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Universal Credit — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Social Welfare
Amber Rudd (Conservative, Centre-right): I would not want to overstate what the hon. Gentleman calls my power, but I am certainly going to be listening very carefully. Part of the benefit of the universal credit roll-out will be making sure we get the expert guidance from the people who have been working in this field for many years, and we will certainly be doing that.
Universal Credit — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Social Welfare
Amber Rudd (Conservative, Centre-right): I have seen the report by the rapporteur—I read it over the weekend—and I must say that I was disappointed, to say the least, by the extraordinary political nature of his language. We on the Conservative Benches will always engage with professionals, experts and non-governmental organisations—we are not so proud that we do not think we can learn as we try to adjust universal credit for the benefit of everybody—but that sort of language was wholly inappropriate and actually discredited a lot of what he was saying. We look forward to working with experts in the area to make sure that we get the right outcome for the people whom we want to look after.
Care Leavers: Employment — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Social Welfare
Justin Paul Tomlinson (Conservative, Centre-right): This Government are committed to supporting care leavers. We have introduced a £1,000 bursary to those starting an apprenticeship, extended paid internship opportunities across Government, launched a care leaver covenant and are upskilling our Jobcentre Plus staff.
Care Leavers: Employment — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Labor
Justin Paul Tomlinson (Conservative, Centre-right): I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to my right hon. Friend the Member for Tatton (Ms McVey), who made it a personal priority of hers to introduce Barnardo’s not only to help train and improve the guidance for all of our frontline staff, but to offer a comprehensive work experience programme and opportunities for care leavers. This is a vital part of our See Potential work, as we unlock their undoubted potential.
Care Leavers: Employment — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Education
Justin Paul Tomlinson (Conservative, Centre-right): We are looking very carefully at all of the ways that we can make sure care leavers have the same opportunities that others take for granted. For example, through second chance learning, care leavers aged 18 to 22 are still able to access full benefits while having a second opportunity to learn. There is the £1,000 bursary for those who choose an apprenticeship, and the £2,000 bursary for those who choose higher education.
Universal Credit: Getting People into Work — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Labor
Alok Kumar Sharma (Conservative, Centre-right): Under the universal credit business case, we expect universal credit to deliver an economic benefit of £8 billion a year in steady state, and result in 200,000 more people moving into work. We published a labour market evaluation strategy on 8 June, setting out how these impacts will be measured.
Universal Credit: Getting People into Work — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Macroeconomics
Alok Kumar Sharma (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend raises an important point. Earlier this year we introduced £1.5 billion of support, and in the Budget there was £4.5 billion of support. I say to Opposition Members that it is all very well calling for support, but they also have to vote for these measures, which they never actually do.
Universal Credit: Getting People into Work — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Social Welfare
Alok Kumar Sharma (Conservative, Centre-right): I hope that the right hon. Lady would also recognise that there are 1 million fewer people living in absolute poverty now than in 2010, when she was in government. If she is concerned about her constituents, I would be happy to talk to her and her local jobcentre to provide them with the assurances that they need.
Universal Credit: Getting People into Work — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Labor
Alok Kumar Sharma (Conservative, Centre-right): Since the hon. Gentleman is keen to talk about the number of people in work, I point him to the universal credit claimant survey, which we published in June. It showed that under universal credit, employment levels almost double between the point of the claim and nine months into it.
Pensions Dashboard — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Labor
Kevin John Foster (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the Minister for his answer. The pensions dashboard will be a welcome addition to the information available to Torbay residents about their retirement plans. What work will the Government do, though, to ensure that pension schemes relating to employers of all sizes are included?
Pensions Dashboard — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Labor
Guy Thomas Opperman (Conservative, Centre-right): In Torbay, 7,000 people now have the benefit of an auto-enrolled pension. We want to ensure that my hon. Friend’s constituents have online access to as much of their retirement savings in one place as is humanly possible through the pensions dashboard, and that is what we are going to do.
Pensions Dashboard — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Labor
Guy Thomas Opperman (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman will understand that a feasibility study and consultation are pending, but I will be happy to discuss the dashboard with him in more detail if he will bear with me. There is no question but that the thousands of people in his constituency who have had the benefit of auto-enrolment, and the many thousands of employers supporting those employees, will be benefiting from the process.
Budget 2018: Disabled People — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Social Welfare
Sarah Louise Newton (Conservative, Centre-right): In the Budget, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor announced a £1,000 a year increase in the work allowances under universal credit, which will provide a £630 boost to working disabled people and families on low incomes. That is in addition to the additional support for claimants in receipt of severe disability premium announced in June.
