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1601313

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2023
	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, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including the type and nature of ESA awards on departmental written communications.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	158923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>ESA entitlement letters explain what a customer’s ESA is based on and contain information on relevant components. The DWP has a specific resource currently reviewing the suite of ESA letters to improve language and content where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/03/2023 17:47:00 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1601317

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2023
	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, what system is used to produce standardised letters for ESA recipients.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	158924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>The Jobseekers Allowance Payments System which hosts Employment and Support Allowance, produces notifications based on the individual circumstances of each case which would require a letter to be sent to a customer. These notifications are then transferred in bulk to the third-party supplier responsible for bulk print management services in DWP. The third-party supplier then produces individual letters which are then sent out to those customers or their representatives.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/03/2023 18:00:51 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1585249

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2023
	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, what data his Department collects on the work of the employment support programme in the 20 challenge areas.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	142711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>We use the ONS Annual Population Survey Data as per the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/summary.asp?mode=construct&amp;version=0&amp;dataset=17" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/summary.asp?mode=construct&amp;version=0&amp;dataset=17</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>And encourage Districts as part of their ‘business as usual’ to gather a strong evidence base / clear picture of the needs in their area using all sources of information covering the customer characteristics, employers and partners, labour market trends and funding opportunities. They work collaboratively with employers and partners to co-design new solutions and address any issues identified.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 20/02/2023 17:06:02 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1579793

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	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, how many people stopped receiving Employment and Support Allowance as a result of gaining employment in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	129826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on ESA exit reasons is not readily available for analytical use. Therefore, providing such information would require the matching of several databases, and would take a disproportionate amount of time to locate and produce.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 26/01/2023 15:50:06 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1523925

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2022
	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, how the £1.3 billion investment over three years in employment support for disabled people and people with health conditions announced by her Department in May 2022 will be spent.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	65798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>This government is committed to helping disabled people and people with health conditions to start, stay, and succeed in work.</p><p> </p><p>The £1.3 billion will fund the right support in the right place to meet each individual’s needs, with an increased focus on upstream intervention to promote retention and engagement when people fall out of work. This comprises Jobcentre Plus delivered employment support and provision, rolling out successful trials through health and social care settings and working with employers and stakeholders to support people to remain in work</p><p><br> Within Jobcentres, on top of existing activity, we’re increasing Work Coach support across England, Scotland and Wales for people with health conditions receiving Universal Credit or Employment Support Allowance. This will enable disabled people to access employment and wider skills support, and our employment programmes earlier. We have begun to offer this support in one-third of Jobcentres and will roll out wider from 2023</p><p><br> DWP and DHSC continue to work together to support work and health outcomes. This includes expanding employment support within NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT) services to the whole of England over this spending review period</p><p> </p><p>We will deliver on measures to minimise the risk of ill health related job loss, as set out in the response to the DWP/DHSC consultation <em>Health is Everyone’s Business</em>. We continue to work with small businesses to support them, including delivering a national information and advice service for employers, providing better integrated and tailored guidance on managing health and disability in the workplace.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 26/10/2022 17:00:00 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

385475

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	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	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, how many employment and support allowance claimants there were in each year since 2010; and how many such claimants had Social Fund Loan payments deducted in each such year.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	4172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information available on the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants can be found at: <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users can be found at: <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a>.</p><p> </p><p>However, information on the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants who have had Social Fund deductions is not readily available.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/07/2015 13:45:47 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

385476

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	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	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, how many employment and support allowance claimants had Social Fund Loan repayments wrongly deducted from their benefits in each year since 2010; and how many of those deductions were due to (a) prior full loan repayment and (b) non-existence of the loan.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	4173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department does not collect this information.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2015 16:31:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth