42194
2010-12
1182
Jobseekers And Housing Benefit
Kate Green
2010-12-13
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 than10 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.
Housing benefits
Working age benefits
Kate Green
2010-12-13
Proposed
Stretford and Urmston
Labour
Bob Russell
2010-12-13
Seconded
Colchester
Liberal Democrat
Caroline Lucas
2010-12-13
Seconded
Brighton, Pavilion
Green
Jon Cruddas
2010-12-13
Seconded
Dagenham and Rainham
Labour
Alan Whitehead
2010-12-13
Seconded
Southampton, Test
Labour
Jennifer Willott
2010-12-13
Seconded
Cardiff Central
Liberal Democrat
Michael Connarty
2010-12-13
Signed
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Labour
Mark Durkan
2010-12-13
Signed
Foyle
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Andrew George
2010-12-13
Signed
St Ives
Liberal Democrat
Lisa Nandy
2010-12-13
Signed
Wigan
Labour
Dennis Skinner
2010-12-14
Signed
Bolsover
Labour
Jonathan Edwards
2010-12-14
Signed
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Plaid Cymru
Jim Dobbin
2010-12-14
Signed
Heywood and Middleton
Labour
Jeremy Corbyn
2010-12-14
Signed
Islington North
Labour
Martin Caton
2010-12-14
Signed
Gower
Labour
Alan Meale
2010-12-14
Signed
Mansfield
Labour
George Howarth
2010-12-14
Signed
Knowsley
Labour
Adrian Sanders
2010-12-14
Signed
Torbay
Liberal Democrat
John McDonnell
2010-12-15
Signed
Hayes and Harlington
Labour
Yvonne Fovargue
2010-12-15
Signed
Makerfield
Labour
Ian Mearns
2010-12-15
Signed
Gateshead
Labour
Ian Lavery
2010-12-15
Signed
Wansbeck
Labour
Ronnie Campbell
2010-12-15
Signed
Blyth Valley
Labour
Jim Shannon
2010-12-15
Signed
Strangford
DUP
Stephen Hepburn
2010-12-15
Signed
Jarrow
Labour
Eric Illsley
2010-12-16
Withdrawn
Barnsley Central
Labour
Marsha Singh
2010-12-16
Signed
Bradford West
Labour
Cathy Jamieson
2010-12-16
Signed
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Labour
Annette Brooke
2010-12-16
Signed
Mid Dorset and North Poole
Liberal Democrat
Rosie Cooper
2010-12-16
Signed
West Lancashire
Labour
John Leech
2010-12-16
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Liberal Democrat
Tom Blenkinsop
2010-12-16
Signed
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Labour
Kelvin Hopkins
2010-12-20
Signed
Luton North
Labour
John Hemming
2010-12-20
Signed
Birmingham, Yardley
Liberal Democrat
Virendra Sharma
2010-12-20
Signed
Ealing, Southall
Labour
Mary Glindon
2010-12-21
Signed
North Tyneside
Labour
Glenda Jackson
2011-01-10
Signed
Hampstead and Kilburn
Labour
Andrew Love
2011-01-10
Signed
Edmonton
Labour
Mark Williams
2011-01-10
Signed
Ceredigion
Liberal Democrat
Tony Lloyd
2011-01-12
Signed
Manchester Central
Labour
Chris Ruane
2011-01-12
Signed
Vale of Clwyd
Labour
Margaret Hodge
2011-01-12
Signed
Barking
Labour
Sandra Osborne
2011-01-13
Signed
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Labour
Alex Cunningham
2011-01-13
Signed
Stockton North
Labour
Jim McGovern
2011-01-13
Signed
Dundee West
Labour
William McCrea
2011-01-17
Signed
South Antrim
DUP
Mike Gapes
2011-01-17
Signed
Ilford South
Labour
Jenny Chapman
2011-01-17
Signed
Darlington
Labour
Valerie Vaz
2011-01-17
Signed
Walsall South
Labour
Grahame Morris
2011-01-17
Signed
Easington
Labour
Mike Wood
2011-01-18
Signed
Batley and Spen
Labour
Nigel Dodds
2011-01-19
Signed
Belfast North
DUP
Frank Field
2011-01-19
Signed
Birkenhead
Labour
Lindsay Roy
2011-01-19
Signed
Glenrothes
Labour
Emma Reynolds
2011-01-20
Signed
Wolverhampton North East
Labour
David Heyes
2011-01-25
Signed
Ashton-under-Lyne
Labour
Joan Ruddock
2011-01-26
Signed
Lewisham, Deptford
Labour
Linda Riordan
2011-01-26
Signed
Halifax
Labour
Bill Esterson
2011-01-26
Signed
Sefton Central
Labour
Pete Wishart
2011-01-27
Signed
Perth and North Perthshire
Scottish National Party
Michael Weir
2011-01-27
Signed
Angus
Scottish National Party
Roger Godsiff
2011-01-31
Signed
Birmingham, Hall Green
Labour
Paul Blomfield
2011-01-31
Signed
Sheffield Central
Labour
Andrew Miller
2011-02-01
Signed
Ellesmere Port and Neston
Labour
Roberta Blackman-Woods
2011-02-01
Signed
City of Durham
Labour
Nicholas Dakin
2011-02-01
Signed
Scunthorpe
Labour
Frank Dobson
2011-02-02
Signed
Holborn and St Pancras
Labour
David Ward
2011-02-02
Signed
Bradford East
Liberal Democrat
Paul Goggins
2011-02-03
Signed
Wythenshawe and Sale East
Labour
Alan Reid
2011-02-07
Signed
Argyll and Bute
Liberal Democrat
David Crausby
2011-02-08
Signed
Bolton North East
Labour
Tony Cunningham
2011-02-08
Signed
Workington
Labour
Dave Watts
2011-02-09
Signed
St Helens North
Labour
Anne Begg
2011-02-10
Signed
Aberdeen South
Labour
Tom Brake
2011-02-16
Signed
Carshalton and Wallington
Liberal Democrat
Hywel Francis
2011-02-16
Signed
Aberavon
Labour
Fabian Hamilton
2011-02-16
Signed
Leeds North East
Labour
Louise Ellman
2011-03-16
Signed
Liverpool, Riverside
Labour
Graeme Morrice
2011-03-22
Signed
Livingston
Labour