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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 May 2014
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"5. What assessment he has made of the consequences for future decisions by employment and support allowance tribunals of the provision by the judiciary to the Department for Work and Pensions and appellants of reasons for their decisions in appeals...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 May 2014
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"I thank the Minister for that answer, but this is a hugely important issue for many individuals who face great stress and anxiety in going through the appeal processes. Will the Minister not commit to evaluating both the pilots and the ongoing process properly, so we can understand fully whether …..."
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Written Question

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Monday 7th April 2014

Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.

Answered by Jeremy Wright

Under this Government's transparency programme, contracts are published on Contracts Finder which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Mar 2014
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"5. What progress he has made in ensuring that the judiciary provide the Department for Work and Pensions and appellants with reasons for their conclusions in appeals against employment and support allowance...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Mar 2014
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"I thank the Minister for that answer, but the most recent statistics show that 45% of ESA appeals are successful. That is a slightly higher figure than in the previous set of statistics and suggests that the flow of information that could ensure that the decisions are right first time …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Feb 2014
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"Given the continuing high level of tribunals overturning Department for Work and Pensions decisions, particularly in employment support allowance cases, why did the Department offer up to the Deregulation Bill a provision that would take away the duty on the Senior President of Tribunals to report on the standard of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Dec 2013
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"We have several years of experience of multi-purpose companies that appear to bid for anything and everything, regardless of whether they have any particular expertise, and that is happening again with the roll-out of the personal independence payment. Promises that were made about the service that would be delivered are …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Nov 2013
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"In May, the now Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, the hon. Member for Maidstone and The Weald (Mrs Grant), announced a new pilot in which tribunal judges would give detailed explanations to the Department for Work and Pensions of their reasons for allowing employment and support allowance …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Oct 2013
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"A few months ago, in response to a question from me, the Secretary of State or one of his Ministers suggested that he would be setting up a new system for ensuring that tribunal judges dealing with work capability assessment appeals would give good reasons. Has that new programme been …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Sep 2013
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"3. What steps have internet companies taken in response to the meeting with Ministers on 18 June 2013...."
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