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157050

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Work Programme: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve the performance of the Work Programme for jobseekers aged over 50.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	215477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The Work Programme is continuing to offer tailored support to those people over 50 at risk of becoming long-term unemployed and providers are continuing to design support based on each individual need.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensuring the Work Programme performs at the highest level. DWP has restructured its performance management activities to ensure delivery of better outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>For the first time, a Government employment programme is harnessing the disciplines of the market place so that only those providers who succeed are retained to help claimants into work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/11/2014 17:37:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

157052

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Jobseeker's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were recorded as being unemployed under the jobseeker's allowance criteria in each year for which information is available; and how many people were taken off jobseeker's allowance as a result of their partner's income in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	215444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Statistics on the claimant count, which shows the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants can be found at <a href="http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.nomisweb.co.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on people leaving JSA as a result of their partner’s income is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/11/2014 17:15:13 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

157053

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Jobseeker's Allowance: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid in sanctions applied to jobseekers' allowance claimants in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	215467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>We have interpreted the question to mean how much has been unpaid due to sanctions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not estimate the amount of benefit withheld as a result of benefit sanctions. The sanctions regime is designed to ensure claimants comply with their requirements in order to move off benefits and into work.</p><p> </p><p>There are no benchmarks or targets for sanctions referrals.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/11/2014 17:17:49 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

157054

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Work Programme: East of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) were eligible for and (b) participated in the Work Programme in each parliamentary constituency in the East of England in each month since October 2012.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	215442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>In response to the first part of the question, statistics on the number of people who were eligible for the Work Programme are not available.</p><p> </p><p>Information on those referred to the Work Programme, by parliamentary constituency, is published and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/11/2014 17:36:08 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

156584

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department holds details on the total annual value of welfare benefits claimed in each EU member state by British citizens.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	215270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Benefits paid by EEA countries to UK citizens in their territory are paid directly to the claimant and are not recorded by the Department.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department collects information on the numbers but not the nationality of claimants in receipt of exportable UK benefits in the European Economic Area (EEA). The actual costs are not recorded separately.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/11/2014 12:31:15 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

156627

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Income Support: Tynemouth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Tynemouth constituency have had income support capped since the introduction of the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Tynemouth
tabling member printed	Mr Alan Campbell
uin	215254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of households subject to the benefit cap by Parliamentary Constituency is published on gov.uk each quarter. The latest data, showing the total number of households capped from 15 April 2013, when the benefit cap was introduced, to August 2014, can be found in Table 1 of the data tables published here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-august-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-august-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The benefit cap applies to the combined income from a number of benefits, including Income Support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>• the main out-of-work benefits (Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income Support, and Employment and Support Allowance except when the Support Component is in payment);</p><p> </p><p>• Housing Benefit;</p><p> </p><p>• Child Benefit;</p><p> </p><p>• Child Tax Credit;</p><p> </p><p>• other benefits such as Carer’s Allowance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, the cap is currently administered through Housing Benefit. This means that, if affected, it is only a household’s Housing Benefit entitlement that is reduced so that the total amount of benefit received is no longer higher than the cap level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/11/2014 12:50:39 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	529 label Biography information for Sir Alan Campbell

156654

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the rise in long-term unemployment for 18 to 24 year olds shown in the labour market statistics on 12 November 2014; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	215278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Over the last year the number of 18-24 year olds unemployed for a year or more on the International Labour Organisation (ILO) measure has fallen by around a quarter. The number claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance for more than a year has nearly halved.</p><p> </p><p>Under the last Government, figures for long term JSA were kept artificially low by “breaking” claims with training allowances. This Government stopped doing that when we introduced the Work Programme, meaning we now have a true measure of the number of young people claiming benefit due to unemployment.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 24/11/2014 17:44:16 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

156657

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total amount of benefit withheld as a result of benefit sanctions was in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	215334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department does not estimate the amount of benefit withheld as a result of benefit sanctions. There are no benchmarks or targets for sanctions referrals. The sanctions regime is designed to ensure claimants comply with their requirements in order to move off benefits and into work.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 24/11/2014 17:04:01 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

156761

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Jobseeker's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on jobseeker's allowance claimants undertaking a mandatory work activity or community work placement taking paternity leave.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	215266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DWP delivers a number of programmes which provide work experience placements, such as Mandatory Work Activity, the Work Programme or Help to Work Community Work Placements. All of the department’s employment programmes are supportive initiatives, designed to help unemployed claimants gain skills and help them into work.</p><p> </p><p>Paternity leave is an entitlement that is available to people who are in paid employment. Therefore, it is not possible to claim paternity leave if you are claiming Jobseekers Allowance and are on a Mandatory Work Activity or Community Work Placement.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/11/2014 17:09:43 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

156763

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Poverty: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Scotland were living in relative poverty and contained at least one person in work in each year since 1997.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	215268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Households in relative low income are defined as those living below 60 per cent of contemporary median income.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Number of households in </strong><strong>Scotland</strong><strong> in relative low income and containing at least one person in work (Before and After Housing Costs), 1997/98-1999/00 to 2010/11-2012/13 </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number (millions) BHC</p></td><td><p>Number (millions) AHC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997/98 - 1999/00</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998/99 - 2000/01</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999/00 - 2001/02</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000/01 - 2002/03</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001/02 - 2003/04</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002/03 - 2004/05</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003/04 - 2005/06</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/05 - 2006/07</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06 - 2007/08</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07 - 2008/09</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08 - 2009/10</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09 - 2010/11</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10 - 2011/12</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11 - 2012/13</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: HBAI 2012/13</p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>1. The figures published annually in the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) report are based on an individual level, rather than a household level, and therefore are not directly comparable to the figures in Table 1.</p><p>2. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100,000.</p><p>3. All estimates are based on survey data and are therefore subject to a degree of uncertainty. Small differences should be treated with caution as these will be affected by sampling error and variability in non-response.</p><p>4. To be aware the Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland report produced by the Scottish Government publishes single-year estimates on poverty and therefore the numbers presented here will not be consistent with these figures.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/11/2014 12:40:04 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford