Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Kate Green (Labour), on Monday, 13 December 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 77 members in total.

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JOBSEEKERS AND HOUSING BENEFIT

That this House notes that the Office of Budget Responsibility forecasts 1.36 million people will be claiming jobseeker's allowance at the start of 2013; further notes that in areas of high unemployment jobseekers are outnumbering job vacancies by more than 10 to one and that it will take longer than 12 months for many applicants to find a job; further notes that many of these people will need to claim housing benefit to cover the cost of their rent whilst they are registered as jobseekers; is also concerned about people who have been on incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowance who are moving over to jobseeker's allowance and who would have had less contact with the jobs market for many years; and therefore supports the National Housing Federation campaign calling on the Government to reconsider its proposals to reduce housing benefit by 10 per cent. for people claiming jobseeker's allowance for longer than one year, which will penalise people who have made every attempt to find work but who still remain unemployed.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1182 

Session

2010-12

Other sponsors

Caroline Lucas

Jon Cruddas

Lord Whitehead

Jenny Willott

Bob Russell

Subjects

Housing benefit Jobseeker's allowance

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk