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HANSARD Severe Disability PremiumThe judgment was given only on Friday, but we are urgently considering all the options available to us. Once we are in a position to do so, we absolutely will make sure that we…07 May 2019HANSARD Severe Disability PremiumI am very sorry to hear about that, because what we would like to see—there are many, many cases of best practice—is local support organisations working hand in hand with local…07 May 2019HANSARD Severe Disability PremiumI apologise to the hon. Lady that I have not seen the letter yet. I will make sure that I do as a matter of urgency and will respond personally.07 May 2019HANSARD Severe Disability PremiumThe key priority is to make sure that we get money to the most vulnerable in society as quickly as possible. That is why our commitment remains that we will bring forward the…07 May 2019HANSARD Severe Disability PremiumMy hon. Friend raises an important point. Not only do stakeholders and those with real, genuine frontline experience work closely with us and help to shape our policies, but we…07 May 2019HANSARD Severe Disability PremiumThrough the universal credit system, for the first time, they will have a named work coach who can help them to navigate not only any individual challenges that they face, but the…07 May 2019HANSARD Severe Disability PremiumI do not recognise that point. As a Government, we are spending £5 billion more a year on supporting people with disabilities and long-term health conditions through the main…07 May 2019HANSARD Ten Years of the Work Capability AssessmentWe all recognise that suicide is a tragic and complex issue, and we take it extremely seriously. We take the death of any claimant seriously and, where we are made aware that a…24 Apr 2019HANSARD Ten Years of the Work Capability AssessmentI am coming on to how we can do more to ensure that the right evidence is put into the system at the earliest possible moment and in the right way. We do not want people who…24 Apr 2019HANSARD Ten Years of the Work Capability AssessmentI cannot give a broad-brush answer. I know what the hon. Lady is saying and I am coming on to the use of evidence and how we can do more earlier and, potentially, then with…24 Apr 2019HANSARD Ten Years of the Work Capability AssessmentIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Henry; you have expertly managed the timekeeping. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for North West Durham (Laura Pidcock). I…24 Apr 2019HANSARD Ten Years of the Work Capability AssessmentIn a second. Over the past five years, only 4% of work capability assessment ESA decisions have been revised at appeal, but we recognise that it is in no one’s interest that…24 Apr 2019HANSARD Ten Years of the Work Capability AssessmentLet me just make this point. I want to explain one of the challenges. The shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Battersea (Marsha De Cordova), talked about a 30-week wait, in some…24 Apr 2019HANSARD Ten Years of the Work Capability AssessmentLet me make some progress, because this is a very important point about the MR process. We are in the early stages with a new way of looking at MRs, but there have been very…24 Apr 2019HANSARDOffice for Nuclear Regulation Corporate PlanLater today I will lay before this House the Office For Nuclear Regulation corporate plan 2019-20. This document will also be published on the ONR website. I can confirm, in…23 Apr 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Low-income FamiliesI can confirm that that is the default position. It was a four-year position, and this is the final year. We will continue to share the benefits of strong economic growth with the…03 Apr 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Low-income FamiliesI can confirm that I have regular discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on this subject, about which she is incredibly passionate. We are making it easier,…03 Apr 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Low-income FamiliesUniversal credit is available in every jobcentre in Wales. Our welfare reforms are incentivising work and supporting working families. In the past 12 months alone, the employment…03 Apr 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Low-income FamiliesIt is not right that those of working age should be accessing pensioner benefits, but this Government have delivered the triple-lock pension support, which has given pensioners an…03 Apr 2019HANSARDSocial Security Benefits Uprating Order 2019: Ministerial CorrectionsThe Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2019 maintains the Government’s commitment to the triple lock for both the basic state pension and the new state pension. The order…02 Apr 2019