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760175

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2017
	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: Scotland
	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 meet representatives of the Scottish third sector to discuss the roll-out of universal credit in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	10387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>Invitations to meet with third sector organisations are routinely considered by Ministers on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p><p>At departmental level officials from the DWP have regular meetings with Scottish stakeholders, including representatives from third sector organisations, to discuss matters including the roll out of Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the formal implementation planning for Universal Credit there are a range of external engagement activities for each Local Authority area tailored to the individual locality.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/10/2017 15:38:47 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

760958

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	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, what proportion of universal credit claims was processed and paid within six weeks in the last six-month period for which figures are available in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	105265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>There is no data broken down by area or region. However, data published on 15 September 2017 shows that, nationally, in June 2017 76% of new Universal Credit households received their first payment in full and on time. Across the whole of Universal Credit 92% of all households received full payment on time. The published data can be found here.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-payment-timeliness-january-to-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-payment-timeliness-january-to-june-2017</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/10/2017 15:47:44 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

760955

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	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	Jobcentres: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job centres will close to the public before the lease on their premises expires in the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	105377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>This information is commercially sensitive.</p><p> </p><p>However the Word document attached lists the jobcentres that are due to move their services to other sites and to close by 31 March 2018. Exact dates for these sites are still being agreed but closures will be through a phased approach.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking a phased approach to the closure of these Jobcentres because there are a significant number of activities that need to take place to move people, our customers and caseloads to the importing Jobcentre. In phasing this work in this way, we can minimise the risk of any disruption to vital services. For the vast majority of DWP offices there will be no change in location. Where we are closing a site, we will take all possible precautions to minimise disruption for customers.</p><p> </p><p>This will mean that the DWP will be able to offer a more efficient service, while delivering good value for the taxpayer and saving over £140 million a year for the next 10 years.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/10/2017 15:42:08 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds attachment 1 file name 105377 list of jobcentres 9.10.17.docx title Jobcentres List
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

765383

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by when he plans to extend the universal credit landlord portal to all social sector landlords operating in Wirral.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	105446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>We are planning to invite the largest social rented sector landlords to enrol onto the UC Full Service Landlord Portal between October to December 2017. These will be in new areas that are commencing roll-out of the Universal Credit Full Service. We will shortly be inviting 5 landlords covering the Wirral area to enrol on the portal.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/10/2017 16:49:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

765384

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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	Jobcentres: Interviews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of jobseekers' interviews with work coaches lasted (a) 10 minutes or less, (b) 20 minutes or less and (c) more than 20 minutes, in the most recent 12 months for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	105447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Most recent 12 month period</p></td><td><p>Interventions lasting 10 minutes or less (volumes and proportion of total interventions) (a)</p></td><td><p>Interventions lasting 20 minutes or less (volumes and proportion of total interventions) (b)</p></td><td><p>Interventions lasting more than 20 minutes (volumes and proportion of total interventions) (c)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legacy Benefits</p></td><td><p>September 2016 to August 2017</p></td><td><p>1,208,087 (33%)</p></td><td><p>2,313,915 (64%)</p></td><td><p>1,298,445 (36%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Universal Credit</p></td><td><p>October 2016 to September 2017</p></td><td><p>2,262,870 (39%)</p></td><td><p>3,578,995 (62%)</p></td><td><p>2,183,959 (38%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>Legacy Benefits include Employment and Support Allowance, Jobseekers Allowance and Income Support.</li><li>Source of information for Legacy Benefits: Department for Work and Pensions Labour Market System (LMS).</li><li>Source of information for UC Live Service: Department for Work and Pensions Work Services Platform (WSP).</li><li>Activity associated with claimant interventions in UC Live Service areas is captured by Work Coaches to the Work Services Platform (WSP). Management information relating to the duration of interventions is not routinely collected. However, a data download on 09 October for the 12 months from October 2016 to Sep 2017 has produced both volumes and proportions of interviews that were recorded as “completed” within the parameters stated in the question.</li><li>The calculations for the proportions of Jobseekers interventions to Work Coaches are as follows:</li></ol><p>5.1. Legacy Benefits</p><p>5.1.1. Interventions lasting 10 minutes or less (1,208,087) divided by total number of interventions (3,612,360) is 33%.</p><p>5.1.2. Interventions lasting 20 minutes or less (2,313,915) divided by total number of interventions (3,612,360) is 64%.</p><p>5.1.3. Interventions lasting more than 20 minutes (1,298,445) divided by total number of interventions (3,612,360) is 36%.</p><p>5.2. Universal Credit</p><p>5.2.1. Interventions lasting 10 minutes or less (2,262,870) divided by total number of interventions (5,762,954) is 39%.</p><p>5.2.2. Interventions lasting 20 minutes or less (3,578,995) divided by total number of interventions (5,762,954) is 62%.</p><p>5.2.3. Interventions lasting more than 20 minutes (2,183,959) divided by total number of interventions (5,762,954) is 38%.</p><ol start="6"><li>The volume and proportion of interventions lasting 20 minutes or less will include those interventions lasting 10 minutes or less that form the response to part (a) of the question.</li><li>Information on the actual duration of interventions is not currently collated centrally for UC Full Service and to extract this information would incur disproportionate costs.</li><li>Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information which was collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. The data should therefore be treated with caution.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/10/2017 16:59:37 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

