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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Mar 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"12. What assessment he has made of the policy implications for his Department of the UK leaving the EU. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Mar 2017
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"Some 472,000 people who have retired to the EU currently get automatic increases in the state pension, but it is unclear whether this Government will strike a deal on that after departure from the EU, if they manage to do so. Can the Minister guarantee today that elderly EU expats …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 May 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"2. What assessment he has made of the effect on disabled people of changes to benefits since 2012...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 May 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Once universal credit has been fully implemented, severely disabled people with no adult to assist them will be entitled to about £58 less per week than under the current system. Is the Minister concerned that young carers are likely to face considerable additional burdens as a result of the loss …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Mar 2016
Construction Companies (Fatal Accidents)

"Is the hon. Gentleman aware of the article in the Sunday Herald from 6 March 2016, entitled “Huge drop in construction safety inspections triggers fears for workers”? An academic from Stirling University in my constituency, Professor Andrew Watterson, who is part of the occupation and environmental health research group at …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Mar 2016
Construction Companies (Fatal Accidents)

"There are numbers that make this even clearer. The hon. Gentleman referred to the 55.7% drop. Some years ago, there were 1,248 inspections, but that has dropped to 552. It just shows how big a swing there has been...."
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Written Question
Employment: Disability
Monday 1st February 2016

Asked by: Steven Paterson (Scottish National Party - Stirling)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by how much the disability employment gap has been reduced since 7 May 2015.

Answered by Justin Tomlinson

The UK employment rates for disabled and non-disabled people are monitored quarterly based on the Labour Force Survey conducted by the Office for National Statistics. The latest available figures can be found here:

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/lms/labour-market-statistics/november-2015/table-a08.xls

Only year on year comparisons can be made because the data are not seasonally adjusted. Therefore, the change in the UK disability employment gap since 7 May 2015 is not yet available.

Written Question
Employment: Disability
Monday 25th January 2016

Asked by: Steven Paterson (Scottish National Party - Stirling)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to which countries of the UK his Department's target to halve the disability employment gap during the current Parliament applies.

Answered by Justin Tomlinson

Employment is a reserved matter. Progress towards halving the disability employment gap is a key part of our aim to achieve full employment across the whole of the UK. This is consistent with the Government’s manifesto commitment which said ‘as part of our objective to achieve full employment, we will aim to halve the disability employment gap’.

Written Question
Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
Monday 2nd November 2015

Asked by: Steven Paterson (Scottish National Party - Stirling)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effect of benefit sanctions on levels of poverty.

Answered by Priti Patel - Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

The current employment rate of 73.6% is a record high.

Work is the best route out of poverty, and the system of conditionality that underpins the welfare system is the most effective way to support jobseekers into work.