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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to reply to the letter of 6 April 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs. H Kennedy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to reply to the letter of 6 April 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs. H Kennedy.
Asked by
Gerald Kaufman
(Labour)
Answered by
James Purnell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
14 May 2009
For answer on
18 May 2009
Answered on
20 May 2009
A reply was sent to my right hon. Friend on 17 May 2009.
Subjects
Correspondence; Members
Date
20 May 2009
Reference
492 c1394W; 276506
House
House of Commons
We are increasing the help available to incapacity benefit claimants, all of whom have access to back-to-work support through pathways to work. We are also taking forward the Gregg review vision that everyone should be expected to take active steps towards work in return for their benefits, except for those in the support group, who are most disabled. In the first instance, we will trial that approach for existing claimants through the invest to save funding model. We will also reassess everyone on incapacity benefit to make sure that they are on the right benefit.
We are increasing the help available to incapacity benefit claimants, all of whom have access to back-to-work support through pathways to work. We are also taking forward the Gregg review vision that everyone should be expected to take active steps towards work in return for their benefits, except for those in the support group, who are most disabled. In the first instance, we will trial that approach for existing claimants through the invest to save funding model. We will also reassess everyone on incapacity benefit to make sure that they are on the right benefit.
Answered by
James Purnell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Incapacity benefit
Date
11 May 2009
Reference
492 c531
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
We recognise that Jobcentre Plus is facing an increased work load as a result of the economic downturn. Thanks to the funding assigned in the Budget, Jobcentre Plus will be able to recruit 10,000 more staff in addition to the 6,000 new staff already provided for in the pre-Budget report. The increase in resources will enable Jobcentre Plus to maintain the provision of flexible, responsive and targeted support to help move people into work as quickly as possible.
We recognise that Jobcentre Plus is facing an increased work load as a result of the economic downturn. Thanks to the funding assigned in the Budget, Jobcentre Plus will be able to recruit 10,000 more staff in addition to the 6,000 new staff already provided for in the pre-Budget report. The increase in resources will enable Jobcentre Plus to maintain the provision of flexible, responsive and targeted support to help move people into work as quickly as possible.
Answered by
James Purnell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Jobcentre Plus
Date
11 May 2009
Reference
492 c538
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Of course we should minimise regulation, but I do not think that there is a contradiction between supporting equality and helping more people into work whatever their background, and getting people into work. Knowing his views, I do not think that the hon. Gentleman does either. It is important to point out that the hon. Member for Shipley was talking about abolishing the minimum wage, showing that such views still obtain in some parts of the Conservative party today. [Interruption.] It is a Bill that comes before the House on Friday, and the hon. Gentleman is promoting it. It is important that people know about it.
Of course we should minimise regulation, but I do not think that there is a contradiction between supporting equality and helping more people into work whatever their background, and getting people into work. Knowing his views, I do not think that the hon. Gentleman does either. It is important to point out that the hon. Member for Shipley was talking about abolishing the minimum wage, showing that such views still obtain in some parts of the Conservative party today. [Interruption.] It is a Bill that comes before the House on Friday, and the hon. Gentleman is promoting it. It is important that people know about it.
Answered by
James Purnell
(Labour)
Asked by
Nicholas Winterton
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Oral answers to questions
Will not the Secretary of State deal with part of the question that my hon. Friend the Member for Shipley (Philip Davies) put? Should we not seek to minimise the cost to employers of employing people? That is, should we not provide them with an incentive, particularly at this time, to employ people? Unemployment is rising dramatically. We want more people in work, even if they are from among those on incapacity benefit. Does he not think that the Government should give more thought to assisting employers and providing them with incentives to employ people?
Subjects
Incapacity benefit
Date
11 May 2009
Reference
492 c532
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
My hon. Friend makes an important point, and we are improving our help for carers to get back into work. Carer's allowance is clearly supposed to be a replacement income for people who cannot work, and therefore it has never had that structure in the past. However, we said in the carer's strategy review that we would keep on looking at the issue, and we will do so.
My hon. Friend makes an important point, and we are improving our help for carers to get back into work. Carer's allowance is clearly supposed to be a replacement income for people who cannot work, and therefore it has never had that structure in the past. However, we said in the carer's strategy review that we would keep on looking at the issue, and we will do so.
Answered by
James Purnell
(Labour)
Asked by
David Clelland
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Oral answers to questions
My right hon. Friend will know that it is not only those people who suffer from incapacity but those who care for them who find it difficult to move back into work, not least because if they earn one penny more than £95 a week they lose their entire £55 carer's allowance. When will my right hon. Friend remove that disincentive to work?
Subjects
Incapacity benefit
Date
11 May 2009
Reference
492 c532
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I do take my right hon. Friend's point, but I am sure he recognises that coping with nearly twice as many people coming through has been a significant challenge. The fact that people's benefits are being paid and that we are maintaining the active labour market regime is an achievement for Jobcentre Plus. He is right, however, to say that we need to put more resources into ensuring that everybody gets a good service, not just certain groups of the population. He knows, for example, that we have worked with more than 300 private sector recruitment agencies to provide a service specifically for professionals who are signing on for the first time, but we want to ensure that we support everybody who claims in getting back into work. My right hon. Friend will be glad to know that more than 1 million people have left JSA over the past four months, which shows that the active regime we have put in place is working.
I do take my right hon. Friend's point, but I am sure he recognises that coping with nearly twice as many people coming through has been a significant challenge. The fact that people's benefits are being paid and that we are maintaining the active labour market regime is an achievement for Jobcentre Plus. He is right, however, to say that we need to put more resources into ensuring that everybody gets a good service, not just certain groups of the population. He knows, for example, that we have worked with more than 300 private sector recruitment agencies to provide a service specifically for professionals who are signing on for the first time, but we want to ensure that we support everybody who claims in getting back into work. My right hon. Friend will be glad to know that more than 1 million people have left JSA over the past four months, which shows that the active regime we have put in place is working.
Answered by
James Purnell
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Field of Birkenhead
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Oral answers to questions
May I make a suggestion to the Secretary of State on behalf of those of our constituents who have worked all their lives and who now find themselves unemployed? They are often horrified by the treatment they receive from Jobcentre Plus. They accept that in the past, there have been people who were not all that keen to work. Jobcentre Plus has been geared to trying to make the transition from benefit to work easier for those people. However, those who have worked all their lives feel that the mechanical way of interviewing them, with interviews over very short periods, means that they do not get a fair share of the Department's resources. I know that those on the Treasury Bench have to say, "It's all hunky-dory; everything's working brilliantly," and I do not expect my right hon. Friend to depart from that line, but might I ask him to take—
Subjects
Jobcentre Plus
Date
11 May 2009
Reference
492 c539
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
My hon. Friend will be glad to know that that is exactly what we propose to do with the adviser discretionary fund—we always take his suggestions very seriously. We are increasing the adviser discretionary fund, which will pay for costs that need to be borne to get people back into work, such as the cost of buying a suit for an interview, or of getting qualifications in order to get people into vacancies in their areas. I am sure that all parties in the House will support that.
My hon. Friend will be glad to know that that is exactly what we propose to do with the adviser discretionary fund—we always take his suggestions very seriously. We are increasing the adviser discretionary fund, which will pay for costs that need to be borne to get people back into work, such as the cost of buying a suit for an interview, or of getting qualifications in order to get people into vacancies in their areas. I am sure that all parties in the House will support that.
Answered by
James Purnell
(Labour)
Asked by
Lindsay Hoyle
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Oral answers to questions
Is my right hon. Friend aware that there are constraints on Jobcentre Plus managers? We ought to give them more flexibility and a budget that they can use with individuals for training. A job can come up, but managers do not have the flexibility to say, "Yes, you can go on that training scheme, which will ensure that you get a job in future." Can my right hon. Friend give more flexibility and devolve a budget to each Jobcentre Plus office?
Subjects
Jobcentre Plus
Date
11 May 2009
Reference
492 c539-40
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
It is very important for us to provide people with help to get back into work, and to improve the incentives for getting back into work. That is why we are re-testing everybody on incapacity benefit to make sure that they are on the right benefit. That is why we have tightened the gateway to make sure that only the right people get on to the benefit, and that is why we will require everybody for whom it is appropriate to have back-to-work support. The one thing that we will not do is abolish the minimum wage, to which I think he is referring. He is the promoter of a Bill on the issue, which will come before the House on Friday. I hope that everyone, including Conservative Front Benchers, will oppose it, and make it clear that that is not the way that we should go.
It is very important for us to provide people with help to get back into work, and to improve the incentives for getting back into work. That is why we are re-testing everybody on incapacity benefit to make sure that they are on the right benefit. That is why we have tightened the gateway to make sure that only the right people get on to the benefit, and that is why we will require everybody for whom it is appropriate to have back-to-work support. The one thing that we will not do is abolish the minimum wage, to which I think he is referring. He is the promoter of a Bill on the issue, which will come before the House on Friday. I hope that everyone, including Conservative Front Benchers, will oppose it, and make it clear that that is not the way that we should go.
Answered by
James Purnell
(Labour)
Asked by
Philip Davies
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Oral answers to questions
Does the Secretary of State not agree that the best way to get people from incapacity benefit into work is to make it as easy and least burdensome as possible for employers to take on new people? Would not that be the best approach to take, rather than ridiculous politically correct initiatives such as the Equality Bill, which the British Chambers of Commerce says will discourage job creation in this country?
Subjects
Incapacity benefit
Date
11 May 2009
Reference
492 c531-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Absolutely. We would be very happy to help any hon. Member from any part of the House who wanted to provide such a service to their constituents. I congratulate my hon. Friend on the initiative he has taken, and in particular on bringing together a number of agencies to help people who will be worried about how quickly they can get back into work. It is an excellent initiative that we are happy to support.
Absolutely. We would be very happy to help any hon. Member from any part of the House who wanted to provide such a service to their constituents. I congratulate my hon. Friend on the initiative he has taken, and in particular on bringing together a number of agencies to help people who will be worried about how quickly they can get back into work. It is an excellent initiative that we are happy to support.
Answered by
James Purnell
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Wilson of Sedgefield
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Oral answers to questions
I recently held a series of surgeries with Jobcentre Plus in my constituency. About a third of those who attended gained work within six weeks. Is there any flexibility in the Jobcentre Plus budget to ensure that more such community-based activities can take place, so that we can utilise the good practice of action teams and pathways to work?
Subjects
Jobcentre Plus
Date
11 May 2009
Reference
492 c539
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
It is not surprising that the Opposition Front-Bench team do not want people to be reminded of their record on poverty wages. On the hon. Gentleman's—[Interruption.] If he will just calm down for one second, he will hear that, on his question, he is wrong about the facts: people can volunteer for far more than that which he described. We are the first Government to require people to take part in work-focused activity, and that contrasts with the previous recession, when 1 million people went on to incapacity benefit. They were encouraged, sometimes forced, to go on to it by the Opposition, and they were trapped there, because they were offered no help to get back into work or back to health. It is a record that, frankly, he should be extremely embarrassed about, and I am therefore surprised that he wants to contrast his Government's record with ours.
It is not surprising that the Opposition Front-Bench team do not want people to be reminded of their record on poverty wages. On the hon. Gentleman's—[Interruption.] If he will just calm down for one second, he will hear that, on his question, he is wrong about the facts: people can volunteer for far more than that which he described. We are the first Government to require people to take part in work-focused activity, and that contrasts with the previous recession, when 1 million people went on to incapacity benefit. They were encouraged, sometimes forced, to go on to it by the Opposition, and they were trapped there, because they were offered no help to get back into work or back to health. It is a record that, frankly, he should be extremely embarrassed about, and I am therefore surprised that he wants to contrast his Government's record with ours.
Answered by
James Purnell
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Harper
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Oral answers to questions
The Secretary of State referred to existing incapacity benefit claimants and the importance of getting them into work, and he will know that nearly 1.2 million incapacity benefit claimants are over the age of 50. Under his Government's proposals, those people will be offered only one work-focused interview to help them get back into work, and that is clearly not going to be adequate. Significant numbers have been out of work for more than five years— ... The right hon. Lady says, "The minimum wage". No Opposition Member has mentioned the minimum wage, so why do we not just stick to the questions and the answers? Will the Secretary of State explain how one work-focused interview for those 1 million people over 50 will help them get back into work?
Subjects
Incapacity benefit
Date
11 May 2009
Reference
492 c533
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Clearly, we will look at that at each pre-Budget report and Budget, but we believe that we have put in place the right number of people for the situation that we face. I am sure that my hon. Friend would join me in taking this opportunity to pay tribute to Jobcentre Plus staff, who are doing a fantastic job. They are coping with almost twice the number of claims of two years ago, but processing benefits three days quicker. We should recognise that in the House.
Clearly, we will look at that at each pre-Budget report and Budget, but we believe that we have put in place the right number of people for the situation that we face. I am sure that my hon. Friend would join me in taking this opportunity to pay tribute to Jobcentre Plus staff, who are doing a fantastic job. They are coping with almost twice the number of claims of two years ago, but processing benefits three days quicker. We should recognise that in the House.
Answered by
James Purnell
(Labour)
Asked by
Liz Blackman
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Oral answers to questions
I thank my right hon. Friend for that answer. May I tell him that Derbyshire Jobcentre Plus is well on target to meet the Department's required recruitment levels at both clerical and executive grades? The capacity and expertise are therefore already in place at local level. However, what are my right hon. Friend's contingency plans should further demand on Jobcentre Plus become evident?
Subjects
Jobcentre Plus
Date
11 May 2009
Reference
492 c538
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and we strongly welcome the Houghton review. He recommended that we invest money in helping local authorities to prevent the kind of worklessness that occurred in the past, and I am glad to say that that is exactly what we are doing.
My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and we strongly welcome the Houghton review. He recommended that we invest money in helping local authorities to prevent the kind of worklessness that occurred in the past, and I am glad to say that that is exactly what we are doing.
Answered by
James Purnell
(Labour)
Asked by
Jeff Ennis
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Oral answers to questions
In response to what my right hon. Friend just said, before the national minimum wage came in, 17 per cent. of my constituents were on wage rates of £2 per hour or less; some were on 99p per hour. We need to push more worklessness projects that give people who are on incapacity benefit opportunities to move gradually from benefit into work. As my right hon. Friend will know, such an approach has been championed by the worklessness tsar, the leader of Barnsley metropolitan borough council, Steve Houghton, who is doing some great things in that respect.
Subjects
Incapacity benefit
Date
11 May 2009
Reference
492 c532
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
We want people to have the support they need to get back to work quickly. That is why, last month, we extended our local employment partnership programme to help newly unemployed people as well as disadvantaged jobseekers. I am pleased to confirm that, in the last financial year, these local employment partnerships have been highly successful. More than 20,000 employers have recruited more than 146,000 people, which is 40 per cent. more than expected for the year. The number of people moving into work through local employment partnerships continues to grow, increasing by almost 500 a week over the last quarter, proving that, even in these difficult times, we are still helping disadvantaged customers into jobs in significant numbers.
We want people to have the support they need to get back to work quickly. That is why, last month, we extended our local employment partnership programme to help newly unemployed people as well as disadvantaged jobseekers. I am pleased to confirm that, in the last financial year, these local employment partnerships have been highly successful. More than 20,000 employers have recruited more than 146,000 people, which is 40 per cent. more than expected for the year. The number of people moving into work through local employment partnerships continues to grow, increasing by almost 500 a week over the last quarter, proving that, even in these difficult times, we are still helping disadvantaged customers into jobs in significant numbers.
Answered by
James Purnell
(Labour)
Asked by
David Wright
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Oral answers to questions
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Date
11 May 2009
Reference
492 c542-3
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
As the hon. Gentleman knows, we have said we will make ex gratia payments and also apologise where appropriate. As he also knows, the problem happened under both Governments and we have taken steps to put it right. If he has further proposals, he should say how he would fund them.
As the hon. Gentleman knows, we have said we will make ex gratia payments and also apologise where appropriate. As he also knows, the problem happened under both Governments and we have taken steps to put it right. If he has further proposals, he should say how he would fund them.
Answered by
James Purnell
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Cormack
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Oral answers to questions
Given that the Secretary of State has talked about helping the disadvantaged and given that these are topical questions, may I ask what message he has for the disadvantaged victims of Equitable Life, who are the subject of repeated pleas by the ombudsman in unprecedented critical reports?
Subjects
Jobcentre Plus; Voucher schemes
Date
11 May 2009
Reference
492 c546
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I am sure my hon. Friend will welcome the fact that, thanks to tax credits, more than 300,000 people are getting an extra £35 a week to soften the blows from the current recession. He will also welcome the fact that people who are working short-time can claim JSA for a short period, and he may want to make that known to his constituents. What is most important, however, is that we take the necessary action to get the economy going again and to support confidence. We believe the actions we have taken have saved 500,000 jobs so far, and we will continue to do more.
I am sure my hon. Friend will welcome the fact that, thanks to tax credits, more than 300,000 people are getting an extra £35 a week to soften the blows from the current recession. He will also welcome the fact that people who are working short-time can claim JSA for a short period, and he may want to make that known to his constituents. What is most important, however, is that we take the necessary action to get the economy going again and to support confidence. We believe the actions we have taken have saved 500,000 jobs so far, and we will continue to do more.
Answered by
James Purnell
(Labour)
Asked by
Lindsay Hoyle
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Oral answers to questions
Will my right hon. Friends on the Front Bench consider introducing a short-time working subsidy in order to keep people in employment, rather than paying them to be unemployed? That would be a way of ensuring that people are in the right place when we move forward and the economy picks up. Rather than trying to find the skills afterwards, we could keep the skills and allow people to be trained in the workplace.
