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HANSARDCost of Living: Financial Support for Disabled PeopleI will happily take away the shadow Minister’s request for publication of the evaluation.22 May 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Financial Support for Disabled PeopleI will happily elaborate on those points. A lot of points were raised during the debate that I will respond to directly, but we are of course determined that the support must get…22 May 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Financial Support for Disabled PeopleThe feedback that we hear time and again is that people want to see the assessment burden considerably reduced. I would like to hope that all of us can rally round and say that we…22 May 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Financial Support for Disabled PeopleI entirely recognise the challenge of identifying that figure because inevitably people’s circumstances will differ, which is exactly why, as I explained earlier, we introduced…22 May 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Financial Support for Disabled PeopleAgain, we had a good debate about awareness last week. One of the things I undertook to do was to see what more we could do to increase awareness. That is why having such thorough…22 May 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Financial Support for Disabled PeopleI entirely accept that, and I do not think that I have suggested otherwise, but of course where we can help with people’s energy costs in the whole, we should do that. It is right…22 May 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Financial Support for Disabled PeopleI will ask the Minister who was here earlier to provide an update to the hon. Lady on that particular point. Given that it relates to interaction with energy companies, it is…22 May 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Financial Support for Disabled PeopleAgain, I am happy to deal directly with that point, but I want to touch on the longer-term thinking around energy costs, which is led by the Department for Energy Security and Net…22 May 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Financial Support for Disabled PeopleWhere we are at the moment is that the journey time for PIP is 14 weeks. I am happy to provide the hon. Lady with some more information separately, and I will gladly write to her,…22 May 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Financial Support for Disabled PeopleI have not finished my remarks yet. It is important to thank carers, who do a remarkable job and provide incredible support, often to loved ones, family members, and friends. I…22 May 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Financial Support for Disabled PeopleThe Secretary of State and I, and other Ministers in the Department, have been very willing to try to provide more information to the House. The hon. Lady shakes her head, but…22 May 2023HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: Cost of LivingI am happy and willing to keep that aspect of our policy under review to see whether there is more we can do to unlock that. That is a commitment I make to the hon. Lady; I am…16 May 2023HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: Cost of LivingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I thank you profusely for stepping in and taking on these proceedings to allow this important debate to go ahead. I also…16 May 2023HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: Cost of LivingI will gladly take that point back and speak to ministerial colleagues in the Department about that aspect. The hon. Gentleman will recognise that the Under-Secretary of State for…16 May 2023HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: Cost of LivingI will certainly and gladly take that point back to the Department. I am sure it is something I can pick up on during the many engagement sessions that I have, particularly with…16 May 2023HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: Cost of LivingI am extremely grateful to the hon. Lady for her intervention. If I may, I will come to that point a little later, because I want to address the social tariff issue directly. We…16 May 2023HANSARDFraud and Error National StatisticsThe annual statistics for fraud and error in the benefit system for the financial year ending 2023 were published on Thursday 11 May 2023, at 9.30 am. Today’s figures confirm that…11 May 2023HANSARDDisabled People: Benefits System SupportOur recent White Paper sets out our ambitions to create a better experience for disabled people when applying for, and receiving, health and disability benefits. Our proposals…24 Apr 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is fair to say that we have had a good debate this afternoon about the whole host of initiatives that we as a Government are determined to take forward to shift the dial and…24 Apr 2023HANSARDDisabled People: Benefits System SupportWhat I am certainly very willing to do is to provide further detail to the shadow Minister, separate from this afternoon’s proceedings. I am absolutely clear that the severe…24 Apr 2023