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1138132

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2019
	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	Flexible Support Fund
	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 for funding from the Flexible Support Fund have been received for up-front childcare costs in each of the last 12 months; and how many of those applications have been (a) paid in full, (b) paid in part and (c) refused.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	275816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held in a format that can be easily disaggregated and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/07/2019 14:14:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

91333

	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	Flexible Support Fund
	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 the effectiveness of the Flexible Support Fund in supporting older jobseekers.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	208757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department has not conducted any specific evaluation work on the use of Flexible Support Fund for older jobseekers.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/09/2014 13:09:16 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

1111209

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	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	Flexible Support Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the overall levels of payment were from the Flexible Support Fund (a) in each region, and (b) on (i) childcare, (ii) training, (iii) clothing for work and (iv) other categories of activity in each of the last 24 months.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	243572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the tables attached.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/05/2019 12:03:52 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma attachment 1 file name Flexible Support Fund Expenditure by Region.docx title Flexible Support Fund Expenditure by Region previous answer version 114103 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

905518

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	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	Flexible Support Fund
	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 23 April 2018 to Question 135706, on Flexible Support Fund, what estimate he has made of the average funding received per person from the Flexible Support Fund in each of the last five financial years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	144901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 23/05/2018 15:24:05 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

905513

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	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	Flexible Support Fund
	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 135706, on Flexible Support Fund, what assessment her Department has made of trends in (a) claimant needs and (b) volumes between 2013-14 and 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	144900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>Data from the Office for National Statistics shows that unemployment fell by 1 million (just under 40%) between April 2013 and March 2017. Because of this fall in unemployment we have been able to reduce the size of the Flexible Support Fund (FSF). The Department keeps the FSF and other budgets under continuous review.</p><p> </p><p>In January to March 2018 our unemployment rate currently stands at 4.2% - it has not been lower since 1975.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/05/2018 15:42:06 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

882644

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	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	Flexible Support Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the under-spend in the Flexible Support Fund in each of the last five financial years for which data is available; and to where those funds were reallocated.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	135706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The table below provides the budgets and outturn for Flexible Support Fund in the relevant years*.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Budget</strong></p></td><td><p>£99.9 m</p></td><td><p>£127.6 m</p></td><td><p>£178.8 m</p></td><td><p>£76.8 m</p></td><td><p>£51.7 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p>£115.0 m</p></td><td><p>£110.1 m</p></td><td><p>£91.5 m</p></td><td><p>£58.4 m</p></td><td><p>£51.0 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Underspend</strong></p></td><td><p>£15.2m</p></td><td><p>£17.5 m</p></td><td><p>£87.3 m</p></td><td><p>£18.4 m</p></td><td><p>£0.7 m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*All figures have been rounded to the nearest tenth of a million, with negative values enclosed in brackets.</p><p> </p><p>The Flexible Support Fund budget is subject to review and change, based on claimant needs and volumes and as new policies are agreed and old policies are withdrawn. As discretionary expenditure it is also dependent upon overall Departmental affordability. The level of expenditure reflects these changing policies and the level of claimant demand. For example, in 2014/15 the Department received funding as part of the Spending Review 2013 in order to meet travel and childcare costs to facilitate additional support for claimants, but the use of this increased funding was limited. The budget for the Flexible Support Fund is not ring-fenced, so any underspend or overspend contributes to the Department’s overall financial position in each year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 23/04/2018 15:13:40 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

882646

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	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	Flexible Support Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of enabling travel expenses for claimants of the flexible support fund to be paid up front instead of in arrears.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	135708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Work coaches already have discretion to reimburse travel costs for jobseekers (taking into account their particular circumstances), who are asked to attend their jobcentre outside of their minimum attendance requirements.</p><p> </p><p>For travel expenses for job interviews, work coaches have the discretion to pay these in advance where the claimant is unable to fund this prior to interview.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 23/04/2018 15:17:20 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

