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HANSARDUniversal Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Work Search and Work Availability Requirements - limitations) (Amendment) Regulations 2022There is a fundamental misunderstanding on the Opposition Benches about what our work coaches do and how we are helping people to progress and move forward. The hon. Member for…20 Apr 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Work Search and Work Availability Requirements - limitations) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I will write to the hon. Lady with further details covering some of that, but I would like to reiterate something about the history of the permitted period. Perhaps this will help…20 Apr 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Work Search and Work Availability Requirements - limitations) (Amendment) Regulations 2022The hon. Lady makes an important point about the evidence and why employers want more people to apply for their jobs who normally would have ruled themselves out. On labour market…20 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for raising this issue. I spoke to her about her constituents just before the weekend. It is absolutely right that our Department is committed to supporting…21 Mar 2022HANSARDUpskilling and Changing Career PathsWe have introduced Department for Work and Pensions Train and Progress to address our claimants’ skills needs. Working across Government, we have been able to extend the length of…21 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for raising that issue. I will address this to you equally and fully, Mr Speaker. It is vital that we ensure that our staff our consulted and listened to.…21 Mar 2022HANSARDUpskilling and Changing Career PathsI thank my hon. Friend for the chance to highlight our jobcentre teams in Basildon and east Thurrock, who are working closely with partners to provide a wide range of support for…21 Mar 2022HANSARDUpskilling and Changing Career PathsThis is a very successful programme, helping jobseekers, including in my right hon. Friend’s constituency, get an opportunity to develop the key new skills that employers are…21 Mar 2022HANSARDUpskilling and Changing Career PathsThe hon. Lady makes an important point about progressing; there is a focus on that at DWP and I hope the Select Committee she serves on will have a look at it, because we have…21 Mar 2022HANSARDUpskilling and Changing Career PathsI thank the hon. Lady for giving me one last chance at the Dispatch Box—that sounded rather ominous. In-work progression is absolutely vital; from April we will, as was just…21 Mar 2022HANSARDSupporting Disabled People into WorkWe are committed to seeing 1 million more disabled people in work by 2027. A wide range of initiatives are available to support disabled people to stay in work or move into work,…21 Mar 2022HANSARDSupporting Disabled People into WorkWe have 900 disability employment advisers who individually work with claimants to help them to progress. One of the most positive outcomes of the kickstart scheme has been the…21 Mar 2022HANSARDSupporting Disabled People into WorkI thank the hon. Lady for raising a really important point about employers being able to understand and work with their employees as their health needs change. Employers stepping…21 Mar 2022HANSARDSupporting Disabled People into WorkThe Phabulous Café is exactly what its name says. I welcome my hon. Friend to her place, as this is my first time responding to her. Support for small charities exists in the form…21 Mar 2022HANSARDTaylor ReviewI thank my hon. Friend for raising this matter, and I am sure that BEIS Ministers will have heard him loudly as well. It is absolutely right that we have boosted the secondary…21 Mar 2022HANSARDTaylor ReviewThe Government have made significant progress in implementing those recommendations, improving the working conditions for agency workers and more harshly penalising employers who…21 Mar 2022HANSARDPeople in Work: Rother ValleyI thank my hon. Friend for the opportunity to talk about our really positive Way to Work campaign bringing jobseekers and employers together in our jobcentres and filling…21 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat gives me a chance to provide clarification for my hon. Friend, as it is important for his constituents and others who may be affected. This move is about turning…21 Mar 2022HANSARDPeople in Work: Rother ValleyAcross Rotherham, our jobcentre teams are really helping to employ people and get those vacancies filled. I have been in jobcentres where people have quite often been unemployed…21 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that question, which I think will interest the hon. Member for Wirral South (Alison McGovern) as well. From April this year, our new DWP in-work…21 Mar 2022