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Recently, I happened to meet Dame Diana Johnson, who, as the Home Office minister, expressed a keen interest in coming to see it and was very open minded about how it could be developed.
In the meantime, we have to review the application form to give people the opportunity to express fully how their conditions impact on their life day to day.10:00 Do you feel that the application process is deterring people from claiming benefits?
A number of projects are now in procurement, some have reached financial close and some are starting on site, so the programme of NPD interventions is taking its course.
This is perhaps one of the frustrations that many DAG members have expressed throughout the process. As I have said, the big politics relationship seems to be better, but the various specialist committees, working groups and so on have probably been underperforming.
We give vouchers to people who have no gas or electricity utility credits because they have been sanctioned by the Department for Work and Pensions or their claim has not been processed.