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star this property date less than 2019-09-03more like thismore than 2019-09-03
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Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
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unstar this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Older Workers more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps her Department has taken to support older workers. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Woking remove filter
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Mr Jonathan Lord more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2019-09-09more like thismore than 2019-09-09
unstar this property answer text <p>The number of older people in employment is at a record high. There are now 10.6 million workers aged 50 and over in the workforce compared to 9.1 million five years ago. In 2018/19, the employment level for 50+ individuals in the Woking constituency was estimated at 19,300 (Source: Annual Population Survey, NOMIS).</p><p> </p><p>To support older workers to remain and return to the labour market, the Government has removed the Default Retirement Age meaning most people can choose when to retire, and extended the right to request flexible working to all employees with 26 weeks’ continuous service with their employer.</p><p> </p><p>We have appointed a Business Champion for Older Workers to engage and influence employers both strategically and in terms of practical advice.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2017, the UK Government published “Fuller Working Lives: a partnership approach” to set out the role employers, individuals and Government can play in supporting fuller working lives. <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/587654/fuller-working-lives-a-partnership-approach.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/587654/fuller-working-lives-a-partnership-approach.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>And in February this year, DWP launched an online web page which brings together money, job and health elements of the mid-life MOT. <a href="https://www.yourpension.gov.uk/mid-life-mot/" target="_blank">https://www.yourpension.gov.uk/mid-life-mot/</a></p><p> </p><p>To support employers, Business in The Community has also created MOT guides that support businesses. <a href="https://age.bitc.org.uk/tools-impact-stories/toolkits" target="_blank">https://age.bitc.org.uk/tools-impact-stories/toolkits</a></p><p> </p><p>For people who simply can’t work, our welfare system will continue to provide a strong safety net, as it does for people of all ages now. We will spend £55 billion [£55.4bn] this year (2019/20) on benefits to support disabled people and people with health conditions. This is around 2.5% of GDP, and over 6% of government spending, and as a share of GDP, the UK’s public spending is second highest in the G7, bar Germany [OECD 2015 data].</p><p> </p>
star this property answering member constituency Eastleigh more like this
star this property answering member printed Mims Davies remove filter
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less than 2019-09-09T14:25:52.24Zmore like thismore than 2019-09-09T14:25:52.24Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord more like this
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star this property date less than 2019-09-03more like thismore than 2019-09-03
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Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Employment: Travel more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help jobseekers travel to find work. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Woking remove filter
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Mr Jonathan Lord more like this
unstar this property uin 286225 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2019-09-09more like thismore than 2019-09-09
unstar this property answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Eastleigh more like this
star this property answering member printed Mims Davies remove filter
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less than 2019-09-09T16:00:28.337Zmore like thismore than 2019-09-09T16:00:28.337Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
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star this property date less than 2021-09-03more like thismore than 2021-09-03
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unstar this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Employment Schemes more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people who have found employment through the Plan for Jobs skills and employment programmes. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Woking remove filter
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Mr Jonathan Lord more like this
unstar this property uin 41862 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2021-09-13more like thismore than 2021-09-13
unstar this property answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions will be monitoring and evaluating the Plan for Jobs programmes throughout their implementation.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2020, almost 1.6m people have moved from unemployment to employment from the Universal Credit Intensive Work Search group as shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Movements into employment are available for out-of-work Universal Credit claimants in the Intensive Work Search (Searching for Work) group.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit Into Work Rate, May 2018 to May 2021</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Into Work Rate (Percentages)</p></td><td><p>Into Work Volume (‘000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-18</p></td><td><p>9.6</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-18</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-18</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-18</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-18</p></td><td><p>11.1</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-18</p></td><td><p>11.5</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-18</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-19</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-19</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-19</p></td><td><p>10.5</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-19</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-19</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-19</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-19</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-19</p></td><td><p>9.6</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-19</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-19</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-19</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-19</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-20</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-20</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-20</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-20</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-20</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-20</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-20</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-20</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-20</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td><td><p>136</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-20</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-20</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>121</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-20</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-21</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-21</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-21</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-21</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-21</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: The base population for the Into Work measure is UC claimants in the Intensive Work Search (Searching for Work) conditionality group who are not in work or who have a valid fit note in the relevant month. The Into Work rate is the proportion of these claimants who move into work the following month. These rates are calculated from DWP Management Information and are subject to revision. Figures shown here are from data as of August 2021. The Into Work volumes do not align to caseloads in the DWP Universal Credit Official Statistics due to differences in definitions and population filters. Claimants included in the Into Work rate may or may not remain in the Intensive Work Search group or on Universal Credit depending on their level of earnings and other circumstances. Claimants are identified as being in work if they have earnings in HMRC's Real Time Information data, or if they are required to report self-employed earnings. Claimants can be part of the Into Work rate in more than one month if they move in and out of periods of work.</p><p> </p><p>For the latest available information on starts on Kickstart jobs, I refer the honourable member to the answer given for PQ36791 (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-07-20/36791" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-07-20/36791</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Employment outcomes are available for Job Entry Targeted Support (JETS) in England and Wales and JETS Scotland, and provided in the table below. It should be noted that JETS provides support for up to six months and many people who have started on the scheme will not yet have had time to achieve an employment outcome.</p><p> </p><p>JETS Starts and Employment Outcomes</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Programme Starts (To End June 2021)</p></td><td><p>Employment Outcomes (To End June 2021)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JETS England and Wales (launched 5 October 2020)</p></td><td><p>132,885</p></td><td><p>24,535</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JETS Scotland (launched 25 January 2021)</p></td><td><p>5,995</p></td><td><p>655</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: JETS data are taken from the Provider Referrals and Payments (PRaP) system. An employment outcome is defined as when an individual achieves £1,000 cumulative earnings within eight months of starting on the programme as identified via HMRC earnings information.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people who have started on Job Finding Support (JFS) and Sector Based Work Academies (SWAPs) provision is provided in the tables below. Employment outcomes for these programmes is not currently available.</p><p> </p><p>SWAPs Starts</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>1 April 2020 - 31 March 2021</p></td><td><p>64,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2021 - 29 August 2021</p></td><td><p>30,070</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total since April 2020</p></td><td><p>94,570</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes: A SWAP start is defined as the first day of the placement, which is usually the first day of pre-employment training. A start is only recorded where a claimant attended their placement. SWAPs starts data are collected by Jobcentre staff and reflect the number of SWAP starts by claimants in receipt of Universal Credit (UC), Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) or Income Support (IS).</p><p> </p><p>JFS Starts</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Starts to JFS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-21</p></td><td><p>1,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-21</p></td><td><p>3,465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-21</p></td><td><p>4,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-21</p></td><td><p>2,585</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-21</p></td><td><p>4,490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-21</p></td><td><p>4,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-21</p></td><td><p>5,740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-21</p></td><td><p>4,265</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>31,455</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes: JFS Starts are taken from the Provider Referrals and Payments (PRaP) system. Starts occur where an initial meeting has taken place and participant has acknowledged receipt of appropriate documents such as the Job Finding Action Plan (JFAP).</p><p> </p><p>Through our Youth Offer we currently have over 115 Youth Hubs physically open to support young people across Great Britain get into work and the ambition is to have 150 open by the end of the year.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Mid Sussex more like this
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less than 2021-09-13T12:49:15.077Zmore like thismore than 2021-09-13T12:49:15.077Z
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star this property date less than 2022-03-01more like thismore than 2022-03-01
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unstar this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help people who lost their jobs during the covid-19 pandemic back into work. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Woking remove filter
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Mr Jonathan Lord more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2022-03-08more like thismore than 2022-03-08
unstar this property answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to supporting everyone who has been affected by the unprecedented impact of COVID-19. We want everyone who can work to find a job, progress in work, and thrive in the labour market.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the pandemic the UK Government has provided over £400 billion to support the economy, including funding for the Plan for Jobs. The Kickstart scheme has provided over 130,000 young people with Kickstart jobs, with many of these securing permanent employment. Alongside this, the Restart Scheme offers a fresh start to those who have been unemployed for over 9 months. The scheme breaks down employment barriers that could potentially prevent jobseekers from finding work.</p><p> </p><p>In January, we launched Way to Work, a national campaign to help half a million job ready claimants on Universal Credit into work by the end of June 2022. We are changing our approach with claimants to an A, B, C approach (Any Job, Better Job, Career) in recognition that the longer a claimant is out of work the harder it can be to find a job. We are building on the success of Kickstart to work more closely with employers to bring them into our jobcentres. We will work with employers to move claimants into work quicker, through recruitment days, job fairs and work trials.</p><p> </p>
star this property answering member constituency Mid Sussex more like this
star this property answering member printed Mims Davies remove filter
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less than 2022-03-08T14:50:53.697Zmore like thismore than 2022-03-08T14:50:53.697Z
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