Spending on Welfare Benefits
There have been votes in Parliament on the level of spending on welfare benefits. Specific matters voted on include a cap on the overall amount the state spends on welfare each year, the rate of increase of various benefits, and the operation of specific benefits.
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Mark Pritchard almost always voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
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On 2 Maw 2022:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio to increase the rates of various tax credits and benefits, including Child Benefit, Working Tax Credits and related payments, by 3.1% in line with inflation as measured by the Consumer Prices Index.
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On 7 Chw 2022:
Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on draft Social Security Up-rating Order 2022
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On 10 Ion 2022:
Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Welfare Cap
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On 2 Maw 2016:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio against making the removal of the work-related activity component from employment and support allowance conditional on an impact assessment and against requiring Parliament to approve details of implementing the change.
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On 2 Maw 2016:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio against making the removal of the limited capability for work element of universal credit conditional on an impact assessment and against requiring Parliament to approve details of implementing the change.
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On 23 Chw 2016:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio to remove the "work-related activity component" from the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 23 Chw 2016:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio to remove the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 27 Hyd 2015:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio in favour of reducing the amount people are paid in tax credits.
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On 27 Hyd 2015:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio to remove the "work-related activity component" from the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 27 Hyd 2015:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio to remove the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 27 Hyd 2015:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio to reduce the household benefit cap, to freeze the rate of many working-age benefits, to reduce social rents in England and for other changes to the benefits system.
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On 15 Med 2015:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio to reduce the amounts people are paid in tax credits.
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On 20 Gor 2015:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio to reduce the household benefit cap, to freeze the rate of many working-age benefits, to reduce social rents in England and for other changes to the benefits system.
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On 20 Gor 2015:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio to reduce the household benefit cap, to freeze the rate of many working-age benefits, to reduce social rents in England and for other changes to the benefits system.
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On 14 Gor 2015:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio in favour of the Summer 2015 budget which, among other measures, increased the minimum wage, replaced student maintenance grants with loans and cut tax credits.
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On 17 Ion 2014:
Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Benefit Entitlement (Restriction) Bill
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On 21 Ion 2013:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio to set the rate of increase of certain benefits, payments and tax credits at 1% rather than in line with prices at 2.2% for 2014 and 2015
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On 21 Ion 2013:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio to cap any increase in specified benefits payments and tax credits at 1% rather allow them to be increased by 2.2% in line with prices.
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On 21 Ion 2013:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio to cap any increase in specified benefits payments and tax credits at 1% rather than allow them to increase by 2.2% in line with prices.
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On 8 Ion 2013:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio to cap any increase discretionary working age benefits and tax credits at 1% in 2014-15 and 2015-16
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On 21 Tach 2012:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio to cap the total amount of welfare benefits an individual can claim from April 2013 at £350 for a single person and £500 for couple per week.
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On 24 Hyd 2012:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio to introduce under-occupation criteria applying to housing benefit for working age claimants in the social rented sector and to set the rates of Local Housing Allowance which applies to private rented accommodation.
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On 21 Chw 2012:
Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 11 — Housing costs — Exemptions from Benefit Reductions Due to Excess Bedrooms
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On 1 Chw 2012:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio not to increase the time people can receive contribution based ESA from one year to at least 730 days.
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On 1 Chw 2012:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio not to make an exception for those with a cancer diagnosis or undergoing cancer treatment from the 365 day limit on receiving contribution based Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 1 Chw 2012:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio not to exclude child benefit from the benefit cap.
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On 1 Chw 2012:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio not to set the lower rate of the Universal Credit payment in relation to disabled children and young people at a minimum of two-thirds of the higher rate.
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On 31 Ion 2012:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio to move from a national council tax benefit to a system of local councils administering council tax reductions for those in financial need.
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On 15 Meh 2011:
Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Third Reading
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On 13 Meh 2011:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio against introducing a childcare element to Universal Credit.
