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77746

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Unemployed People: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what current programmes and pilots his Department has in place to improve the mental health of unemployed people; and what the results have been of such programmes and pilots.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	205570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Many benefit claimants with mental health problems will be referred to, or have access to, a range of support including the Work Programme or specialist disability employment programmes such as Work Choice and Access to Work.</p><p> </p><p>The Work Programme Prime and specialist providers’ industry-led expert group led action to build organisational and workforce capability to recognise and address mental health needs in an employment context.</p><p> </p><p>This expert group designed an employment adviser toolkit <em>Working for Wellbeing</em> to help Work Programme employment advisers spot when mental wellbeing support can help a jobseeker achieve their employment goal, and have worked with providers to share best practice in working with specialist mental health organisations.</p><p> </p><p>7,000 claimants with mental health or behavioural disorders listed as their primary health condition have achieved job outcomes through the Work Programme.</p><p> </p><p>Work Choice is a specialist pan-disability employment programme that provides tailored support to help disabled people who face the most complex barriers to employment find and stay in work and ultimately help them progress into unsupported employment, where it is appropriate for the individual.</p><p> </p><p>Since the start of the 2011/12 financial year (and up to 31 March 2014), around 21 per cent of Work Choice customers achieving job outcomes through Work Choice have had a mental health problem recorded as their primary disability. The trend over these 3 years shows that the numbers being supported are increasing each year.</p><p> </p><p>The <em>Access to Work Mental Health Support Service</em> was established in December 2011 and is delivered by Remploy Employment Services.</p><p>It can offer support to individuals with mental health problems who are absent from work or finding work difficult. The service supports those experiencing depression, anxiety, stress or other mental health issues that are affecting their work.</p><p> </p><p>In the last year, 92 per cent of people who have completed a programme of support with the MHSS are still sustaining work after 26 weeks. Employer engagement is a key element of the service.</p><p> </p><p>This year the Government is also taking forward a number of feasibility pilots to explore how to improve employment and health outcomes for people with common mental health problems. These are based on the recommendations made by RAND Europe in their report <em>Psychological Wellbeing and Work: Improving Service Provision and Outcomes</em>, which was published in January. Early findings will be available next year.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 21/07/2014 15:14:54 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

77747

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Unemployed People: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce a pilot project to investigate the potential to improve employability of unemployed people through mindfulness interventions.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	205571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We currently have no plans to introduce a pilot project to investigate the impact of mindfulness interventions on the employment outcomes of unemployed people. However, Jobcentre Plus districts already have the flexibility to secure support to meet the needs of claimants in their local area using the Flexible Support Fund – this could include mindfulness interventions.</p><p> </p><p>This year the Government is taking forward a number of feasibility pilots to explore how to improve employment and health outcomes for people with common mental health problems. These are based on the recommendations made by RAND Europe in their report <em>Psychological Wellbeing and Work: Improving Service Provision and Outcomes</em>, which was published in January. Early findings will be available next year.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/07/2014 16:03:57 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

77748

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much land his Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department does not own any buildings or land for release.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/07/2014 15:32:17 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

77749

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials employed by his Department, of each grade, have remained at that grade since 2010 but received a pay rise; and how much of a rise each such person at each such grade has received.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	205469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>To provide this information would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>For 2012 and 2013, because of the nature of the awards applied to delegated grades, staff would have received a 1% increase on base pay whether they remained in grade or were promoted during the year subject to standard eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p>DWP does not have contractual progression. All our employees are subject to the pay freeze and pay caps in place since 2010. In May 2010 the Government announced a two year pay freeze for civil servants earning over £21,000. The pay freeze applied to this Department in 2010 and 2011.</p><p> </p><p>For staff earning under £21,000, for both 2010 and 2011 DWP awarded staff a flat rate increase by grade of between £400 and £540. Additionally during 2010 the AA band minimum was increased by between £890 and £1060 (depending on location) which lead to a slightly higher increase for some staff. Following Cabinet Office rules, a small number who earned just over £21,000 received smaller payments, using a taper system, to ensure that they were not ‘leapfrogged’ by peers slightly lower down the pay scale.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012 and 2013 DWP awarded a 1% increase to the vast majority of our staff across all delegated grades. DWP will again be paying the majority of our employees a 1% increase in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>For SCS in DWP the pay freeze was in place for three years from 2010 to 2012. In 2013 DWP paid around 22% of its SCS cadre increases within an overall 1% cap and with a Cabinet Office limit on individual awards of 9%. The majority of our SCS will not have received a pay award between 2010 and 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the 2014 SCS and delegated pay awards will not be available until they have been processed at the end of this month.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Below the line comments</p><p> </p><p>1. Because of the numbers involved we are unable to provide information tracking every individual’s pay rise over the period within time and cost perimeters.<br> <br></p><p>2. DWP currently employs 92,510 people and we are not able to provide details for each of these individuals. However, as DWP has applied a simple pay award over each of the years required I am able to summarise our position.<br> <br></p><p>3. The PQ asks for information on pay rises exclusive of changes in grade (most usually promotion). By providing information on pay awards, we will be excluding a small number of pay rises which are due to other factors such as a move to a location which attracts a higher salary (DWP has 4 locational pay zones). It also excludes salary increases as a result of a change in contractual hours.<br> <br></p><p>4. The 2014 pay award will be paid in July salaries. We will not have details of final figures until this has been processed.<br> <br></p><p>5. A small number of individuals are not eligible to receive the pay award e.g. because they are undergoing formal poor performance action in a particular year or are on a salary above the appropriate pay scale maximum.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 21/07/2014 12:11:49 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

