Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Giles Watling and Bob Blackman

Tuesday 16th January 2024 Commons Chamber

[Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con)]

7. What steps she is taking to increase nuclear energy capacity.

[Giles Watling (Clacton) (Con)]

14. What steps she is taking to increase nuclear energy capacity.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Giles Watling and Bob Blackman

Monday 13th May 2019 Commons Chamber

[Giles Watling (Clacton) (Con)]

6. What steps her Department is taking to increase financial support for vulnerable universal credit claimants compared with the legacy system.

[Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con)]

9. What steps her Department is taking to increase financial support for vulnerable universal credit claimants compared with the legacy system.

[The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Amber Rudd)]

Universal credit makes sure that payments reach those who need them most. Around 1 million disabled households will receive, on average, £100 more per month on universal credit than on the system it replaces. As a single system that integrates six legacy benefits, universal credit will enable 700,000 households to access approximately £2.4 billion of welfare that was previously unclaimed.