Mentions:
1: Lord Anderson of Ipswich (XB - Life peer) scope of the powers in this schedule, as they are written in the Bill. - Speech Link
2: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The power also has potential use cases with other third parties, such as housing or childcare providers - Speech Link
3: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) adequacy aspect is seen from this side of the North Sea seems rather selective. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting culture in the North East Scotland region. - Speech Link
2: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) We have supported a range of initiatives in the north-east of Scotland, including the North East Culture - Speech Link
3: Adam, Karen (SNP - Banffshire and Buchan Coast) for the sector, including in the north-east of Scotland? - Speech Link
4: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) other networks across Scotland, including those in the north-east, to build on their existing cultural - Speech Link
5: Halcro Johnston, Jamie (Con - Highlands and Islands) as healthcare, housing and vital lifeline links. - Speech Link
Report Apr. 24 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: Conservative, Newton Abbot ) Sarah Olney MP (Liberal Democrat, Richmond Park ) Sarah Owen MP (Labour, Luton North
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the recommendations of Child of the North APPG's report entitled Children in Care in the North of England, published on 17 April 2024.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
DWP recognises the challenges care leavers face as they move out of the care system and has in place a series of easements aimed at simplifying and improving their interaction with the benefit system. In addition to the intensive tailored support the Youth Offer provides for young people with additional barriers to work, we are working with employers through the Care Leaver Covenant to help care leavers find more employment opportunities; and with DfE to ensure care leavers can access the right skills, opportunities and wider support, to move towards sustained employment and career progression.
Furthermore, to help achieve the missions set out in the Department for Education’s response to the independent review of children’s social care 'Stable Homes, Built on Love' DWP has already committed to proactively explore additional easements to enhance the support offer for care leavers and work with DfE officials to explore how to improve transition for care leavers entering the benefit and employment support system.
The Government is committed to supporting families on lower incomes and expects to spend around £306bn through the welfare system in Great Britain in 2024/25 including around £138bn on people of working age and children. We have uprated working age benefits by 6.7% and raised the Local Housing Allowance rates to the 30th percentile of local market rents, benefiting 1.6 million low-income households.
We have consistently set out a sustainable, long-term approach to tackling child poverty based on evidence about the important role of work, particularly where it is full-time, in substantially reducing the risk of child poverty. The latest statistics show that in 2022/23, children living in workless households were over 6 times more likely to be in absolute poverty (after housing costs) than those where all adults work. This is why, with over 900,000 vacancies across the UK, our focus is firmly on supporting people into and to progress in work.
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: Intergovernmental Relations Annual Report 2023Found: the provision of suitable and affordable housing.
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: Recovered appeal: land to the north of Cambridge North Station, Cambridge (ref: 3315611 - 23 April 2024)Found: Recovered appeal: land to the north of Cambridge North Station, Cambridge (ref: 3315611 - 23 April 2024
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: Recovered appeal: land to the north of Cambridge North Station, Cambridge (ref: 3315611 - 23 April 2024)Found: Recovered appeal: land to the north of Cambridge North Station, Cambridge (ref: 3315611 - 23 April 2024
Oral Evidence Apr. 23 2024
Committee: Justice Committee (Department: Ministry of Justice)Found: The Rt Hon Sir Andrew McFarlane Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence Apr. 23 2024
Inquiry: UK trade policy: food and agricultureFound: welfare standards and in a way that is the safest in the world.
Found: for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in July 2021.