Eilidh Whiteford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Eilidh Whiteford on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which official welfare-related engagements (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department have attended in Scotland since May 2010.

Esther McVey

All visits to Scotland by this Department’s Ministers are welfare related engagements. The following gives details of those visits

Secretary of State

The Rt.Hon. Iain Duncan Smith

· September 2010 – delivered a speech and attended meetings in Edinburgh

· February 2011 – attended a meeting in Glasgow and conducted site visits in Motherwell

· April 2011 – conducted site visits in Edinburgh

· May 2011 – delivered a speech and conducted a site visit in Irvine

· September 2011 – delivered a speech in Edinburgh

· September 2011 – conducted a site visit in Leith and meetings in Edinburgh

· March 2012 – conducted a site visit and attended meetings in Edinburgh

· March 2012 – delivered a speech and conducted site visits in Dundee

· September 2012 – conducted site visits and delivered a speech in Glasgow

· March 2013 – delivered a speech and attended meetings in Edinburgh

Minister for Employment

The Rt.Hon Chris Grayling

· April 2011 – conducted a site visit and attended meetings in Edinburgh

· Jan 2012 – conducted site visits in Clydebank and Cumbernauld and attended meetings in Edinburgh

Mark Hoban MP

· March 2013 – conducted a site visit and attended meetings in Glasgow

Minister for Welfare Reform

Lord Freud

· November 2010 – delivered a speech and attended meetings in Edinburgh

· July 2012 – delivered a speech and attended meetings in Edinburgh

· November 2012 – attended meetings in Edinburgh

· March 2013 – delivered a speech in St Andrews

· June 2013 – delivered a speech and attended meetings in Glasgow and Edinburgh

· November 2013 – conducted a site visit to Inverness

Minister for Disabled People

The Rt.Hon Maria Miller

· September 2011 – attended meetings in Fife

· March 2012 – attended meetings in Edinburgh

The Rt.Hon Esther McVey

· October 2012 – conducted site visits in Edinburgh

· February 2013 – conducted site visits in Dundee

The Rt.Hon Mike Penning

· March 2014 – hosted an event in Glasgow

Minister for Pensions

Steve Webb MP

· Sept 2010 – attended a conference in Gleneagles

· March 2011 – delivered key note speech in Edinburgh; and provider visit

· September 2011 – attended a conference in Gleneagles

· April 2012 – conducted a site visit in Dundee and attended a meeting in Edinburgh, meeting Deputy First Minister

· September 2012 – attended a conference in Gleneagles

· September 2013 – attended a conference in Gleneagles

· March 2014 – delivered key note speech in Edinburgh; provider visit; roundtable event