Subjects
Pensioners; Personal savings
Date
11 May 2009
Reference
492 c546
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I am sure that they will. As the Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform, my right hon. Friend the Member for Harrow, East (Mr. McNulty) mentioned, the Conservative chair of the Local Government Association has strongly welcomed this scheme, and I urge all Members to work with local authorities, charities and social enterprises to bid for the future jobs fund, to ensure that we do not repeat the mistakes of the past, when a generation was left on the scrap heap. Instead, we can guarantee to find young people work or training within a year, and hopefully much faster than that.
I am sure that they will. As the Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform, my right hon. Friend the Member for Harrow, East (Mr. McNulty) mentioned, the Conservative chair of the Local Government Association has strongly welcomed this scheme, and I urge all Members to work with local authorities, charities and social enterprises to bid for the future jobs fund, to ensure that we do not repeat the mistakes of the past, when a generation was left on the scrap heap. Instead, we can guarantee to find young people work or training within a year, and hopefully much faster than that.
Answered by
James Purnell
(Labour)
Asked by
David Wright
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Oral answers to questions
During the 1980s, very little support was available to help young people to find work or training. I am conscious that the Government want to put together partnerships with local government, training providers and local employers to ensure that young people have the opportunity to enter work quickly. What advice can my right hon. Friend give to local MPs on helping to put together those partnerships? Is it not important that local authorities of all political persuasions come forward and play the game?
Date
11 May 2009
Reference
492 c543
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Asked by
David Wright
(Labour)
Answered by
James Purnell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Topical questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
5 May 2009
For answer on
11 May 2009
Answered on
11 May 2009
We want people to have the support they need to get back to work quickly. That is why, last month, we extended our local employment partnership programme to help newly unemployed people as well as disadvantaged jobseekers. I am pleased to confirm that, in the last financial year, these local employment partnerships have been highly successful. More than 20,000 employers have recruited more than 146,000 people, which is 40 per cent. more than expected for the year. The number of people moving into work through local employment partnerships continues to grow, increasing by almost 500 a week over the last quarter, proving that, even in these difficult times, we are still helping disadvantaged customers into jobs in significant numbers.
Subjects
Departmental responsibilities; Department for Work and Pensions
Date
11 May 2009
Reference
492 c542-3; 273507
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels in Jobcentre Plus; and if he will make a statement.
What assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels in Jobcentre Plus; and if he will make a statement.
Asked by
Liz Blackman
(Labour)
Answered by
James Purnell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
5 May 2009
For answer on
11 May 2009
Answered on
11 May 2009
We recognise that Jobcentre Plus is facing an increased work load as a result of the economic downturn. Thanks to the funding assigned in the Budget, Jobcentre Plus will be able to recruit 10,000 more staff in addition to the 6,000 new staff already provided for in the pre-Budget report. The increase in resources will enable Jobcentre Plus to maintain the provision of flexible, responsive and targeted support to help move people into work as quickly as possible.
Subjects
Jobcentre Plus
Date
11 May 2009
Reference
492 c538; 273490
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What plans he has to assist long-term incapacity benefit claimants to move into employment.
What plans he has to assist long-term incapacity benefit claimants to move into employment.
Asked by
Philip Davies
(Conservative)
Answered by
James Purnell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
5 May 2009
For answer on
11 May 2009
Answered on
11 May 2009
We are increasing the help available to incapacity benefit claimants, all of whom have access to back-to-work support through pathways to work. We are also taking forward the Gregg review vision that everyone should be expected to take active steps towards work in return for their benefits, except for those in the support group, who are most disabled. In the first instance, we will trial that approach for existing claimants through the invest to save funding model. We will also reassess everyone on incapacity benefit to make sure that they are on the right benefit.
Subjects
Incapacity benefit
Date
11 May 2009
Reference
492 c531; 273485
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Jobcentre Plus in Devon and Cornwall continues to perform well despite rising work loads. New jobseeker's allowance claims are being cleared within target. Jobcentre Plus is increasing staffing and ensuring it has the office and infrastructure capacity it needs to respond to the current economic situation.
Jobcentre Plus in Devon and Cornwall continues to perform well despite rising work loads. New jobseeker's allowance claims are being cleared within target. Jobcentre Plus is increasing staffing and ensuring it has the office and infrastructure capacity it needs to respond to the current economic situation.
Answered by
James Purnell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Jobcentre Plus
Date
16 March 2009
Reference
489 c633
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons