Written Question
Monday 29th April 2024
Asked by:
Tom Hunt (Conservative - Ipswich)
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 potential impact of the rules on the level of National Insurance contributions that are required to receive the full State Pension on people who contracted out.
Answered by Paul Maynard
In January 2016, the Department published an impact assessment titled “Impact of New State Pension (nSP) on an Individual’s Pension Entitlement – Longer Term Effects of nSP”. This included an assessment of the impact that contracting out could have on an individual’s ability to achieve the full rate of the new State Pension.
Written Question
Monday 30th January 2023
Asked by:
Tom Hunt (Conservative - Ipswich)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support people with disabilities into employment.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
A range of Government initiatives are supporting disabled people and people with health conditions, to start, stay and succeed in work. These include:
- Increasing Work Coach support in Jobcentres for people with health conditions receiving Universal Credit or Employment and Support Allowance;
- Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentres offering advice and expertise on how to help disabled people, and people with health conditions, into work;
- The Work and Health Programme and Intensive Personalised Employment Support, providing tailored and personalised support for participants;
- Access to Work grants towards extra costs of working beyond standard reasonable adjustments;
- Disability Confident encouraging employers to think differently about disability and health, and to take positive action to address the issues employees face in the workplace;
- The Information and Advice Service providing better integrated and tailored guidance on supporting and managing health and disability in the workplace; and
- Support in partnership between the DWP and the health system, including Employment Advice in NHS Talking Therapies, which combines psychological treatment and employment support for people with mental health conditions.
Written Question
Monday 9th January 2023
Asked by:
Tom Hunt (Conservative - Ipswich)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to advertise the services of veteran work coaches to veterans transitioning to civilian employment.
Answered by Mims Davies
- Shadow Minister (Women)
The Department remains committed to the Armed Forces Covenant and will do what is necessary to help and support members of the Armed Forces Community to transition to civilian life. We introduced our new model for Armed Forces Champions in 2021, which comprises 50 Armed Forces Champions working alongside 11 Group Leads at managerial level. It means for the first time that there is at least one Armed Forces Champion in each Jobcentre Plus District and resources in the new network are targeted where there are particularly high levels of demand.
In addition to the Armed Forces Champions roles, all Work Coaches are trained to provide veterans and others with the help and support they need.
We have also introduced an Armed Forces “identifier” on to the Universal Credit system, giving customers the opportunity to tell us whether they are a veteran or currently serving. This will help us ensure that veterans and serving personnel receive any additional support they need, whether directly from a Work Coach or through sign-posting to other support.
We also have a range of other support arrangements in place for members of the Armed Forces community. For example, veterans are given early voluntary entry to the Work and Health Programme.
Information about the support is readily available on gov.uk and can be accessed using the following link https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jobcentre-plus-services-for-the-armed-forces-and-their-families
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 31 Oct 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Mar 2021
Income Tax (Charge)
"I was very pleased with the Budget yesterday. I signed a few letters, with colleagues, to call for various things, with a sort of 70% or 80% success rate. Universal credit has been extended for another six months and fuel duty has been frozen for the 10th year in a …..."Tom Hunt - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Mar 2021
Pensions
"In a very practical sense and meaningful way, how do these reforms make a real difference to my constituents in Ipswich?..."Tom Hunt - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Nov 2020
Supporting Disadvantaged Families
"Over the summer, the Under-Secretary of State for Education, my hon. Friend the Member for Chelmsford (Vicky Ford), visited me in Ipswich because we were one of the pilots where the holiday food and activities fund was in operation. I can tell everyone in this House that this has been …..."Tom Hunt - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Sep 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
" What steps her Department is taking with employers to help ensure as many young people as possible benefit from the Kickstart scheme. ..."Tom Hunt - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Sep 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
"The six-month job placement created by the kickstart scheme will be a vital way in which we can help young people in Ipswich to get on the careers ladder during the current challenges. Will the Minister also place a high priority on the excellent wellbeing and skills programmes run by …..."Tom Hunt - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Jun 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
" I have recently been contacted by a number of beauty salons, such as the Beauty Academy in Ipswich, that have serious concerns about not being able to reopen their doors as expected on 4 July alongside hairdressers. Many beauty salons under pressure have already shut their doors for good, …..."Tom Hunt - View Speech
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