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Written Question
Private Rented Housing: Rents
Monday 16th July 2018

Asked by: Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of enabling arrears in the private rented sector to be deducted from benefits after a tenant moves from one property to another.

Answered by Justin Tomlinson

We have not made any such assessment.

The Government recognises the importance of safeguarding the welfare of people who are in debt. The aim of the Universal Credit deductions policy is to protect vulnerable claimants by providing a ‘last resort’ repayment method to recover arrears of essential services. The deduction of rent arrears in Universal Credit is intended to protect the current tenancy and prevent vulnerable claimants from being made homeless.

Written Question
Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals
Monday 16th July 2018

Asked by: Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that safeguards are in place for eligible EU citizens’ to access welfare (a) during the implementation period and (b) after the conclusion of that implementation period of the UK leaving the EU.

Answered by Lord Sharma

The draft Withdrawal Agreement published in March guarantees the rights of EU citizens and their family members living in the UK, and UK nationals living in the EU. As set out, EU citizens living in the UK by 31 December 2020, along with their family members, will be able to stay and continue their lives, with the same access to work, study, benefits and public services that they enjoy now.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Jun 2018
Personal Independence Payments

"The Secretary of State has acknowledged that the new benefits are available for a wider range of conditions, including neurological conditions and mental illness. What steps is she taking to ensure that the assessors are fully competent to make these judgments on the wider range of conditions?..."
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Written Question
Universal Credit
Thursday 14th September 2017

Asked by: Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit recipients have waited over six weeks for their first payment.

Answered by Damian Hinds

I refer the Right Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 11 September 2017 to questions 7328, 7329, 7431, 8923 and 9191.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Jun 2014
Jobs and Work

"It is a pleasure to respond to the Opposition amendment, and to introduce a debate on the general topic of jobs and the world of work on what is a very good day for jobs. I was struck by the fact that, in something over half an hour, the shadow …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Jun 2014
Jobs and Work

"May I finish this point first? As the hon. Lady knows, I am happy to take interventions.

In the last quarter, 340,000 new jobs have been created; 780,000 have been created in the last year, and 2 million have been created since the Government came to office. The level of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Jun 2014
Jobs and Work

"I have been quoting the figures from the International Labour Organisation, which provides the international accepted definition, and they include the people whom the hon. Lady has described. Of course, many people are self-employed, and many of those are potential entrepreneurs. I am sure that she would not want to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Jun 2014
Jobs and Work

"The fact that youth unemployment has fallen by 100,000 in the last year is significantly owing to the youth contract, as is the advance in apprenticeships—and the shadow Secretary of State’s comments on apprenticeships were an absolute travesty. We know that there has been a big increase in terms of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Jun 2014
Jobs and Work

" Quite a lot of those people have moved from unemployment to work, which explains the change in the definition. However, we want to ensure that people are in work and are properly paid in work, rather than being dependent on benefits...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Jun 2014
Jobs and Work

"The hon. Lady makes a valid point. I know that in her constituency there is a particular problem with graduate unemployment, which we have discussed. Youth unemployment is a long-standing problem. It was very substantial even before we got into this major recession and financial crisis. We need to deal …..."
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