differences in life expectancy across the regions of the United Kingdom. Will the Secretary of State …..."Sammy Wilson - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Feb 2016
Welfare Reform and Work Bill
"Given that the Government have emphasised time and again the importance of evidence-based policies, is the hon. Gentleman struck by the fact that there is no evidence to suggest that a reduction of £30 a week would push people towards work and off unemployment?..."Sammy Wilson - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Feb 2016
Welfare Reform and Work Bill
"The hon. Gentleman has made thoughtful points. Does he not accept that the problem is that we are being asked tonight to vote to take financial support away from people, without the safeguards that he has outlined being known? It is like taking a jump in the dark, and the …..."Sammy Wilson - View Speech
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Written Question
Friday 12th February 2016
Asked by:
Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party - East Antrim)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people of working age with mental health problems have been assisted into work through his Department's work programme in each of the last two years.
Answered by Priti Patel
- Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
The information requested is not available.
Written Question
Thursday 11th February 2016
Asked by:
Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party - East Antrim)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department has taken to provide further support for people with mental health problems in returning to work.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
The Department for Work and Pensions lead on support for people with mental health problems in getting back to work. Over the next three years, we are investing over £40 million to develop the evidence base on what works in supporting those with mental health conditions get back to work/return to work through a series of trials
Further support is available through the Access to Work Mental Health Support Service. Last year, Access to Work supported 1630 people who declared a Mental Health condition as their Primary Medical Condition – a 15% increase on 2013/14 and a record number for the programme
Our wider employment programmes provide those with mental health conditions with the appropriate support to find work. Work Choice is an employment programme is specifically for those with a disability or health condition. Up to September 2015, of the 14,290 starters who declared either a Severe or Mild to Moderate Mental Health condition as their Primary Disability, 6,650 (over 46%) have achieved a job outcome.
(BIS) Support is not restricted to employees, as the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is evaluating the impact of short, part-time adult education courses on people with mild to moderate mental health problems.