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1: Jo Churchill (Con - Bury St Edmunds) We previously provided updates on decommissioning Temporary Jobcentres (“Expanding Our Services” on - Speech Link
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1: Mims Davies (Con - Mid Sussex) I previously provided updates on decommissioning temporary jobcentres: “Expanding Our Services” on 23 - Speech Link
Nov. 28 2023
Source Page: Social Security Experience Panels - Seldom Heard research programme: wave 2 reportFound: Around a fifth (21 per cent) of survey respondents noted it was not easy to find out about the impact of coronavirus
Written Evidence Apr. 25 2024
Inquiry: Devolution of employment supportFound: The burden of illness and death due to coronavirus as well as the indirect impacts of COVID -19 were
Asked by: Allan Dorans (Scottish National Party - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria were used to determine where Temporary Job Centres were commissioned during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Department anticipated, and then saw, an increase in demand for its services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It responded by rapidly expanding the space available, on a temporary basis, predominantly in major conurbations. The focus was on areas with good transport links and in buildings that were accessible for both colleagues and customers.
This enabled the Department to provide a workplace that was safe for claimants and colleagues and ensured we could adhere to the Government guidance in place at the time. To ensure flexibility, premises were acquired on short-term, flexible lease arrangements to ensure we could reduce the size of the estate at the appropriate time.
Report Mar. 21 2024
Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)Found: TUC said in written evidence that a large-scale employment drive would be required in Jobcentres and
Written Evidence Apr. 26 2024
Inquiry: Disability employmentFound: WorkWell, which will bring together the NHS, local authorities and other partners, in collaboration with jobcentres
Found: to uprate 2020/21 LHA rates by September 2019 CPI inflation of 1.7% was altered in response to the Coronavirus
Report Mar. 21 2024
Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)Found: (March 2016), p 86 250 HM Treasury, ‘ The Chancellor Rishi Sunak provides an updated statement on coronavirus
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1: Viscount Camrose (CON - Excepted Hereditary) constructive and strongly reasoned report; it was much appreciated.It is strange to think about the coronavirus - Speech Link