Budget 2018: Disabled People — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Labor
Gary Nicholas Streeter (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my hon. Friend for her reply. Will she join me in welcoming the success of the Disability Confident programme, which many employers in both the private and public sectors are embracing with enthusiasm? Is it making a difference to the number of disabled people who are in employment?
Budget 2018: Disabled People — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Labor
Sarah Louise Newton (Conservative, Centre-right): I am delighted to echo my hon. Friend’s words. We are determined that every disabled person has the opportunity to fulfil their potential, and Disability Confident has helped many employers recruit and retain talented disabled people. The latest data indicates that there are now 3.9 million disabled people in work, which is an increase of 973,000 since 2013.
Budget 2018: Disabled People — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Labor
Sarah Louise Newton (Conservative, Centre-right): That is an excellent question. The new enterprise allowance supports people to set up a business, and a quarter of the 220,000 new entrepreneurs have a self-declared disability. The personal support package, the Work and Health programme and Access to Work all support self-employed disabled people. A record 33,860 people were supported through Access to Work this year, an increase of 13% on last year.
Budget 2018: Disabled People — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Labor
Sarah Louise Newton (Conservative, Centre-right): I hope that the hon. Gentleman will, like Scope, welcome data published last week by the Office for National Statistics showing that, for the first time since records were kept, there are more disabled people in work than out of work. We are utterly determined to close that unemployment gap to make sure that the whole nation draws on all the talents of disabled people.
Budget 2018: Disabled People — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Social Welfare
Sarah Louise Newton (Conservative, Centre-right): A very good question. The regulations will be published before Christmas, and I hope that everyone in the House will vote for them so that people on the severe disability premium will have that protected in universal credit.
Budget 2018: Disabled People — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Social Welfare
Sarah Louise Newton (Conservative, Centre-right): We are putting in place record levels of funding to support people with disabilities. In every single year of this Government we increase our expenditure for people with disabilities. I published a very full response to the previous UN report, and I utterly repudiate the conclusion that this country does not support disabled people. I am determined to make sure that every disabled person in our country has the opportunity to fulfil their potential.
Budget 2018: Disabled People — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Social Welfare
Sarah Louise Newton (Conservative, Centre-right): The benefit system is there to provide personalised and tailored support for its recipients. There were factual errors in the reporting by the UN rapporteur. For example, on mandatory reconsiderations, he absolutely denied the fact that decisions were overturned, yet 19% of mandatory reconsiderations found in favour of disabled people. We have undertaken a huge number of independent reviews of our benefit system and we do not hesitate in making improvements when they are identified.
Universal Credit Roll-out: Personal Finances — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Labor
Guy Thomas Opperman (Conservative, Centre-right): Universal credit allows claimants to work and earn more, and the evidence is that people on universal credit are moving into work faster. We believe that everyone who can work should be given every support to get into work. That is what the job coaches are doing.
Universal Credit Roll-out: Personal Finances — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Social Welfare
Guy Thomas Opperman (Conservative, Centre-right): If the individual claimant is vulnerable, there can be backdating, but for those who need extra support, there are advances of 100% from day one and also budgeting support. We are creating a brand new partnership with Citizens Advice to deliver a better universal support service.
Universal Credit Roll-out: Personal Finances — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Macroeconomics
Guy Thomas Opperman (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady will be aware that the Government introduced the living wage, which is enhanced annually, and that we raised the tax threshold, which assisted individuals. She will also be aware that there is child support for education and that we are freezing fuel duty. All these cost-of-living measures have been of assistance to local people.
Universal Credit Roll-out: Personal Finances — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Social Welfare
Guy Thomas Opperman (Conservative, Centre-right): My understanding is that 46 out of 59 offices in Wales have now rolled out the full UC service. The hon Lady will be aware that household incomes have never been higher and that 1 million fewer people are living in absolute poverty compared with in 2010, including 300,000 children.
Universal Credit Managed Migration — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Social Welfare
Questions: What steps her Department is taking to identify people on legacy benefits with high support needs who will be required to transfer to universal credit managed migration.
Justin Paul Tomlinson (Conservative, Centre-right): We welcomed the recent report by the Social Security Advisory Committee and have accepted nearly all its recommendations. We are determined that all claimants are supported through this process, particularly the most vulnerable, and we will be working collaboratively with our stakeholders to ensure that those in need of additional support receive the assistance they require.
Universal Credit: Rent Arrears — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Social Welfare
Justin Paul Tomlinson (Conservative, Centre-right): The key to universal credit is that, for the first time, a claimant will get personalised, tailored support that can help them navigate all the forms of support available. Under legacy benefits, more than 700,000 people, among whom are some of the most vulnerable people, miss out on an average of £285 a month. Those on universal credit will typically spend 50% longer looking for work. This is key to unlocking the potential of all claimants to improve their life chances.
PIP and Universal Credit: Tribunal Appeals — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Social Welfare
Questions: What proportion of tribunal appeals for (a) personal independence payment and (b) universal credit have been successful in 2018; and what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of those appeals having been successful.
Sarah Louise Newton (Conservative, Centre-right): In the first six months of 2018, 71% of PIP decisions and 51% of UC decisions heard and decided at appeal were revised. For context, of the 3.5 million PIP decisions made to date, 9% of all decisions have been appealed and 4% have been successfully appealed. We remain utterly committed to ensuring that we get decisions right first time and reduce the number of appeals.
PIP and Universal Credit: Tribunal Appeals — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Law and Crime
Questions: What proportion of tribunal appeals for (a) personal independence payment and (b) universal credit have been successful in 2018; and what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of those appeals having been successful.
Sarah Louise Newton (Conservative, Centre-right): I am sure that I will have the support of the Secretary of State in continuing our comprehensive plan for improving PIP. However, I hope that the hon. Gentleman will welcome the fact that, according to the most recent data from the Ministry of Justice, there has been a 15% decline in the number of appeals, and the customer satisfaction rating for PIP has risen from 76% to 87%. I have always said that one person’s poor experience is one too many, but we will continue to do everything that we can to get it right first time.
PIP and Universal Credit: Tribunal Appeals — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Social Welfare
Questions: What proportion of tribunal appeals for (a) personal independence payment and (b) universal credit have been successful in 2018; and what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of those appeals having been successful.
Victoria Grace Ford (Conservative, Centre-right): If 9% of PIP decisions are being appealed against, does that mean that more than nine out of 10 people do not appeal against theirs because they do not wish to challenge them? Will the introduction of video recording improve that rate so that there is even more confidence that the decisions are right?
Workplace Pensions — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Labor
Guy Thomas Opperman (Conservative, Centre-right): Nearly 10 million people are enrolled in a workplace pension thanks to the success of automatic enrolment. In the Crawley constituency, approximately 48,000 eligible jobholders have been automatically enrolled, and thanks are due to the 1,600 employers who have fulfilled their duties locally.
Workplace Pensions — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Labor
Guy Thomas Opperman (Conservative, Centre-right): It was a delight to visit The People’s Pension with my hon. Friend, to see the hundreds of local staff who are doing such a fantastic job and the work that the company is doing as a great local employer, to receive a Crawley Town football shirt—I must confess that I have not yet worn it—and to support a great local business.
Budget 2018: People in Work — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Macroeconomics
Questions: What steps the Government have taken in Budget 2018 to ensure that people in work keep more of what they earn when in receipt of universal credit.
Victoria Mary Boswell Prentis (Conservative, Centre-right): Does my hon. Friend welcome those announcements in the Budget? Does he agree that not all Labour’s legacies were as effective as those mentioned in the previous question, and that a system which penalised hard-working people with marginal tax rates as high as 90% was not effective?
Budget 2018: People in Work — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Social Welfare
Questions: What steps the Government have taken in Budget 2018 to ensure that people in work keep more of what they earn when in receipt of universal credit.
Alok Kumar Sharma (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Under the legacy benefits system, some people faced punitive marginal tax rates. The fixed taper rate under universal credit ensures that work always pays, and that is why we are seeing more people getting into work.
Budget 2018: People in Work — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Labor
Questions: What steps the Government have taken in Budget 2018 to ensure that people in work keep more of what they earn when in receipt of universal credit.
Alok Kumar Sharma (Conservative, Centre-right): As I said, we introduced a £1,000 increase in work allowances in the Budget. The Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my hon. Friend the Member for Hexham (Guy Opperman), talked about the living wage, which was introduced by this Government and has risen by 4.4% this year. At the end of the day, however, we also want to ensure that people are getting into work. If the hon. Gentleman is particularly focusing on children, he will know that children living in workless households are five times more likely to be living in poverty than those in households in which the adults work.
Job Creation since 2010 — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Labor
Sarah Louise Newton (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is quite right to say that it is really important that we want to build on our strong record of protecting and enhancing employment rights. We are determined to grow full-time high-quality jobs, and that is just what we are doing. The latest labour market statistics show that the number of full-time jobs is up 82,000 on the quarter, up 416,000 on the year and up almost 2.7 million since 2010. That is a record high. The statistics also show that average earnings are rising in real terms.
Job Creation since 2010 — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Labor
Michael James Tomlinson-Mynors (Conservative, Centre-right): Notwithstanding the previous question, this country remains the jobs factory of Europe, creating more jobs than almost 12 other nations combined. Will my hon. Friend update the House on the youth employment figures and tell us how they compare with those of our European allies and neighbours?
Job Creation since 2010 — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Labor
Sarah Louise Newton (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend makes an important point. This is the future of our country. I am proud to say that the overall level of youth unemployment in the UK has nearly halved since 2010. Our youth unemployment rate is lower than that of France, Spain and Italy. The UK youth unemployment rate is 5.8 percentage points below that of the euro area, and 3.9 percentage points below that of the EU28 average.
Job Creation since 2010 — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Labor
Sarah Louise Newton (Conservative, Centre-right): I am afraid that the hon. Lady is just factually incorrect. The vast majority of jobs have been full-time, well-paid jobs. I have the honour of representing my home, the area where I grew up, and I can tell her that I have seen at first hand the growth of full-time well-paid jobs all around my constituency since 2010. That is what this Government are delivering all over the country.
Job Creation since 2010 — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Labor
Sarah Louise Newton (Conservative, Centre-right): I am afraid that the hon. Gentleman is just factually incorrect. We have seen the growth of many full-time jobs, and the number of zero-hours contracts is going down. Speaking as a woman who raised her family, I can tell him that part-time employment can be an extremely good option for many people in our labour market.
Welfare System: Moving into Work/ Extending Working Hours — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Labor
Alok Kumar Sharma (Conservative, Centre-right): I want to start by thanking my right hon. Friend for the engagement and support that she gives to her local jobcentre. As I have noted, we recently announced in the Budget a £1,000 increase in work allowances. We also have the single taper to ensure that claimants are better off working, and working more. Evidence also shows an increase in earnings for those in work and on universal credit by an average of £600 a year.
Welfare System: Moving into Work/ Extending Working Hours — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Labor
Theresa Anne Villiers (Conservative, Centre-right): Can the Minister confirm that claimants on universal credit are more likely to move into work and more likely to make progress towards longer hours in work under this system, compared with the old system that we inherited from Labour?
Welfare System: Moving into Work/ Extending Working Hours — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Social Welfare
Alok Kumar Sharma (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend makes an important point. Under the legacy benefits system, around 1.4 million people spent almost a decade trapped on benefits instead of being helped into work, and much of that time was under the last Labour Government. Under universal credit, people get into work faster, they stay in work longer and, very importantly, they earn more.
Welfare System: Moving into Work/ Extending Working Hours — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Social Welfare
Questions: May I say to Government Front Benchers that Christmas is coming and the goose is not going to get very fat for many of our constituents? The new Secretary of State lives in a more normal constituency than the Chancellor or the Prime Minister. Will she think about Christmas and what universal credit is doing to so many of her constituents and mine?
Alok Kumar Sharma (Conservative, Centre-right): As we have pointed out, under universal credit people are able to get the one-to-one support with their work coach that was not possible under the legacy benefits system. Again, I reach out to the hon. Gentleman. If he has concerns in his own constituency, I am very happy to have a discussion with him and his local jobcentre, because we want to support absolutely every single person who is in the welfare system.
Welfare System: Moving into Work/ Extending Working Hours — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Social Welfare
Questions: May I say to Government Front Benchers that Christmas is coming and the goose is not going to get very fat for many of our constituents? The new Secretary of State lives in a more normal constituency than the Chancellor or the Prime Minister. Will she think about Christmas and what universal credit is doing to so many of her constituents and mine?
Richard Michael John Ogilvie Graham (Conservative, Centre-right): The welfare system undoubtedly encourages our constituents into work and rewards them in work, but the system does not always capture that because of the anomaly of the claimant count being used as a proxy for unemployment, whereas in fact many people who are on universal credit are working. What can the Minister do to try to improve the statistical way in which this is recorded?
Universal Credit: Lone Parents — House of Commons, 2018-11-19
Topic: Social Welfare
Justin Paul Tomlinson (Conservative, Centre-right): Lone parents are the primary beneficiaries of the Government’s decision to increase the help provided for childcare from 70% to 85%, which will help us to enhance the record levels of lone parent employment in this country.