Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Bill — Committee (and remaining stages) — 25 Mar 2013 at 24:54

The Earl of Stair was absent

Amendment 3 not moved.

Clause 1 agreed.

Clause 2 : Report

Amendment 4

Moved by Lord McKenzie of Luton

4: Clause 2, page 3, line 34, at end insert-

"( ) A report under subsection (1) will include, but not be limited to, information on the following-

(a) the number of penalties imposed, the type of failure for which they were imposed and the duration of such penalties;

(b) the number of demands for reconsideration and the number of subsequent appeals;

(c) the effectiveness of the appeals process;

(d) the number of penalties imposed upon claimants in receipt of Employment and Support Allowance;

(e) whether sanctions originate from a Work Programme Provider or JobCentre Plus;

(f) the extent to which claimants understand the reasons for penalties being imposed upon them;

(g) the extent to which sanctions are being promoted and whether targets are being applied in relation to penalties;

(h) the support available for claimants upon whom a penalty has been imposed, and what additional support such claimants are seeking;

(i) how penalties are being applied to those with a mental health or other fluctuating health condition;

(j) the effectiveness of the hardship and mitigation provisions;

(k) the effectiveness of sanctions in changing claimant behaviour; and

(l) the application of the public sector equality duty."

Debate in Parliament | Source |

Public Whip is run as a free not-for-profit service. If you'd like to support us, please consider switching your (UK) electricity and/or gas to Octopus Energy or tip us via Ko-Fi.

Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Con101 (+1 tell) 046.6%
Lab0 31 (+2 tell)14.5%
LDem35 (+1 tell) 038.7%
Non-affiliated0 13.6%
UUP1 033.3%
Total:137 3230.4%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

Lords for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible lord who could have voted in this division

Sort by: Name | Party | Vote

NamePartyVote
no rebellions

About the Project

The Public Whip is a not-for-profit, open source website created in 2003 by Francis Irving and Julian Todd and now run by Bairwell Ltd.

The Whip on the Web

Help keep PublicWhip alive