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Debate between Esther McVey and Craig Whittaker
Monday 18th November 2013

(11 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Esther McVey Portrait The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Esther McVey)
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I can give a very short answer: there are no such targets.

Craig Whittaker Portrait Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley) (Con)
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With regard to discretionary housing payment, under a recent freedom of information request it has been established that Calderdale’s budget is almost £384,000 and under the same FOI we learned that in the first six months of the spare room subsidy Labour-run Calderdale has struggled to spend around £24,000. Does my right hon. Friend agree that this massive differential between budget and actual spend could indicate that the spare room subsidy in Calderdale is not an issue, or does he think Labour-run Calderdale is not doing enough to help the most vulnerable?

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