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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Mar 2021
Income Tax (Charge)

"Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I would like to focus my brief remarks on how the Chancellor could deliver growth in south London.

Over many years, as house prices have risen in inner London, people have moved to outer London where house prices are marginally more affordable. Croydon exemplifies that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Oct 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" What steps her Department is taking to review the effectiveness of benefit fraud investigations. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Oct 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"A constituent of mine, a mother of three children, recently had her universal credit and housing benefit stopped for over two months because of a fraudulent claim made in her name. She was completely innocent, but she and her young family suffered significant financial hardship. We know that benefit fraud, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 May 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" What assessment she has made of the potential merits of ending the five-week wait for universal credit during the covid-19 outbreak. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 May 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"In Croydon, all our food banks have seen a massive increase in demand. In fact, the number of food banks and soup kitchens has quadrupled in Croydon since the covid crisis began, with organisations such as the British Bangladeshi Society and the Fieldway Family Centre stepping up to the plate. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Jun 2019
Inequality and Social Mobility

"About 1.3 million children living in poverty in this country at present are in the private rented sector. Many of them would be lifted out of poverty if we had more council housing, which is far cheaper to live in. Does the Secretary of State agree that we need council …..."
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Written Question
Housing Benefit
Thursday 11th October 2018

Asked by: Sarah Jones (Labour - Croydon West)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much housing benefit has been paid to affordable rent tenants in each year since the introduction of the affordable rent tenure in 2010.

Answered by Justin Tomlinson

The information requested is not available.

Limited information on Housing Benefit paid to Affordable Rent tenants of Local Authorities is available on GOV.UK at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-benefit-expenditure-and-subsidy-data, but the large majority of Affordable Rent tenancies are with housing associations, and the Department does not hold data which allows the expenditure on these tenancies to be identified.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Oct 2017
Universal Credit Roll-out

"The hon. Gentleman talks of the transformational impact of universal credit, so will he please comment on the transformation for my constituents? In Croydon, two thirds of families in local authority housing are now in rent arrears and face eviction, compared with less than a third before universal credit was …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Oct 2017
Universal Credit Roll-out

"My cautionary tale from Croydon is similar to that of my hon. Friend the Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Neil Coyle). People in my constituency were among the first to experience the full service roll-out of UC back in 2015, and the size of Croydon means that our borough …..."
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