Food Poverty: Disability
(asked on 13th October 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of disabled people living in food poverty.
We spend over £55 billion a year on benefits to support disabled people and people with health conditions – up nearly £10 billion since 2010 and more than ever before.
The Department has announced it will be bringing forward a Green Paper on health and disability support, considering issues that disabled people have told us that they want to see addressed. This will explore a wide range of issues linked to health and disability benefits and the wider support that is provided.
1. Poverty in Liverpool
23/10/2018 - Parliamentary Research
Found: @commonslibrary DEBATE PACK Number CDP-2018-0226 , 23 October 2018 Poverty in Liverpool By Olivia Phelan
2. Equality and Human Rights Commission - written evidence
09/01/2019 - Inquiry: Welfare safety net - Work and Pensions Committee
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Found: to respond to the Work and Pensions Select Committee’s inquiry into the current state of the UK’s welfare
3. MS Society - written evidence
06/02/2019 - Inquiry: Welfare safety net - Work and Pensions Committee
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Found: neurological condition, which affects more than 100,000 people in the UK. MS is both a fluctuating and progressive
4. Spending of the Department for Work and Pensions
01/07/2019 - Parliamentary Research
Found: PACK Number CDP-2019-0173, 1 July 2019 Spending of the Department for Work and Pensions By Steven
5. General Debate on Invisible Disabilities and Accessibility Challenges
04/06/2019 - Parliamentary Research
Found: papers@parliament.uk | @commonslibrary DEBATE PACK Number CDP 2019/0138, 4 June 2019 General Debate on
1. Oral Answers to Questions
27/01/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: made on pension funds addressing climate change and ask the Minister to meet me concerning a constituent - Speech Link
2: Front-Bench discussions, including on convening a pensions summit of all those with power, urging them to - Speech Link
3: cross-party working on things that are as long term as pensions, but will the Minister assure the House that this - Speech Link
2. Oral Answers to Questions
13/05/2019 - Commons Chamber
1: looking into this area. I want to do and want my Department to do more to make sure we gather more information - Speech Link
2: condition worsening. While an appeal was ongoing, the Department recommended she put in a second claim to hope - Speech Link
3: couple of weeks ago. Stephen Smith was found fit for work, and by the time he went through the appeals system - Speech Link
3. Oral Answers to Questions
25/01/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: financial support to disabled people required to shield during the covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021 - Speech Link
2: There are 2.2 million people who are having to shield. Many disabled people cannot work from home and do not - Speech Link
4. Oral Answers to Questions
17/05/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: to work closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to support people to sustain - Speech Link
2: eviction in the next few months, and will he therefore work on a cross-Government basis to find a solution that - Speech Link
3: continue to work very closely with the MHCLG to find long-term solutions to housing challenges. Work coaches - Speech Link
5. Oral Answers to Questions
07/10/2019 - Commons Chamber
1: I am taking the evaluation forward as a priority. We have made progress on all areas of the work announced - Speech Link
2: The Scottish Government have already done this work. They have talked to the medical profession, the - Speech Link
3: on several occasions, including as part of this work. We want to get things right. We understand the - Speech Link
asked by: Kirsten Oswald
22/10/2020
... on what date her Department became a Living Wage Employer. 2. Department for Work and Pensions: Living Wage
asked by: Matthew Pennycook
04/11/2019
... what roles are being performed by the 13 departmental staff who are paid below the London Living Wage. 3. Department for Work and Pensions: Living Wage
asked by: Matthew Pennycook
28/10/2019
... how many staff in her Department are paid less than the London Living Wage; and what requirements her Department places on contractors to pay the London Living Wage to London-based staff. 4. Department for Work and Pensions: Living Wage
asked by: Justin Madders
14/06/2019
... what proportion of organisations that hold contracts with her Department pay the National Living Wage. 5. Department for Work and Pensions: Living Wage
asked by: Gareth Snell
09/10/2018
... how many staff in her Department that work (a) inside and (b) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the Real Living Wage.