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On 13 Meh 2011:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio against a proposal to exclude up to fifty thousand pounds in an ISA from the assessment of capital used to determine if someone in work is eligible for Universal Credit.
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On 9 Maw 2011:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio to introduce Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and to restrict housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 9 Maw 2011:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio to introduce Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and to restrict housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 18 Mai 2022:
Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Programme for Government — Workers' Rights — Cost of Living — Climate — Benefits — Windfall Tax — Devolution — Human Rights
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On 24 Ion 2022:
Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Cost of Living Increases — Income — Poverty — Universal Credit — Energy Payment — Child Payments
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On 10 Ion 2022:
Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Charter for Budget Responsibility
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On 21 Med 2021:
Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Working People’s Finances: Government Policy
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On 15 Med 2021:
Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit
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On 23 Chw 2021:
Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Government's Management of the Economy
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On 18 Ion 2021:
Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit
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On 16 Tach 2016:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio in favour of reductions to the work allowance element of universal credit and reductions to employment and support allowance and against analysing how changes impact those in different incomes.
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On 20 Gor 2016:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio for cuts in housing benefit for recipients in supported housing.
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On 20 Gor 2016:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio for reducing public borrowing and for capping welfare spending.
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On 8 Meh 2016:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio for reductions in benefits for disabled and ill claimants required to participate in activities intended to increase their chances of obtaining work.
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On 26 Mai 2016:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio in favour of repealing the Human Rights Act 1998; against plans to save the steel industry including fast-tracking infrastructure projects requiring large amounts of steel; and against a principle of the Government not borrowing to fund day-to-day spending.
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On 27 Ion 2016:
Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Application of Housing Benefit Cuts to Supported Housing
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On 6 Ion 2016:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio in favour of cutting universal credit benefits for many people in paid work
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On 18 Tach 2015:
Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — The Economy — Tax Credits — Investment in Science, Technology and Green Jobs
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On 27 Hyd 2015:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio against a transitional scheme to protect those currently receiving tax credits as reductions in the amounts paid are brought in.
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On 20 Hyd 2015:
Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Tax Credits
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On 14 Hyd 2015:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio for reducing public borrowing and in favour of capping welfare spending.
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On 4 Meh 2015:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio in favour of proposed spending cuts and changes to the welfare system and in favour of spending on new nuclear weapons.
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On 13 Ion 2015:
Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Charter for Budget Responsibility: Autumn Statement 2014 Update
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On 26 Maw 2014:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio to cap the overall amount the state spends on welfare each year.
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On 25 Maw 2014:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio to approve the March 2014 budget, increasing the personal income tax allowance, reducing corporation tax, capping welfare spending, reducing alcohol duties and more.
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On 11 Chw 2014:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio not to halt further spending and welfare cuts and not to investigate the impact of austerity measures on the incidence of poverty and inequality.
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On 12 Tach 2013:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio in favour of reducing housing benefit for those deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 12 Tach 2013:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio for a reduction in housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 27 Chw 2013:
Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Housing Benefit (Under-occupancy Penalty)
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On 8 Ion 2013:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio in favour of capping any increase in working age benefits and tax credits at 1% rather than potentially allowing them to rise by 2.2% in line with prices.
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On 1 Chw 2012:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio against those who have been ill or disabled since their youth recieving Employment and Support Allowance on the same basis as if they had made sufficient National Insurance contributions to qualify for a contribution based allowance.
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On 1 Chw 2012:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio not to require the housing cost element of universal credit be sufficient to cover the actual cost of housing for social tenants in cases where no offer of alternative accommodation has been made and the household has no more than one spare bedroom.
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On 19 Ion 2011:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio in favour of scrapping the education maintenance allowance (EMA) in England.
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On 19 Ion 2011:
Mark Pritchard wedi pleidleisio to support the Government reforms to arrangements for supporting students aged 16-19.
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On 9 Tach 2010:
Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Housing Benefit
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