765385

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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	Jobcentres: Interviews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on the setting of time limits for jobseekers' interviews with their work coaches.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	105448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Work Coaches working with their local managers are best placed to identify the support and guidance that is appropriate to each claimant to help them move in to work as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The length of the appointment and the number of times that a Work Coach sees a claimant is dependent upon which conditionality group they are placed in. As an example those claimants undertaking Intensive Work Search are required to attend mandatory face to face weekly interventions for the first 13 weeks of their claim</p><p> </p><p>Work Coaches have the flexibility to apply easements for attendance, for example:</p><p> </p><ul><li>temporary absence to receive medical treatment,</li><li>bereavement of partner or child,</li><li>domestic Violence,</li><li>child in distress,</li><li>drug/alcohol dependent,</li><li>carrying out public duty,</li><li>periods of sickness,</li><li>claimant in prison,</li><li>witness protection</li></ul> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/10/2017 11:33:53 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

765386

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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	Jobcentres: Interviews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has issued to Jobcentre Plus managers on setting time limits for jobseeker's interviews with work coaches.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	105449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The timing and frequency of attendance at jobseeker’s interviews is at the discretion of the Work Coach, working with their line manager, and also determined by the individual circumstances of the claimant.</p><p>In order that interviews are monitored and the claimant journey tracked in the most effective way, managers follow a Quality Assurance framework with their work coaches.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/10/2017 16:51:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

765387

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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	Jobcentres: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations his Department has received on the effect of the closure of jobcentre plus offices on local communities.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	105681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>DWP understands the potential impact that a closure or relocation of a Jobcentre may have and has engaged with stakeholders throughout the process from initial proposal to final decision. As Minister I have responded to all representations such as correspondence from individual customers and local groups, Trade Unions, requests for Westminster Hall debates and meetings with MPs and members from the devolved administrations. Our aim is to continue to maintain our services to claimants and will continue to support them throughout the changes in their Jobcentre location, taking into account their individual circumstances, including any health conditions, disabilities or caring responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/10/2017 14:24:30 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

765859

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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: Disqualification
	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 proportion of sanctioned benefits claimants who are (a) illiterate, (b) innumerate and (c) IT illiterate.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	105799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/10/2017 08:44:46 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

765714

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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	Jobseeker's Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken is to process new claims for jobseeker's allowance across the UK in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	105803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>The average processing time for Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) claim decision to be made is 7.8 working days. This data is based on the last 12 months from October 16 – September 17.</p><p>The data provided relates to claims processed in England, Scotland and Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/10/2017 16:42:41 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly