Kickstart Scheme

30 Mar 2021

Department for Work and Pensions

Seema Malhotra received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2021 to Question 169973, on Kickstart Scheme, if she will provide a breakdown of the 6,000 Kickstart...

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Points of Order

25 Mar 2021

Commons debates

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank you and Mr Speaker for allowing me to make this point of order. On 8 March, in Department for Work and Pensions questions, the Under-Secretary...

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Kickstart Scheme

23 Mar 2021

Department for Work and Pensions

Seema Malhotra received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March to Questions 167206 and 167207, how many kickstart placements (a) have started and (b) are currently...

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Kickstart Scheme

23 Mar 2021

Department for Work and Pensions

Seema Malhotra received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March to Questions 167206 and 167207, how many kickstart placements (a) have started and (b) are currently...

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Queen’s Speech: Employment Legislation

23 Mar 2021

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Seema Malhotra made a speech in the House of Commons

The TUC estimates that 3.6 million people—one worker in nine—were in insecure work ahead of the coronavirus outbreak, leaving them exposed to massive drops in income or unsafe working...

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Queen’s Speech: Employment Legislation

23 Mar 2021

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Seema Malhotra made a speech in the House of Commons

What the timeframe is for bringing forward the legislative proposals on employment announced in the December 2019 Queen’s Speech.

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Kickstart Scheme

22 Mar 2021

Department for Work and Pensions

Seema Malhotra received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March to Question 167206 and 167207, how many kickstart placements (a) have started and (b) are currently...

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Universal Credit: Self-employed

22 Mar 2021

Department for Work and Pensions

Seema Malhotra received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her policy is on re-introducing the minimum income floor for self-employed universal credit claimants.

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Kickstart Scheme

22 Mar 2021

Department for Work and Pensions

Seema Malhotra received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides to young people who are eligible but not ready for a Kickstart placement.

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Kickstart Scheme

22 Mar 2021

Department for Work and Pensions

Seema Malhotra received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consultation her Department has undertaken with employers on their experience of the Kickstart scheme to date.

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Social Security Benefits: Self-employed

22 Mar 2021

Department for Work and Pensions

Seema Malhotra received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support she is providing to claimants looking to move into self-employment.

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Kickstart Scheme: Applications

22 Mar 2021

Department for Work and Pensions

Seema Malhotra received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the average length of time from Kickstart placement applications to Kickstart placement approvals.

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After Clause 2 - Prohibition on passing remediation costs on to leaseholders and tenants

22 Mar 2021

Fire Safety Bill

Seema Malhotra made a speech in the House of Commons

My hon. Friend is making a powerful point about the needs of leaseholders. Does she agree that, as well as dealing with the gaps in the support so far announced, it is vital that there is much...

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Kickstart Scheme: Applications

18 Mar 2021

Department for Work and Pensions

Seema Malhotra received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of applications is from eligible young people for each Kickstart placement.

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Unemployed People: Adult Education

18 Mar 2021

Department for Work and Pensions

Seema Malhotra received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many adults seeking to upskill have been referred by work coaches to adult education courses in each of the last 12 months; and what...

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Kickstart Scheme

17 Mar 2021

Department for Work and Pensions

Seema Malhotra received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employers were participating in the kickstart scheme in each (a) constituency, (b) local authority and (c) each region and nation of...

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Kickstart Scheme: Publicity

17 Mar 2021

Department for Work and Pensions

Seema Malhotra received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations she has received on the potential merits of (a) Kickstart gateways and (b) participating employers being able to...

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Kickstart Scheme

16 Mar 2021

Department for Work and Pensions

Seema Malhotra received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many kickstart placements (a) have started and (b) are currently advertised as vacancies via Jobcentres in each (i) constituency, (ii)...

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Kickstart Scheme

12 Mar 2021

Department for Work and Pensions

Seema Malhotra received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on encouraging employers to...

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Employment: Young People

12 Mar 2021

Department for Work and Pensions

Seema Malhotra received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support the Government is providing to help create employment opportunities for people aged 16-24 who are not in employment, education or...

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