77755

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of personal independence payments have received payments in arrears following a suspension totalling (a) £0-1,000, (b) £1,000-£2,000, (c) £2,000-£3,000, (d) £3,000-£4,000 and (e) more than £4,000 in each month since October 2013.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	205674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information you have requested is not held by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 21/07/2014 15:21:33 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

77756

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Disability Living 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 claimants of disability living allowance (DLA) have failed to make a claim for personal independence payment within the 28-day claim period notice after receiving a letter from his Department in each month since October 2013; and how many such claimants also failed to register a claim during the subsequent 28-day extension period during which their DLA payments were suspended.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	205675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information you have requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 21/07/2014 15:18:14 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

77489

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
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	Universal Credit
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 with children are claiming universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	205392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is not currently available.</p><p> </p><p>The latest official experimental statistics on UC can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/07/2014 14:44:40 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

77490

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
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	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies (i) have let and (ii) plan to let that are worth (A) between £1 million and £3 million and (B) over £3 million since 2010; how much his Department has spent on monitoring each such contract; and how many officials in his Department monitor each contract.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	205377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Between 01/01/2010 and 14/07/2014, the Department for Work and Pensions awarded 71 contracts with a value of between one and three million pounds and 191 contracts with a value of over three million pounds.</p><p> </p><p>At 14/07/2014, our current commercial planning data indicates we intend to let 47 contracts with a value of between one and three million pounds and 30 contracts with a value over three million pounds.</p><p> </p><p>The award timelines on future contracts stretches to 2017 and beyond. As conditions change, some of these contracts may not yet proceed to the procurement stage. Also, award values are not yet firm for those at the earliest of planning stages.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department does not record the numbers of staff and their length of assignment in monitoring individual contracts, therefore the answer to this part of the question could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Between 01/01/2010 and 14/07/2014, the Non Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) awarded the following contracts within the requested values:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>NDPB</p></td><td><p>Number of contracts with Contract Value £1m -3m</p></td><td><p>Number of Contracts with Contract Value over £3m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pensions Ombudsman</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>NIL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Pensions Advisory Service</p></td><td><p>NIL</p></td><td><p>NIL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Pensions Regulator (TPR)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health and Safety Executive (HSE)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC)</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC)</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent Living Fund (ILF)</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Pensions Ombudsman estimate the cost of monitoring its contract at £7,000 per annum with a dedicated resource of 0.1 FTE.</p><p> </p><p>TPR have a planned contract to start in 2014/15 value £1-3m.</p><p> </p><p>TPR do not hold information regarding the total amount spent on monitoring the contracts and it would be disproportionate for it to calculate this. However, it has 2 FTE staff dedicated to monitoring the contract valued over £3m</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>NEST - The Scheme Administration Services contract has a Contract Manager (commencing August 2014) and is supported by a Procurement &amp; Contract Specialist.</p><p> </p><p>HSE is in the process of letting one contract with a value of between one and three million pounds.</p><p> </p><p>HSE does not record the numbers of staff and their length of assignment in monitoring individual contracts, therefore the answer to this part of the question could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/07/2014 16:09:42 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

77491

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
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: Ayr
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 from Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock constituency have secured employment through the Work Programme in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Sandra Osborne
uin	205404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Information on job starts from the Work Programme is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The available information on Job Outcomes is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Number of Work Programme Job Outcomes in Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Parliamentary Constituency for each of the last 12 months: April 2013 – March 2014</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Parliamentary Constituency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-13</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-13</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-13</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-13</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-13</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-13</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-13</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-13</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-14</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-14</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-14</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/07/2014 15:05:23 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	576 label Biography information for Sandra Osborne

77492

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
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: Ayr
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 in Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock constituency have had their benefit sanctioned in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Sandra Osborne
uin	205405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The available information as requested is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Number of individuals with an adverse benefit sanction applied in Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Parliamentary Constituency by each month, January to December 2013.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Parliamentary Constituency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-13</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-13</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-13</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-13</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-13</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-13</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-13</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-13</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-13</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-13</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-13</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-13</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source (JSA and ESA): DWP Information, Governance and Security Directorate: Sanctions and Disallowance Decisions Statistics Database.</p><p>Source (IS): Income Support Computer System</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>2. The number of benefit sanctions applied is the number of claimants with a sanction or disallowance referral where the decision was found against them for those in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance and Income Support for Lone Parents.</p><p>3. Figures may include individuals who have been sanctioned in more than one month, i.e. if the same individual had received adverse sanction referrals in May and November, they would appear in both months in the above table.</p><p>4. Data is up to December 2013 which is the latest available.</p><p>5. Income Support Lone Parents receive a fixed sanction of 20% of the personal allowance rate of a single claimant [not aged less than 25] for each failure to attend/participate in a Work Focused Interview until 10 pence is left in payment. This sanction lasts until the individual attends and participates in a Work Focused Interview. In the case where there is more than one sanction in place the claimant need only attend/participate in one Work Focused Interview in order for all related sanctions to be removed from their benefit.</p><p>6. New sanctions rules came into force for JSA and ESA from 22 October 2012 and 3 December 2012. The number of JSA sanctions applied for the new regime is the number of low, intermediate, and high level referrals where the decision was found against the claimant. Further information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jobseekers-allowance-overview-of-sanctions-rules" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jobseekers-allowance-overview-of-sanctions-rules</a></p><p>7. The information for JSA and ESA sanctions is published at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/07/2014 15:06:01 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	576 label Biography information for Sandra Osborne