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Written Question
Food Banks
Tuesday 1st October 2019

Asked by: Yvette Cooper (Labour - Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Government plans to publish its report into the factors driving the use of food banks.

Answered by Will Quince

The Department is currently working on the literature review and a release date is yet to be determined.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Free TV licences for older pensioners used to be a proud part of DWP policy. Ministers were warned that they would go under the Government’s TV licence plans, so please do not tell us that pension credits are the answer when thousands of pensioners in our area have small occupational …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Nov 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Minister knows that there are huge problems with the roll-out of universal credit in terms of debt, hardship and rent arrears. The new Secretary of State, whom I congratulate on her new post, needs to take time to look at those problems and address the severe poverty that is …..."
Yvette Cooper - View Speech

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Nov 2018
Universal Credit

"Universal credit is due to start in my constituency in just a few weeks’ time. Local families and local advice services and food bank volunteers are all deeply concerned about what this will mean and about their ability to provide support for people in the run-up to Christmas. Given that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Jul 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"My constituent in Normanton lost her Motability car because the DWP said that she was not entitled to it. Five weeks later it reversed the decision but, in the meantime, because my constituent was isolated, she was forced to spend thousands of pounds of her own savings on replacing the …..."
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Written Question
Jobcentres: Closures
Monday 4th June 2018

Asked by: Yvette Cooper (Labour - Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job centres have closed in each constituency in each year between 2010 and 2018.

Answered by Lord Sharma

In March 2018, the 20-year contract covering the majority of DWPs current estate of over 900 sites came to an end. This presented an opportunity to re-evaluate what we needed from our estate. The increased use of our online services in recent years, coupled with reductions in unemployment and improved efficiency, meant that 20% of the rent being paid by DWP was going toward space we were not using.

Given this, it is right that we reconfigure our Jobcentre estate and make the jobcentres fit for the 21st century. This is not about reducing services, but about taking the opportunity to stop spending money on empty space so we can spend more on supporting those in need.

On 5 July 2017, the Department for Work and Pensions confirmed that some smaller jobcentres would merge with larger ones, and others would be co-located in local government premises. Merging our staff and services from some smaller or underutilised jobcentres, into larger jobcentres nearby, makes better use of space and reduces costs to the taxpayer while still maintaining the same excellent level of customer service.

We are committed to retaining a jobcentre network and continuing to serve people in all areas of the UK to make sure they can continue to access the tailored services they need.

The attached list contains the information requested.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Jan 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"May I urge the Secretary of State personally to review what is happening to the Motability scheme? Some 41,000 people have had their cars taken away as a result of PIP assessments, including a severely disabled Castleford constituent who now cannot get to work and may be about to lose …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Mar 2016
Welfare

"The Secretary of State says that there will be no further savings beyond those legislated for. Will he confirm whether that means no alternative welfare cuts to meet the PIP cuts hole? Does it also mean not going ahead with the further £3 billion a year in cuts to meet …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Mar 2016
Points of Order

"Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. If indeed the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has been put in an impossible position by the Treasury and may have unintentionally used misleading language in the House, would the way to clear that up be for the Chancellor to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 22 Nov 2012
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Synod rejection of women bishops will have deeply disappointed the talented women who work in the Church of England, the vast majority of Church members who had expressed their support, and those in Parliament and across the country who supported women bishops. Does the Minister agree that we should …..."
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