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91336

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2014
	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	Employment Schemes: 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 comparative assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Youth Contract Wage Incentive scheme in the 20 Hotspot areas and in other areas.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	208806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text We do not collect data in a form that allows it to be reported at the requested level and are therefore unable to make comparative assessments between areas. answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/09/2014 11:52:50 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

91335

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of local authority involvement in the Work Programme; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	208805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text The Department has commissioned external researchers to undertake a comprehensive evaluation of the Work Programme which includes surveys and qualitative research with providers, participants and DWP staff. The research asks providers some questions about their work with other agencies but it does not specifically ask about local authority involvement. answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/09/2014 11:43:25 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

90231

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	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	Help to Work Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the budget is for the Help to Work scheme in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	207719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text The Department does not publish annual budgetary information for its employment programmes. It was, however, announced on the Autumn Statement 2013 that the Government would invest £700m over 4 years in the Help to Work scheme. answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 04/09/2014 12:11:04 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

91331

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2014
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a claimant refused Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) by a decision maker on the grounds that their health had improved by the time of the decision, having obtained sufficient points to receive ESA in an earlier Work Capability Assessment, should be paid ESA in arrears for the period of their ill health; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	208797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text An Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimant will be paid at the assessment rate until a determination is made about their eligibility for the benefit. DWP Decision Makers make the final decision and as such no claimant will have obtained any points before the Decision Maker awards points as appropriate against the work capability assessment descriptors. Where an ESA claimant’s health improves to the extent that they are no longer entitled to the benefit, ESA will be paid at the appropriate rate up until the date of change. This is not a payment of arrears but the continuing amount rightly due. ESA claimants are expected to notify the Department when their condition improves to the extent that they are likely to no longer be eligible for ESA. answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/09/2014 11:10:23 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

348734

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2015
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Cost Effectiveness
	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 place in the Library an itemised breakdown of the saving of £105 million in his Department's budget in the current financial year announced by the Chancellor on 4 June 2015.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	1286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>£75m of efficiency savings will be made from the Department’s budget in 2015-16. A further £30m of income will be generated for HMT through an increase in Social Fund debt recoveries.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/06/2015 16:42:25 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

228256

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications have been made for (a) short-term benefit advances and (b) hardship payments in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	228172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>a) The number of Short-term benefits advance applications received from April 2014 to February 2015 was 226,126. The Secretary of State announced on 8 December 2014 that DWP would do more to raise the awareness of Short Term Benefit Advances and as well as more information now on Gov.UK there will be posters and leaflets in all Jobcentres by the end of March.</p><p> </p><p>b) The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) intends to publish figures on the number of hardship applications and awards in May 2015. The date of publication will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 24/03/2015 14:26:40 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

428730

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2015
	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	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page three of the document Universal Credit: increasing the childcare offer, published by his Department in December 2014, whether his Department remains on course to introduce childcare support into universal credit at 85 per cent of costs in April 2016.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	16613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Yes, this change will be made as planned in April 2016. The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2015 include the legislative change which will bring this into force.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/11/2015 11:11:51 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

479280

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2016
	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: 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 steps he is taking to ensure that Work Programme providers are alert to the mental health needs of clients.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	31453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Work Programme providers have the freedom to deliver tailored support appropriate to the individual needs of all participants. This includes participants with health conditions for whom many providers employ advisers with the relevant skills and knowledge to provide specialist support or otherwise engage specialist sub-contractors.</p><p> </p><p>The Department operates a robust performance management and checking regime to ensure all providers deliver the standards and performance we expect.</p><p> </p><p>To the end of December 2015, around 17,000 participants who were claiming Employment and Support Allowance at the time of referral and have declared a mental or behavioural disorder as their primary health condition have been supported into sustained employment through the Work Programme</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/03/2016 14:15:22 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

147663

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sanction recommendations have been made for every 1000 jobseeker referrals made by each Work Programme provider.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	213985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Work Programme data on sanctions at the level asked for is not held.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The data held on Work Programme sanctions shows how many referrals and adverse decisions were made in numbers, and as a percentage, for every Parliamentary Constituency, Jobcentre Plus area or Local Authority area.This can be found on the DWP internet site through the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=tabtool" target="_blank">http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=tabtool</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/11/2014 12:19:09 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

447952

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2016
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2016 to Question 22791, what criteria are used by Work Coaches to assess a claimant's financial capability.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	24254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>Work Coaches have the autonomy to tailor their discussions to meet the claimant’s needs and to determine the level of support and advice they require.</p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 29/01/2016 09:36:21 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms