0k. .. and why the dwp thought he was able to carry on working? ok...ent, came to see me injune, 2017, in the offices, he came in on a zimmer and i was amazed to find out but not surprised that he had been found fit for work, he had prosthetic problems, he was wearing a colostomy bag, he could not breathe, and yet the dwp were saying he should be looking for work. he could not even look after himself. the problem at that juncture was, he was out of appeal, out of time for the appeal. i was able to get that back into tray, and the period from... october, 2017, and january, january 15, 2019, when i went with him to appeal, i sensed copious amount —— i sent copious evidence to the dwp, proving that he was not well. and one in particular, from his general practitioner, which said, that finding him fit for work had a detrimental substantial detrimental effect on his health. cani detrimental effect on his health. can i ask you, when you say, an apology from the dwp would not be enough, i don't have an apology from them but i have a statement, "thoughts are wi

support is so important, in that the scheme is in stark contrast a lot of the schemes that are run by the dwpthem. it recognises it will not always be the right scheme for everybody. i think the kind of people who really benefit from this are often people who have had quite long periods of time away from the workplace, possibly because they have had a spell of time in a psychiatric hospital, or may be their self esteem is such that they have not been able to get out and about and they need their self esteem rebuilt. what the schemes tend to do as they work with a person on a step—by—step basis to help people get closer to work. i think this is an approach which is applicable across a wide variety of different types, different sectors of the workplace. we have definitely seen of the workplace. we have definitely seen it work in retail, we have seen it working well in an office environment, where the environment is very well controlled. those approaches can give people that increased level of self—confidence and belief. that means they are able to, not to seek, but find and hold down a job. for

my right honorable friend to encourage all government departments to find the examples being set by dwp and the permit of health who are taking initiatives to improve engagement with people who have autism and their families. and i also stressed to endure the autism awareness training course for members of parliament being offered through the all parliamentary groups held on this house on 1 may as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the autism act it would be good to see every in the go to the training corps to better help their constituents. >> can i pay tribute to my honorable friend for the work that she did to bring in the autism act. it was important, it was the first piece of parliamentary legislation to the conditions of autism. i thank my right honorable friend for their work on this issue including highlighting awareness week and ensuring it is available to members of parliament, members across this house take that up. we are reviewing the autism strategy, and we are continuing to look at this issue. and the work on the autism act, i will command congratulate her on the work s

world autism awareness week can i can my honorable friend to follow the example set by the maj pch dwp and department of health taking initiatives to improve engagement with people with autism in their families. can i also ask her endorse the autism awareness training course for members of parliament being offered through the all-party parliamentary group and the national autistic society held in the house on the first of may as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the autism act it would be good to see every mp go through the training course to help constituents. >> first of all, can i -- can i pay tribute to my honorable friend for the work she did to bringing the autism act. it was very important. it was ground breaking. it was the first piece of parliamentary the legislation linked to the autism condition. i'd like to thank my honorable friend and the members of the appg for work on this important issue, including highlighting awareness -- awareness week but also for ensuring that that autism training is available for themself of parliament. and i hope as she says members across th

the dwp have acknowledged this year.e? it's worth pointing out know your actually contains 53 weeks so if somebody does pay 53rd payment this payment would cover some days in the subsequent year and the following month would only have four payment dates and as such the claimant would be overpaid for their housing. it is about making sure the system works for everybody. if the prime minister is seeking a year long extension to brexit, does she not recognise that of course would cost over £1 billion a month to the british taxpayer in subscriptions to the eu and does she not agree that funding would be better spent on tackling crime, funding schools and even tax cuts for my constituents and constituents up for my constituents and constituents up and down the country? iam up and down the country? i am pressing the case for the extension i wrote to donald tusk about last week that was endorsed by parliament last night. can i also say to my right honourable friend i think it's important, we could have been outside the eu by no

encourage all government departments to follow the example is being set by the ministry ofjustice, dwpir families. can i with people who have autism and theirfamilies. can i also ask her to endorse the autism awareness training course, for members of parliament, being offered through the all—party parliamentary group and the national autistic society which will be held in this house on the 1st of may. as we celebrate the tenth anniversary of the autism act, it would be good to see every mp go through this training course to better help constituents. first of all, can i pay tribute to my right honourable friend, for the work that she did to bring in the autism act, it was very important, it was ground—breaking. the first piece of parliamentary legislation linked to autism. i'd also like to thank my under friends and members of the appg for they work on this issue, including highlighting awareness week, and ensuring that awesome training is available to members of parliament. i hope that members of parliament. i hope that members of parliament. i hope that members of the house to take th

the dwp does not count how effective it is.ey are on direct pay don't actually have or enforce an arrangement. nowadays it is assuming that all of them worked. gingerbread says they are not, it's got lots of evidence of parents saying it doesn't work, it was an acrimonious break—up. so it could be well over 100,000 children who aren't getting the maintenance they need from the absent parent. that's usually the father. when we say not getting the maintenance they need, how much are we talking about in many terms? it's ha rd to we talking about in many terms? it's hard to make general statements, it depends on the income of the absent parent, if they're on benefits, it can be as little as £7 a week, but if there early, it could be £40, or more or less. it depends on all sorts of circumstances like their own children. they can be significant amounts for a single mum looking after a couple of children, £80 per week is a lot of money. so what does gingerbread want to see happen? it was the department for work and pensions to monitor