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HANSARD Food Poverty StrategyI congratulate the hon. Member for Glasgow South West (Chris Stephens) on securing this important debate on the potential merits of a food poverty strategy. I would like to start…22 Apr 2024HANSARDAdministrative Earnings ThresholdFurther to written ministerial statement HCWS405, tabled on 15 April 2024, I can confirm we intend to lay the Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment)…19 Apr 2024HANSARDUniversal Credit Administrative Earnings Threshold LevelSince September 2022, the Government have increased the administrative earnings threshold on 26 September 2022 and 30 January 2023. As a result, individuals with low incomes…15 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that question. I would ask people to go to their jobcentre, which can help them build their CV and their confidence. We have 50PLUS champions across all…18 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI assure the hon. Lady that we are keeping a close eye on the issue, but ultimately it is the customer’s responsibility to claim. I gently point out that we have been rolling out…18 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are working with other Departments, employers and stakeholders to isolate where those vacancies are, and on sector-based work academy programmes. We have put over 266,000…18 Mar 2024HANSARDRegional Variations: Unemployment and InactivityAs the hon. Lady found, within our jobcentres we have highly skilled people helping people to find work. We have a higher number of people with disabilities in work than in…18 Mar 2024HANSARDRegional Variations: Unemployment and InactivityThe regional employment gap is significantly lower than in 2010. Jobcentres take a place-based approach to deliver targeted support that reflects local need and the local economy.18 Mar 2024HANSARDRegional Variations: Unemployment and InactivityThat is why we have WorkWell, the back to work plan, and the occupational health group, led by Dame Carol Black, looking into fit note reform. It is also why we have youth…18 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I make it clear that that was just scaremongering? The DWP has not changed its policy. There are merely improvements being made to the signposting slip, so that we comply with…18 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend, but I would like to inform him that at the moment there are no plans to recommence the publication of those statistics.18 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are working with employers and jobcentres on the sector-based work academies programme and boot camps, but I am more than happy to visit my hon. Friend in Aylesbury, and to…18 Mar 2024HANSARDJob Vacancies: Banff and BuchanWe always take these matters very seriously and keep them under full review.18 Mar 2024HANSARDJobcentres: DarlingtonI talk regularly to colleagues in the Department for Education, ensuring that those skilled boot camp SWAPs make people job-ready, because they have not only the experience but a…18 Mar 2024HANSARDJobcentres: DarlingtonI thank my hon. Friend—it is seemingly quite a large number on my birthday cards today. My hon. Friend has been a fantastic champion of his local jobcentre, and has campaigned…18 Mar 2024HANSARDJobcentres: DarlingtonThe team are working tirelessly with Darlington Borough Council, Tees Valley Combined Authority and other partners to deliver through job fairs, SWAPs and skills bootcamps.18 Mar 2024HANSARDJob Vacancies: Banff and BuchanThere are the wages paid through the rise in the national living wage, my hon. Friend’s local jobcentre and the range of access to support. I am sure we will be discussing all…18 Mar 2024HANSARDJob Vacancies: Banff and BuchanThe jobcentre team are providing a broad range of support, including partnering with Morrisons and the Co-op to fill local vacancies in my hon. Friend’s constituency and…18 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe plan is to roll out those migration notices by 31 March. We intend to publish data for the hon. Gentleman’s constituency. We are committed to ensuring that the transition…18 Mar 2024HANSARDUniversal Credit: Claimant SupportThe Department for Work and Pensions would like to announce the outcome of the grant competition to identify an organisation to continue providing support for customers making a…11 Mar 2024