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46814

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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 proportion of former jobseeker's allowance claimants moving into work from the Work Programme in the Merseyside, Halton, Cumbria and Lancashire contract area started work on (a) a full-time, (b) a part-time, (c) a zero hours and (d) an apprenticeship contract.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	195069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Figures published by the Office for National Statistics suggest that most job opportunities being created in the recovery are full-time and permanent. The number of people in work has risen by more than 450,000 in the last year. Within this full-time employment has risen by 430,000 and part-time employment by 29,000, while the number of people in temporary jobs has fallen, meaning the vast majority of the rise is full-time and permanent jobs.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

46637

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2014, Official Report, columns 348-9W, on social security benefits: young people, if he will publish any information relevant to the original question that is available at proportionate cost.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	194968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Information on Jobseekers Allowance Severe Hardship decisions for 16 and 17 year olds is provided attached but please be aware that it does not relate solely to estrangement. Information on Income Support and Employment Support Allowance is not available. Similarly it is not possible to disaggregate Appeals information on an age basis.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey attachment 1 file name JSA Severe Hardship Apr2013 to Feb2014.xls title JSA 16/17 year olds Claims to Severe Hardship
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

47114

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2014
	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 assessment he has made of the extent of the availability of free telephones in jobcentres for jobseekers to contact officials within his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	195404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Jobcentres provide face to face support for claimants. There is also controlled access to telephones for claimants who need to contact officials in this department over the phone.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

47374

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	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 the current number of job vacancies is in the Thirsk, Malton and Filey travel-to-work area.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	195486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Universal Jobmatch System was introduced in November 2012. The system does not provide data for travel-to-work areas. However, I can confirm the number of live jobs on the system in these towns at 8 April 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Town</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Live jobs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thirsk</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malton</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Filey</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>327</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

46640

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	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 disability awareness training is provided to disability employment advisers in Jobcentre Plus.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	194922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>DWP staff have access to the ‘Raising the Game on Disability' Seminar, which builds disability knowledge and confidence in working with disabled people. The ‘Hidden Impairment Toolkit' training provides practical advice and guidance on how best to support individuals, into employment. This approach enables the anticipation of reasonable adjustments at appropriate stages of the individual's journey to work</p><p> </p><p>For all Disability Employment Advisers (DEA) additional learning appropriate to this specialist area has been designed in conjunction with DWP Occupational Psychologists to enable DEA's to provide effective support to people with particularly complex health-related needs.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

46967

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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, how many and what proportion of vacancies currently available on Universal Jobmatch are employee only jobs.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	195183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>In answering question 195183 we have interpreted “employee only jobs” as meaning “employee owner status jobs.”</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Universal Jobmatch revolutionises the way jobseekers look for work and it has already helped many jobseekers find the jobs they want. It is part of the government's plan for providing easy online access to government services for all.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Jobmatch has streamlined our existing services for employers and empowered claimants to take more responsibility for their jobsearch and get more targeted support from advisers.</p><p> </p><p>It does not capture information on the number and proportion of zero-hours contracts or ‘employee owner' status jobs.</p><p> </p><p>Jobcentre Plus guidance stipulates that claimants should not be mandated to apply for a job offering a zero hours contract. It also states that no sanction action will be taken if claimants refuse or fail to apply.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 195260 question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

46970

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 723W, on conditions of employment, how many and what proportion of vacancies available on Universal Jobmatch are zero-hours contracts jobs.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	195260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>In answering question 195183 we have interpreted “employee only jobs” as meaning “employee owner status jobs.”</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Universal Jobmatch revolutionises the way jobseekers look for work and it has already helped many jobseekers find the jobs they want. It is part of the government's plan for providing easy online access to government services for all.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Jobmatch has streamlined our existing services for employers and empowered claimants to take more responsibility for their jobsearch and get more targeted support from advisers.</p><p> </p><p>It does not capture information on the number and proportion of zero-hours contracts or ‘employee owner' status jobs.</p><p> </p><p>Jobcentre Plus guidance stipulates that claimants should not be mandated to apply for a job offering a zero hours contract. It also states that no sanction action will be taken if claimants refuse or fail to apply.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 195183 question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

46811

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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, how much local authorities in (a) St Albans, (b) Hertfordshire, (c) the East of England and (d) the UK have returned to his Department in unused discretionary housing payment funding since 2011; and what steps he is taking to ensure that such funds are targeted towards those most in need.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	195039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department has responsibility for the funding of Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) in Great Britain, but not the UK. The table below shows the amounts of unused DHPs returned to the Department since 2011 for the respective areas. The figures for 2013/14 will be available in due course once the information has been collated from local authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Under Spend since 2011</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Albans</p></td><td><p>£18,717</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>£72,108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern England</p></td><td><p>£1,494,137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Britain</p></td><td><p>£20,982,679</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department provides local authorities with a guidance manual and good practice guide to aide them in the administration of the DHP scheme. This has recently been updated following informal consultation with stakeholder groups and local authority practitioners. The new guidance encourages councils to make longer term awards where appropriate to those with ongoing needs.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

48394

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	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, when he plans to publish on the government website an up-to-date impact assessment for universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Meg Munn
	uin	196194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government published a detailed Impact Assessment in December 2012 to accompany the laying of the Universal Credit regulations that came into force in April 2013. There are no current plans to publish an update.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn

46648

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	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 his Department has made of the cost of paying a second attachment fee for each person who is transferred from Newcastle College to new providers of the Work Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	194908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information is not available as it is too early in the procurement process.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 5040 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin