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HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have a separate body that already makes recommendations. It is called the Low Pay Commission, and the differential in wages is out there. The hon. Member can cite whatever…08 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsVery evidently, the plan for jobs is working. We are seeing more people on the payrolls than was happening pre-pandemic. I hear what the hon. Gentleman says about some of the…08 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsWell, what can I say? The interests of the British public are best served when the Conservative party is in power and in government. We are seeing a rise in employment. We are…08 Nov 2021HANSARDHousehold Support FundI strongly agree. That is why we are working through local authorities, which understand their communities well, without there being blanket schemes. It is important that that is…08 Nov 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit System Resilience: Covid-19The £20 uplift was a temporary measure reflecting the nature of what happened in the pandemic, and the greatest financial impact was on those who had gone from having earnings to…08 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member just shows her effectiveness as a Member of Parliament in responding to her constituent and taking the issue up with us. If there are specific details that she…08 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsSince the last Work and Pensions oral questions, I am pleased to welcome the Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, my hon. Friend the Member for Norwich North…08 Nov 2021HANSARDHousehold Support FundMy hon. Friend is right to praise Buckinghamshire Council, which was allocated £2.4 million from the fund. It is fair to say that local authorities delivering the household…08 Nov 2021HANSARDHousehold Support FundThe hon. Lady will recognise that some of the announcements made in the Budget recently will, I expect, provide some direct support for people working or, indeed, encourage people…08 Nov 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit System Resilience: Covid-19My hon. Friend is right to point out that we undertook some pilot work in Harrogate on the managed migration element of moving everybody to universal credit. I am pleased to say…08 Nov 2021HANSARDHousehold Support FundWe have made £500 million available across the UK to support vulnerable households this winter. It really is for local authorities, which are closer to their communities, to use…08 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsGiven that it was a temporary uplift, recognising the effect of aspects of the pandemic on people new to benefits, no impact assessment was undertaken. With the removal of the…08 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have been working consistently to try to ensure that for people who receive benefits, for which immigration status is required, we exhaust all avenues to encourage them to…08 Nov 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit System Resilience: Covid-19The universal credit system stood up to the challenge of the pandemic, which meant that people received vital financial support at their time of need. On one day alone we received…08 Nov 2021HANSARDCold Weather Payments SchemeWe are today announcing the outcome of this year’s Met Office review of the cold weather payments scheme. The Department for Work and Pensions asks the Met Office to provide…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPlan for Jobs ExtensionOur plan for jobs is working. With the UK economy rebounding strongly, the number of payrolled employees is now above pre-pandemic levels and vacancies are at record levels. Our…18 Oct 2021HANSARDHousehold Support FundOur £407 billion covid support package has protected jobs and livelihoods through the worst of the pandemic. With the UK economy rebounding, our plan for jobs is working, with the…18 Oct 2021HANSARDPersonal Independence PaymentsI would like to update the House on the Department’s implementation of the Supreme Court judgment from July 2019 in the case of Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v . MM,…20 Sept 2021HANSARDSocial Security (Up-rating of Benefits) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. Each year I am required to undertake a review of social security rates to consider whether benefits have kept pace with…20 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsI will give way to my right hon. Friend, one of the co-authors, but I am conscious that the universal support, alongside universal credit, was a key element of their request.15 Sept 2021