855761

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	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	Flexible Support Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much of the Jobcentre Plus Flexible Support Fund budget was spent on (a) transport, (b) childcare, (c) training and (d) other costs in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	131066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is detailed in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Budget</p></td><td><p>£99.9 m</p></td><td><p>£127.6 m</p></td><td><p>£178.8 m</p></td><td><p>£76.8 m</p></td><td><p>£51.7 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Transport</p></td><td><p>£13.4 m</p></td><td><p>£19.2 m</p></td><td><p>£20.2 m</p></td><td><p>£15.4 m</p></td><td><p>£13.5 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Childcare</p></td><td><p>£1.6 m</p></td><td><p>£1.8 m</p></td><td><p>£1.5 m</p></td><td><p>£1.6 m</p></td><td><p>£1.2 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Training</p></td><td><p>£15.5 m</p></td><td><p>£18.6 m</p></td><td><p>£10.6 m</p></td><td><p>£15.2 m</p></td><td><p>£8.4 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Other</p></td><td><p>£84.5 m</p></td><td><p>£70.6 m</p></td><td><p>£59.2 m</p></td><td><p>£26.1 m</p></td><td><p>£27.8 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£115.0 m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£110.1 m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£91.5 m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£58.4 m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£51.0 m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Underspend</p></td><td><p>(£15.2m)</p></td><td><p>£17.5 m</p></td><td><p>£87.3 m</p></td><td><p>£18.4 m</p></td><td><p>£0.7 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Underspend (%)</p></td><td><p>(15.2%)</p></td><td><p>13.7%</p></td><td><p>48.8%</p></td><td><p>24.0%</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All figures have been rounded to the nearest £100,000, with negative values enclosed in brackets.</p><p> </p><p>The budget for the Flexible Support Fund is subject to annual review and change based on claimant needs and volumes, and as new policies are agreed and old policies are withdrawn. As discretionary expenditure, it is also dependent upon overall Departmental affordability.</p><p> </p><p>The level of expenditure reflects these changing policies and the level of claimant demand. In 2014/15 the Department received funding as part of the Spending Review 2013 in order to meet travel and childcare costs to facilitate additional support for claimants. However, the demand for this increased funding was limited.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 131067 question first answered 13/03/2018 16:29:03 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

855762

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	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	Flexible Support Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of the Flexible Support Fund was unspent in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	131067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is detailed in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Budget</p></td><td><p>£99.9 m</p></td><td><p>£127.6 m</p></td><td><p>£178.8 m</p></td><td><p>£76.8 m</p></td><td><p>£51.7 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Transport</p></td><td><p>£13.4 m</p></td><td><p>£19.2 m</p></td><td><p>£20.2 m</p></td><td><p>£15.4 m</p></td><td><p>£13.5 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Childcare</p></td><td><p>£1.6 m</p></td><td><p>£1.8 m</p></td><td><p>£1.5 m</p></td><td><p>£1.6 m</p></td><td><p>£1.2 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Training</p></td><td><p>£15.5 m</p></td><td><p>£18.6 m</p></td><td><p>£10.6 m</p></td><td><p>£15.2 m</p></td><td><p>£8.4 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Other</p></td><td><p>£84.5 m</p></td><td><p>£70.6 m</p></td><td><p>£59.2 m</p></td><td><p>£26.1 m</p></td><td><p>£27.8 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£115.0 m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£110.1 m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£91.5 m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£58.4 m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£51.0 m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Underspend</p></td><td><p>(£15.2m)</p></td><td><p>£17.5 m</p></td><td><p>£87.3 m</p></td><td><p>£18.4 m</p></td><td><p>£0.7 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Underspend (%)</p></td><td><p>(15.2%)</p></td><td><p>13.7%</p></td><td><p>48.8%</p></td><td><p>24.0%</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All figures have been rounded to the nearest £100,000, with negative values enclosed in brackets.</p><p> </p><p>The budget for the Flexible Support Fund is subject to annual review and change based on claimant needs and volumes, and as new policies are agreed and old policies are withdrawn. As discretionary expenditure, it is also dependent upon overall Departmental affordability.</p><p> </p><p>The level of expenditure reflects these changing policies and the level of claimant demand. In 2014/15 the Department received funding as part of the Spending Review 2013 in order to meet travel and childcare costs to facilitate additional support for claimants. However, the demand for this increased funding was limited.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 131066 question first answered 13/03/2018 16:29:03 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

522719

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	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	Flexible Support Fund
	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 the Answer of 4 May 2016 to Question 35354, for what reasons the correspondence does not inform claimants of the availability of the Flexible Support Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Owen Smith
	uin	39122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The purpose of the correspondence was to notify the claimants who may be affected of the changes to the work allowances and to highlight the work coach as the primary source of additional support.</p><p> </p><p>As the Flexible Support Fund is accessed at the discretion of the work coach and is based on individual claimant need, it was not explicitly referred to in the letter.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/06/2016 09:00:49 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith