Mentions:
1: Chi Onwurah (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne Central) I visited the jobcentre in Newcastle and was very impressed by the dedication and hard work of the staff - Speech Link
2: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) Jobcentre Plus provides a variety of different support to encourage and support people into work, including - Speech Link
3: Jo Churchill (Con - Bury St Edmunds) Friend’s local jobcentre and the range of access to support. - Speech Link
4: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) bank in an emergency, yet this Government, who are responsible for benefit sanctions, have ordered DWP staff - Speech Link
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1: Baroness Donaghy (Lab - Life peer) Are the Government satisfied that staff dealing with the 60% who are survivors of domestic abuse are - Speech Link
2: Baroness Rock (Con - Life peer) elected NFU president in 2018, became the first woman to hold the position in the organisation’s 100 year-plus - Speech Link
3: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) I pay tribute to the skill of the volunteers, trustees and staff, as well as the referral agencies. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Casey of Blackstock (XB - Life peer) Rod, our Cross-Bench team and all the staff here in the House of Lords. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) The Government believe that a lot of effort has gone into the role of Jobcentre Plus work coaches. - Speech Link
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1: Lord Loomba (XB - Life peer) Short-term rounds of funding have led councils to close their schemes and let staff go, only to reopen - Speech Link
2: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) my department offers a national programme of welfare and employment support, delivered through the Jobcentre - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Noakes (Con - Life peer) Most commentators, including the OBR, describe this in terms of the 50-plus age group getting sick and - Speech Link
2: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) mental health aim of this important programme and we are testing a peer mentoring programme in selected jobcentre - Speech Link
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1: Lord Foster of Bath (LD - Life peer) I also join in her praise for the excellent staff who supported the committee. - Speech Link
2: Lord Young of Norwood Green (Lab - Life peer) technology—I have to finish now; I will be very quick—and they demonstrated the benefit that had to people, plus - Speech Link
3: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) Does the Minister accept that employers have a role to play in training all their staff with the skills - Speech Link
4: Viscount Camrose (Con - Excepted Hereditary) to her with the timelines, as I do not have that detail.On access to support for those seeking work, Jobcentre - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) The staff and volunteers at the Norwood and Brixton food bank in my constituency work tirelessly all - Speech Link
2: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) I believe he opened a jobcentre only as recently as 30 January in his constituency. - Speech Link
3: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) I do indeed celebrate the work of the Kendal jobcentre. - Speech Link
4: Jo Churchill (Con - Bury St Edmunds) I would love to visit Stockport and add its jobcentre to the growing list that I have visited. - Speech Link
5: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) Friend the Member for Hexham (Guy Opperman) for his work to establish the Jobcentre Plus Facebook pages - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) raising overall attainment, improving special educational needs provision, and recruiting and retaining staff - Speech Link
2: Paul Maynard (Con - Blackpool North and Cleveleys) Plus network in 37 districts across Britain. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) Friend’s jobcentre in April. - Speech Link
2: Mims Davies (Con - Mid Sussex) We are increasing the number of staff processing Access to Work claims, and prioritising renewal applications - Speech Link
3: Mims Davies (Con - Mid Sussex) Lady that we have increased the number of staff in this space. - Speech Link
4: Mims Davies (Con - Mid Sussex) Our work coaches at Jobcentre Plus offices engage with claimants to support access to skills provision - Speech Link
5: Andrew Selous (Con - South West Bedfordshire) What specific help can Jobcentre Plus give to employers such as Lidl, which has a huge number of vacancies - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lee Anderson (Con - Ashfield) There are a couple of paid staff who train young people with special educational needs or learning difficulties - Speech Link
2: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) continuing to improve the general support available to learning-disabled claimants when they attend the jobcentre - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of London (Bshp - Bishops) Plus for many reasons, some of which I suspect we do not completely understand, and not solely because - Speech Link
2: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) Will this need extra staff and, if so, what will that cost? - Speech Link