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173952

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	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	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 conclusions about effective approaches to universal credit in work conditionality he has drawn from the labour market trials which started between May 2013 and January 2014; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	220869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The purpose of the initial Jobcentre Plus-led trials tested within Jobcentre Plus were to help inform and shape the design of larger-scale Randomised Controlled Trials that we plan to run in Universal Credit from April 2015, from which conclusions about effective in-work support will start to be drawn.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/01/2015 15:02:50 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

173954

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	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	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 changes he has made to his Department's policies or procedures in response to those representations about the adequacy of his Department's hardship payments scheme.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	220891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Following the recommendations of the Oakley Review of sanctions (published July 2014), Jobcentre Plus offices have improved claimants’ awareness of hardship when a sanction applies to their benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Jobcentre Plus has undertaken a comprehensive review of the Hardship process. This has focused on strengthening information provided to claimants throughout their engagement with us. All claimants are informed about the application process before a sanction decision is made and before any benefit reduction. Assistance is also provided with the application process where required. We have also sped up the hardship process so all payments are made within 3 days.</p><p> </p><p>Vulnerable claimants can continue to apply for hardship payments immediately.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/01/2015 16:50:05 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

173496

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	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: Scotland
	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 (a) were eligible for and (b) participated in the Work Programme in Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East constituency in each month since October 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Gregg McClymont
	uin	220612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In response to the first question, those eligible for the Work Programme are referred to it and therefore eligibility is reflected by referral numbers.</p><p> </p><p>Information on those referred to the Work Programme, by parliamentary constituency, is published and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/01/2015 17:27:28 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3949 label Biography information for Gregg McClymont

173348

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	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	Delivery Services
	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 retraining opportunities for (a) former employees of City Link and (b) others who have been made redundant in the parcel delivery sector.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	uin	220644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Jobcentre Plus through its Rapid Response Service (RRS) aims to address the effects of redundancies on individuals and the local community by helping those affected move into alternative employment quickly.</p><p>RRS offers a range of support, tailored at a local level to the needs of the individual and the local labour market.</p><p>Former City Link employees, or any other employee who has been made redundant in the parcel delivery sector would be eligible for RRS support and anyone who approaches their local Jobcentre will be advised and directed accordingly.</p><p>In Scotland and Wales, RRS support is delivered in partnership with Skills Development Scotland (Partnership Action for Continuing Employment) and the Welsh Assembly Government (Redundancy Action Scheme), respectively. The Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland (DELNI) leads support there. Each service is similarly serving the needs of City Link employees based there.</p><p>Both DWP and BIS continue to work with the Administrator Ernst &amp; Young and trade unions to see how we might further assist and support City Link employees in their movement back into employment.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/01/2015 16:48:04 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

173948

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	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, with reference to page 32 of Work Programme Evaluation: Operation of the commissioning model, finance and programme delivery, published by his Department in December 2014, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy of the finding that Jobcentre Plus managers' views on the effectiveness of the Work Programme tended to be fairly negative.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	220893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Recognising the importance of Jobcentre Plus involvement, the Department has piloted a new closer working approach. Jobcentres have reported that closer working with providers in support of our hardest to help customers is assisting the removal of barriers and building greater trust for all parties.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/01/2015 16:27:20 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

173953

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to publish evaluations of the universal credit in work conditionality pilots.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	220870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department is currently developing the evaluation strategy, including publication plans, for the large-scale Randomised Controlled Trials that we will deliver in Universal Credit. The first of these trials will be launched in April this year.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/01/2015 14:55:33 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

174061

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	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	Food Banks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what resources from the UK's allocatons of EU Structural Funds have been used to support food banks.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	221033
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The European Commission implementing decision of 3 April 2014 transferred €3.96m from the UK’s structural funds allocation to the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived.</p><p>The Government announced on 18 December 2014 that the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived will be used to support additional breakfast clubs in schools in deprived areas in England, subject to agreement with the European Commission. We believe that breakfast clubs effectively target help to many of the most deprived children – providing nutritious meals in some of the poorest areas, supporting academic attainment, promoting healthy eating habits at a young age and saving families money. This funding would be in addition to existing support provided by the Government – we have already committed just over £1 million over two years to support an expansion of breakfast clubs in poor areas.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/01/2015 16:21:10 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

174066

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	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	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 number of job searches required of jobseeker's allowance claimants is in (a) each English region and (b) each age group.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	220936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>There is not set number of jobsearches required.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>It is a condition of entitlement for Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants to be actively seeking work. To meet this requirement, claimants are generally expected to take all reasonable steps each week to give them the best prospects of obtaining work.</p><p> </p><p>DWP Work Coaches agree steps that it is reasonable to expect the claimant to undertake, taking into account individual circumstances and record these in a Claimant Commitment which is regularly reviewed and updated as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/01/2015 15:13:11 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

173495

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	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	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 the value of hardship payments issued to sanctioned jobseekers' allowance claimants was in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	220565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published information on hardship awards covers the 12 month period from April 2011 to March 2012. This is the link to the publication.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/222972/hardship_adhoc_2011_2012.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/222972/hardship_adhoc_2011_2012.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/01/2015 16:40:05 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

173489

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	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	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, if he will make it his policy that people on benefits who undertake temporary work placements can have their benefits reinstated immediately and do not wait six weeks.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	220571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>We aim to ensure all claimants receive their first benefit payment as quickly as possible and have no plans to change our policy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under Universal Credit (UC), claimants have a six month re-award period making it easier for them to take on temporary work placements and restart their UC award by simply reporting their change of circumstances and attending an interview. We are in the process of extending UC to more and more claimants with national roll-out beginning next month.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/01/2015 16:42:14 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland