§ 15. Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what reforms of the benefit system he is planning to help unemployed people back to work. [13003]
§ Mr. LilleyI have set in hand eight major initiatives to help unemployed people move back into work more easily and increase the opportunities and rewards of work.
These initiatives include:
a reformed system of benefits for unemployed people, focused on jobseeking;a £10 weekly premium in family credit for 345,000 families in full time work;the removal of barriers impeding the initial move into work; specific help with child care costs;a back to work bonus of up to £1,000 to encourage part-time work on benefitreducing costs on business to encourage employers to take on the long-term unemployed and to boost jobsand a pilot study of a new in-work benefit for people without children.