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63438

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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	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, what estimate he has made of changes in the cost to the public purse of benefits payments as a result of changes in employment levels since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
	tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
	uin	201904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Since 2010/11 expenditure on benefits and tax credits paid to people not in work has fallen in real terms from £43.2bn to £42.2bn in 2013/14, and is forecast to fall further, to £40.6bn this year. This is due to a combination of factors including welfare reform, changes to benefits and significant employment growth. The number of people in work has risen by 1.7 million since 2010, and the number of people claiming the main out of work benefits has fallen by over 700,000.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 30/06/2014 13:59:40 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

63432

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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	National Insurance Contributions Office: Newcastle upon Tyne
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, where the boundaries lie of the geographical area served by national insurance services at Newcastle's Jobcentre Plus.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	201754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The boundaries are defined by postcodes and geographical areas served by national insurance services at Newcastle's Jobcentre Plus are;</p><p> </p><p>TS1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27, 28,29</p><p> </p><p>DL1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,12,13,14,15,16,17</p><p> </p><p>DH1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9</p><p> </p><p>SR1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9</p><p> </p><p>NE1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28, 29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37</p><p> </p><p>NE38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 30/06/2014 14:42:53 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

63436

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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	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, what assessment he has made of the reasons for regional variations in the number of sanctions issued to benefit claimants by job centres.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	201924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>Local and district management are responsible for ensuring Jobcentre Plus staff apply labour market conditionality fairly and consistently and to make sure referrals to decision makers are appropriate and of consistently good quality.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Decisions are subject to quality assurance process to ensure that Decision Makers continuously apply the law fairly and consistency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 30/06/2014 13:23:09 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

63431

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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	EU Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions officials from his Department had with the Northern Ireland devolved administration ahead of the informal Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council on 29-30 April 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
	uin	201722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The devolved administrations are always consulted on any European dossier deposited with the Cabinet Office that is subject to Parliamentary scrutiny. While social security is devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly, International Relations are an excepted matter under the Northern Ireland Act 1998.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 30/06/2014 14:47:17 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

63766

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in which (a) areas and (b) jobcentre plus offices universal credit will be available to couples in (i) June, (ii) July and (iii) August 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	202153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>Universal Credit will accept claims from couples from the 30 June in The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Rugby, Harrogate, Bath, and The Highland Council of Scotland. Claims will be received via Jobcentre Plus offices in Hammersmith, Rugby, Harrogate, Bath and Inverness. Claims from couples will be gradually rolled out in the North West of England from Summer 2014 onwards.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 30/06/2014 13:49:20 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

63837

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the IT system being developed by his Department for universal credit will be fully operating.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	202350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>As part of the wider transformation in the development of digital services, the Department will further develop the work completed jointly with the Government Digital Service to test and implement an enhanced digital service. This enhanced digital service will integrate work and benefits activity allowing us to deliver the full scope of Universal Credit for all claimant types.</p><p> </p><p>Our single target operating model sets out how we will transform our approach and ways of working to ultimately make the Universal Credit service fully available online. Where it is both practical and operationally sensible to do so, we will integrate together the enhanced digital service with the existing Universal Credit service.</p><p> </p><p>We expect an early version of the digital service to be introduced to a limited number of claimants and staff by the end of 2014.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 202458 question first answered 30/06/2014 15:47:01 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

64001

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	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	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 11 June 2014, Official Report, column 174W, on universal credit, whether he has approved the Department for Work and Pensions' business case for the implementation of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	202461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Chief Secretary to the Treasury has approved the UC Strategic Outline Business Case plans for the remainder of this Parliament (2014-15) as per the Ministerial announcement (5th December 2013, <em>Official Report</em>, column 65WS) —link to WMS:</p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131205/wmstext/131205m0001.htm#column_65ws" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131205/wmstext/131205m0001.htm#column_65ws</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 30/06/2014 13:36:05 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

64092

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the IT system developed by his Department for universal credit will be fully operating; and when this system will start to be decommissioned to make way for the digital solution developed by the Cabinet Office.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	202458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>As part of the wider transformation in the development of digital services, the Department will further develop the work completed jointly with the Government Digital Service to test and implement an enhanced digital service. This enhanced digital service will integrate work and benefits activity allowing us to deliver the full scope of Universal Credit for all claimant types.</p><p> </p><p>Our single target operating model sets out how we will transform our approach and ways of working to ultimately make the Universal Credit service fully available online. Where it is both practical and operationally sensible to do so, we will integrate together the enhanced digital service with the existing Universal Credit service.</p><p> </p><p>We expect an early version of the digital service to be introduced to a limited number of claimants and staff by the end of 2014.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 202350 question first answered 30/06/2014 15:47:01 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

63092

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2014
	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	Unemployment: Brighton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to tackle (a) unemployment and (b) youth unemployment in the Brighton, Kemptown constituency; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	201618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Jobcentre Work Coaches offer all claimants tailored support from day one of their claim, which includes skills provision, job search support and work experience opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Those at risk of long term unemployment are given personalised support through the Work Programme. Jobseekers returning from the Work programme will get extra support through our new Help to Work scheme</p><p> </p><p>Work experience and Sector Based Work Academies participants also get additional help with internet access, help with job search in the form of mock interviews, CV construction and job and apprenticeship applications.</p><p> </p><p>Also, the work coaches have an information event on 02 July 2014 arranged in conjunction with Brighton and Hove City Council and the Youth Employability Service to bring together local employers, apprenticeship providers and young people.</p><p> </p><p>Over the last year we have seen the total number of people claiming JSA fall by over 600 in Brighton, Kemptown and the 18-24 claimant count has fallen by 165 over the same period. This is a sign that the government's long term economic plan is working.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 30/06/2014 14:58:22 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

64093

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	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	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 assessment his Department has made of the skills level of jobseeker's allowance claimants aged between (a) 18 and 21 and (b) 22 and 24 years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	202507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>All jobseeker's are assessed at the beginning of their claim to Jobseeker's Allowance for potential skills needs that are a barrier to them finding work. Where a skills need is identified, claimants are referred to courses.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to ensuring jobseekers have the skills they need to get into work. In 2012/13 171,100 young people aged 19-24 and claiming benefit started a learning course, an increase of 30% over 2011/12.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 30/06/2014 13:17:26 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms