Benefits For Those Unemployed Due To Illness Or Disability

Details

Status: Active

Groups: Welfare, Benefits and Pensions

Policy may be highlighted in absence of interested votes.

Description

The amount of welfare benefits paid to those unemployed due to disability or illness has been the subject of a number of votes in Parliament.

[Person name] voted for/against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability

Decisions

Decisions may be read as agreeing with the policy, or being against the policy.

month decision alignment strength decision type uses powers voting cluster participant count
2011-03 Welfare Reform Bill — Decline Second Reading agree strong Division insufficent_info Strong conflict: Opposition proposes 557
2011-03 Welfare Reform Bill — Second Reading against strong Division insufficent_info Nominal opposition: Government Aye Opposition Weak No 328
2011-06 Welfare Reform Bill — Third Reading against strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Gov proposes 526
2012-02 Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 51 — Employment and Support Allowance for Those Ill or Disabled Since Their Youth against strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Gov proposes 588
2012-02 Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 51 — Period of Entitlement to Contributory Employment and Support Allowance against strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Gov proposes 598
2012-02 Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 51 — Employment and Support Allowance for Those With Cancer against strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Gov proposes 593
2012-02 Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 10 — Universal Credit Payments In Relation to Disabled Children and Young People against strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Gov proposes 579
2015-07 Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Second Reading against strong Division insufficent_info Nominal opposition: Government Aye Opposition Weak No 432
2015-10 Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Clause 14 — Universal Credit: Limited Capability for Work Element agree strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Opposition proposes 599
2015-10 Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Third Reading against strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Gov proposes 602
2015-10 Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Clause 13 — Employment and Support Allowance: Work-Related Activity Component agree strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Opposition proposes 602
2016-03 Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Removal of Work Related Activity Component from Employment and Support Allowance — Impact Assessment and Parliamentary Approval of Implementation against strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Gov proposes 583
2016-03 Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Removal of Limited Capability for Work Component from Universal Credit — Impact Assessment and Parliamentary Approval of Implementation against strong Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Gov proposes 584
2016-06 Benefit Cuts for Disabled and Ill People Required to Participate in Activities Intended to Increase Their Chances of Obtaining Work agree weak Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Opposition proposes 476
2016-07 Housing Benefit Cuts — Supported Housing agree weak Division does_not_use_powers Strong conflict: Opposition proposes 545
2021-01 Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit agree weak Division does_not_use_powers Cross party aye - Outlier 278
2021-09 Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit agree weak Division does_not_use_powers Low participation vote - Outlier 253
2021-09 Working People’s Finances: Government Policy agree weak Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Opposition proposes 520
2022-01 Cost of Living Increases — Income — Poverty — Universal Credit — Energy Payment — Child Payments agree weak Division uses_powers Low participation vote 57
2022-02 draft Social Security Up-rating Order 2022 agree strong Division uses_powers Nominal opposition: Government Aye Opposition Weak No 327
2022-05 Programme for Government — Workers' Rights — Cost of Living — Climate — Benefits — Windfall Tax — Devolution — Human Rights agree weak Division does_not_use_powers Medium conflict: Opposition Aye, Government No 368