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64833

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Work Experience
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what her Department's policy is on work experience placements; and how many such placement requests have been accepted in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	203158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There have been no work experience placements in my Department since 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 03/07/2014 12:31:10 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

66177

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Work Experience
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to her Answer of 3 July 2014, Official Report, column 713W, on work experience, whether her Department follows Cabinet Office guidance on work experience placements.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	204174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My Department follows the Ministry of Justice guidance on work experience placements, which is based on Cabinet Office guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 14/07/2014 14:16:33 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

100266

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
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 Experience
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 15 October 2014 to Question 209803, how many of the people undertaking work experience have since entered paid employment.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	211299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Research with claimants published earlier this year shows that 36 per cent of work experience participants were in employment at the time of interview, and 42 per cent had at least been in employment at some point (even if they were not at the time of the interview).</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284017/rr865-youth-contract-customer-experiences.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284017/rr865-youth-contract-customer-experiences.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 24/10/2014 12:40:48 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

142329

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
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 Experience
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 referred by jobcentres to, and (b) have participated in, his Department's work experience scheme in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	213751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The following table presents the number of work experience placements starts by people of all ages for every year since 2011. Data is only available up to and including May for 2014. The information is published as part of the Youth Contract Official Statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/pre-work-programme-and-get-britain-working#youth-contract" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/pre-work-programme-and-get-britain-working#youth-contract</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Work experience placement starts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2011</p></td><td><p>37,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2012</p></td><td><p>66,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2013</p></td><td><p>84,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - May 2014</p></td><td><p>55,750</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. The table shows the number of starts rather than people. Some claimants may have started more than one work experience placement</p><p> </p><p>2. A work experience start is defined as the date the claimant accepted their work experience placement with the employer. This is input by an adviser to the Jobcentre Plus' Labour Market System.</p><p> </p><p>3. Data relating to work experience referrals are not available</p><p> </p><p>4. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 11/11/2014 14:18:39 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

92360

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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	Work Experience
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on the Work Experience scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	209803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Latest data shows that from January 2011 to May 2014, 238,210 people of all ages started a work experience opportunity, of which 196,600 were aged between 18 and 24. Our evaluation shows that work experience is a popular and valuable scheme, particularly for young people – evaluation of ‘Customer experience of the Youth Contract’ found that 74 per cent customers said they gained skills during their placement and 83 per cent said they felt more attractive to employers.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 15/10/2014 10:41:34 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms