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65606

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	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	New Enterprise Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets there are on increasing the number of women receiving the new enterprise allowance; and what progress has been made on these targets in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	203807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text There are no formal targets in place for increasing the number of women who participate in the New Enterprise Allowance scheme. Latest statistics show that since the launch of NEA in 2011 to the end of March 2014, there were 46,000 allowance claims, of which 15,720 were from women. The weekly allowance is payable when the participant closes their claim to benefits and commences trading. The rate of take up of NEA by women is approximately one third of the total. This is consistent with the proportion of women claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (the benefit claimed by the majority of NEA participants), demonstrating the success of the scheme in attracting all groups to access this support. answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/07/2014 15:14:52 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

89983

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	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	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, how many people in (a) the UK, (b) the South West and (c) Bristol North West constituency are unemployed but unable to claim jobseeker's allowance because they are deemed to have a sufficient level of personal savings.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	207604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 04/09/2014 11:23:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

90231

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	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	Help to Work Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the budget is for the Help to Work scheme in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	207719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text The Department does not publish annual budgetary information for its employment programmes. It was, however, announced on the Autumn Statement 2013 that the Government would invest £700m over 4 years in the Help to Work scheme. answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 04/09/2014 12:11:04 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

60834

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	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	Preston
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Ministers in his Department have visited Preston since June 2010; on what date each such visit took place; what the purpose was of each such visit; and who those Ministers met on each such visit.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
	uin	199735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text The Department does not maintain a central record of all Ministerial visits and to gather this information would be to do so at disproportionate costs. answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/06/2014 11:33:10 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

91445

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2014
	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	Disadvantaged: EU Grants and Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the Government is using the money it has drawn down from the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived; whether the Government is drawing down its remaining entitlement from that fund through a reallocation of structural funds; and how the Government plans to use that remaining entitlement.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	208917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text Member States are in the process of agreeing their Operational Programmes with the European Commission. These need to be in place before any funding can be drawn down. answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 13/10/2014 15:06:20 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

228256

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	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	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, how many applications have been made for (a) short-term benefit advances and (b) hardship payments in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	228172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>a) The number of Short-term benefits advance applications received from April 2014 to February 2015 was 226,126. The Secretary of State announced on 8 December 2014 that DWP would do more to raise the awareness of Short Term Benefit Advances and as well as more information now on Gov.UK there will be posters and leaflets in all Jobcentres by the end of March.</p><p> </p><p>b) The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) intends to publish figures on the number of hardship applications and awards in May 2015. The date of publication will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 24/03/2015 14:26:40 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

89878

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
	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 make an estimate of (a) the amount of savings accruing to the public purse through penalties incurred on housing benefit arising from the under occupancy penalty to date and (b) the amount paid in discretionary housing payments in that time.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	207317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>a) The Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy is estimated to save around £500 million per year in 2013/14 and 2014/15.</p><p>b) In 2013/14 total discretionary housing payment expenditure by local authorities across Great Britain was £176,393,889. This figure includes amounts spent by Local Authorities over and above their government contribution in DHP funding. At the end of the financial year, 240 out of 380 LAs across Great Britain under-spent by £13,285,430 against the available government contribution. This was in addition to the £7,111,693 unallocated from the £20 million reserve fund.</p><p>Detailed information about discretionary housing payment expenditure was published in June 2014 and can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/322455/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-june-2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/322455/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-june-2014.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 05/09/2014 13:42:36 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

48892

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	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
	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 number of single people who will be claiming universal credit in the first year of the roll-out of universal credit in the six boroughs of the Merseyside Jobcentre Plus district.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	196916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>[Holding answer 1 May 2014]</p><p> </p><p>The Department announced on 5th December 2013 that Universal Credit would roll out in the North West in Summer 2014. The Department confirmed on 30 April that it is now in discussion with relevant Local Authorities in the North West on the detailed planning to make that happen.</p><p> </p><p>As with Jobseeker's Allowance, the Department does not hold forecasts of UC claimant numbers split by both borough, and then by marital status within that borough. Claimant numbers at this degree of detail will be influenced by a range of factors; these include likely local demographics and likely economic conditions within each borough. It is not possible to combine these in any meaningful way, and any such estimates might prove to be unreliable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 8277 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

175340

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2015
	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	Work Programme
	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 is taking to provide an appropriate level of support to people with mental health problems on employment and support allowance participating in the Work Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
	uin	221782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>Work Programme providers have the flexibility to design an innovative and personalised approach to help people into work. Many providers offer mental health and well-being support, either in house or through specialist sub-contractors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2013 the Department set up an independently chaired group to share best practice amongst our providers, sub-contractors and representatives from the voluntary sector and national charities. The Best Practice Report was published last month and includes a focus on supporting the harder to help, including those with mental health issues. The Department has accepted the vast majority of recommendations within the report and has begun to implement them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 27/01/2015 12:25:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

147663

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	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	Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sanction recommendations have been made for every 1000 jobseeker referrals made by each Work Programme provider.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	213985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Work Programme data on sanctions at the level asked for is not held.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The data held on Work Programme sanctions shows how many referrals and adverse decisions were made in numbers, and as a percentage, for every Parliamentary Constituency, Jobcentre Plus area or Local Authority area.This can be found on the DWP internet site through the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=tabtool" target="_blank">http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=tabtool</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/11/2014 12:19:09 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms