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HANSARDNEET Young PeopleI hate to sound repetitive, but the rates of absence from school rocketed when the Conservatives were in power. Again, this is something that we have begun to address, because…08 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsSince the last set of Work and Pensions oral questions, we have announced £820 million of funding to offer training and work to young unemployed people through the youth guarantee…08 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to say that youth hubs can deliver vital help to get young people back on track. This is about getting the jobcentre out of the jobcentre, if you will, and…08 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman attacks the system, gateways and conditions that his Government created. When it comes to working people and non-working people, he will be aware that most…08 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to raise that issue. The numbers of people not in education, employment or training have been going in that direction for several years. That is why we…08 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is always a pleasure to meet my parliamentary neighbour from Dudley. She is absolutely right to draw attention to the role of allied health professionals, because there is a…08 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI applaud my hon. Friend’s campaigning for young people in his constituency. We are expanding the number of youth hubs, which will offer support across the country. The precise…08 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Chair of the Select Committee for her question. We estimate that the measure will lift 450,000 children out of relative poverty, and 550,000 for the strategy as a…08 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member is right to say that apprenticeship standards are highly valued. Our constituents value what an apprenticeship means. As we take the scheme forward, it is…08 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI note the right hon. Gentleman’s request for more public expenditure and I am coming on to the growth and skills levy in a moment. What we will do with that is tilt it more…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe hon. Gentleman should be supporting our changes because they have done two things: they are removing a number of luxury brands from the system and they are ensuring that more…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt is a pleasure to open today’s debate on behalf of the Government, and to respond to the shadow Chancellor. He went through his lines and, as I expected, he talked a fair bit…27 Nov 2025HANSARDStatutory Review of State Pension and Benefit Rates 2026-27I have concluded my statutory annual review of state pension and benefit rates under the Social Security Administration Act 1992. The new rates will apply in the tax year 2026-27,…26 Nov 2025HANSARD PensionsI am grateful to the Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee for her question; I know that she has taken a long and keen interest in the matter. On timescales, when people hear…11 Nov 2025HANSARD PensionsI am grateful to the hon. Member for at least some of his response. I cannot pre-empt the conclusion of the process that I set out in my statement, because I want it to be…11 Nov 2025HANSARD PensionsThe hon. Member is right; this issue has gone on for a long time. I took the view that, in the light of the evidence being cited, the right thing to do was to look again at it and…11 Nov 2025HANSARD PensionsI would like to make a statement on the investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman into the way state pension ages were communicated to 1950s-born women. The…11 Nov 2025HANSARDYoung People and WorkI am pleased to make a statement today on the independent report into young people and on work I have commissioned, with support from the Secretary of State for Health and Social…11 Nov 2025HANSARDWomen's State Pension Age: PHSO ReportI wish to update the House on the Government’s decision in response to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s investigation into women’s state pension age communication…11 Nov 2025HANSARD PensionsThe hon. Lady asks about the nature of this evidence. It is a report from 2007 and, as I said, it is a DWP evaluation. The survey was not drawn to the attention of the previous…11 Nov 2025