Proceeding contribution from Jeremy Hunt (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 5 March 2007. It occurred during Urgent question on Welfare Reform.
Welfare Reform
The Freud report talked about simplifying the massive complexity of the benefit system. Does the Secretary of State agree that one of the most pernicious examples of that complexity is the variation in the earnings disregard? It can be just £5 a week for someone on income support, rising to £10 or £20 a week after a year, but it is £84 a week for someone on incapacity benefit, on a contributory basis. Therefore, the poorest people are the most disincentivised by the earnings disregard from looking for work. Will the Secretary of State look into simplifying the earnings disregard system across the range of benefits so that everyone knows exactly where they stand and no one is disincentivised from looking for work?
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- 457 c1294-5
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- 2006-07
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- Welfare to work Welfare to Work Review Contracts for services Jobseeker's allowance Jobcentres Private sector Jobcentre Plus Incapacity benefit Lone parents Social security benefits Long term unemployed people Public private partnerships Social security Training Unemployed people
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