Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Guto Bebb and Steve Webb

Monday 28th March 2011 Commons Chamber

[Steve Webb]

I am very grateful to my hon. Friend. The issue, unfortunately, having dealt with the one-month cohort about whom I understand there is particular feeling, is that it is not only that group who face an increase of more than a year. When one looks at the neighbouring months, an obvious way of dealing with the problem is by delaying until 2020, but if we did that, we would soon rack up a £10 billion bill. That is the sort of difficult trade-off we have had to face.

[Guto Bebb (Aberconwy) (Con)]

16. What progress his Department has made on delivering new enterprise allowance support in Merseyside.