Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
LabourMP for East Ham
“[This Ministerial Statement is also available in British Sign Language (BSL) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUrDclFi9M0]…”
“I am pleased to make this statement in relation to the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP).…”
“With permission. Madam Deputy Speaker, I'd like to make a statement on the Tims review of Personal Independence Payment. Pip to make it fair and fit for the future, both for disabled people who need it and for the taxpayer today. Madam Depu…”
“The Government has today launched a Call for Evidence on the modernisation and reform of Carer’s Allowance. This is available on GOV.UK and accessible format versions will be available on request.…”
“Being in work is the best way to avoid poverty. The benefit cap gives a modest but significant incentive to start work and then to progress in work. Some people cannot work, so the cap does not apply to people out of work on disability or c…”
“On 28 May 2026, DWP published statistics about two exercises which reviewed historic PIP claims for people affected by the MM Supreme Court judgment or the LB Upper Tribunal decision.…”
“Universal Credit is modernising the social security system, improving value for money for taxpayers and ensuring people are better supported to move into work where they can.…”
“We are committed to supporting autistic people into work. Our supported employment programme Connect to Work will be open throughout England and Wales by the summer. It has in its supported employment quality framework a specialist pathway …”
“In the six months up to March last year, we appointed an additional 111 case managers to help deal with increased demand for child DLA. The current target is to clear 90% of new child DLA claims in 45 days. Performance has steadily improved…”
“Transforming the way that Department for Work and Pensions delivers its services is key to ensuring that we improve the customer experience, while delivering value for money for taxpayers.…”
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“The Health and Safety Executive is working to ensure that employers know their duties under COSHH—the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2022, as amended. Those regulations require a risk assessment and the prevention of,…”
“It is a privilege to bring this Bill back before the House. This Government believe that everybody should have opportunity in life: opportunity to achieve their potential and their ambitions, whatever their background. However, at the momen…”
“I beg to move, That the draft Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2026, which was laid before this House on 12 January, be approved.…”
“Let me start by congratulating my honourable Friend the Member for Exeter (Steve Race) on securing this debate and welcoming the interest in it. I also welcome the opportunity for the House to consider the reforms that the Construction Indu…”
“Like the shadow Minister, I will start by quoting my right honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. At the start of the debate, he said that this Government have chosen to reject the politics of division and of rage. …”
“The Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (Levy) Regulations 2014 require active employers’ liability insurers to pay an annual levy, based on their relative market share, for the purpose of meeting the costs of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payme…”
“Our Pathways to Work guarantees will tackle the unnecessary barriers that keep disabled people out of work, Connect to Work employment support will be nationwide by April, last week we expanded WorkWell, and regular meetings of the lead Min…”
“My review of the personal independence payment will be co-produced with disabled people, and its 12-person steering group will meet with me and my two co-chairs face to face for the first time later this week. I cannot pre-empt the choice o…”
“I am grateful to the right honourable Member for South West Wiltshire (Dr Murrison) for securing this debate on this important subject, and for his very thoughtful speech. The Government place a great deal of importance on workplace safety,…”
“Changes announced at the Budget will improve value for money for taxpayers while ensuring that the Motability scheme continues to provide outstanding support for disabled people.…”
“The Government has today published the report from the Independent Review into overpayments of Carer’s Allowance linked to earnings and the Government’s response to its recommendations. These are available on GOV.UK and copies will be place…”
“I have read somewhere that the list of things the honourable Lady has gone through would, the Conservatives estimate, save £23 billion. Part of that is from housing benefit. Can she tell us how much of the £23 billion would be saved from ho…”
“In June, the Government announced it would launch the Timms Review, the first ever full review of Personal Independence Payment, with the aim of ensuring we have a system that supports disabled people to achieve better health, higher living…”
“Access to Work does an important job, but current delays with the scheme, and our ambition for an 80% rate of employment, point to the need for reform. The consultation, launched in the “Pathways to Work” Green Paper, closed on 30 June. We …”
“We want young people with disabilities and health impairments to secure good employment as soon as possible and to fulfil their aspirations. The “Pathways to Work” Green Paper proposed a youth phase in health and disability benefits, and we…”
“The Office for Budget Responsibility forecast in March that incapacity and disability benefits spending would be £90.7 billion in 2029-30. That figure will be updated at the Budget. Better employment support and removing perverse work incen…”
“This Government is committed to ensuring that our communications are accessible and inclusive, and to reducing the barriers Deaf people face in their everyday lives. The British Sign Language (BSL) Act 2022 supports this by creating a great…”
“Will my honourable Friend recognise how the Bill protects people in exactly the situation that she describes? Those who receive the universal credit health premium at the moment will be fully protected, and once they go into work they are l…”
“During this debate, my honourable Friend and others across the House have raised concerns that the changes to PIP are coming ahead of the conclusions of the review of the assessment that I will be leading. We have heard those concerns, and …”
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