Written Question
Wednesday 10th December 2025
Asked by:
Simon Hoare (Conservative - North Dorset)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the official closing date under section 14 of the Inquiries Act 2005 was for the public inquiry entitled ICL Inquiry.
Answered by Stephen Timms
- Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The independent public inquiry entitled ICL Inquiry, officially closed when its final report was presented to the House of Commons and the Scottish Parliament under Section 26 of the Inquiries Act 2005 in July 2009.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Dec 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"The announcement made last week by my right hon. Friend regarding historical institutional abuse will have been greeted very warmly by those people who were abused in Northern Ireland but now live in Great Britain. On behalf of the Select Committee, which did a lot of work in this area, …..."Simon Hoare - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 5th October 2020
Asked by:
Simon Hoare (Conservative - North Dorset)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2020 to Question 85078, if she will disregard compensation payments for Historical Institutional Abuse in Northern Ireland for the purposes of establishing eligibility for (a) housing benefit, (b) universal credit and (c) pension credit in Great Britain.
Answered by Will Quince
Northern Ireland, Great Britain and Treasury government officials are working together on how payments from the scheme should be treated in Northern Ireland. Once that situation is clarified, then treatment of the payments in Great Britain can be decided upon.
Written Question
Wednesday 9th September 2020
Asked by:
Simon Hoare (Conservative - North Dorset)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether compensation payments for Historical Institutional Abuse in Northern Ireland are taken into account in establishing eligibility to claim (a) housing benefit, (b) universal credit and (c) pension credit in (i) Northern Ireland and (ii) England.
Answered by Will Quince
The Housing Benefit, Pension Credit and Universal Credit schemes in Northern Ireland are matters for the Northern Ireland Assembly.
With regard to Great Britain, currently, payments made from the scheme would be treated as capital sums, with those sums taken into account in the calculation of all of the benefits mentioned above.
Northern Ireland, Great Britain and Treasury officials are working together on how payments from the scheme should be treated in Northern Ireland.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Nov 2018
Universal Credit
"Some of the most vulnerable in our communities will always look to their citizens advice bureau for help and assistance on these matters. The announcements by our right hon. Friend the Chancellor last week, and confirmed by the Secretary of State today, are incredibly welcome. What plans do she and …..."Simon Hoare - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Jul 2018
The Secretary of State’s Handling of Universal Credit
"I have listened to what the hon. Lady has said. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State had the courtesy to come to the House to apologise. Mr Speaker accepted that apology. Has the Labour Front-Bench team the good grace to accept it, too?..."Simon Hoare - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Jul 2018
The Secretary of State’s Handling of Universal Credit
"On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Is it not a custom in this place, out of common courtesy, that when one hon. Member references another—either by name or by constituency—and that Member then seeks to intervene, the request is usually acceded to?..."Simon Hoare - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Jul 2018
The Secretary of State’s Handling of Universal Credit
"It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms), who speaks with great experience on these matters. One of the burning questions this afternoon is whether the Labour party’s official position is to continue to support the principle of universal credit. Every time that …..."Simon Hoare - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Jul 2018
The Secretary of State’s Handling of Universal Credit
"Thank you for that. Let me quote from a constituent of mine:
“I went in great fear of UC. I thought it would be too difficult and cruel. I thought things would be made hard for me and my family. But I applied. It was easy and far simpler than …..."Simon Hoare - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Jul 2018
The Secretary of State’s Handling of Universal Credit
"I am very grateful to my right hon. Friend. That underscores the approach that she has outlined of listening and engaging. In that spirit, I urge her and her Department to issue—this may not be the right phraseology—some form of national guidance to all CAB offices and to all Members …..."Simon Hoare - View Speech
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