Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tom Blenkinsop (Labour), on Wednesday, 19 January 2011, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 40 members in total.

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HOUSING BENEFIT AND LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT

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 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.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1305 

Session

2010-12

Other sponsors

Jim Dobbin

Alan Meale

Jeremy Corbyn

Mark Durkan

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

Subjects

Housing benefit Unemployment

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk