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420348

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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: 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 in (a) Glasgow Central, (b) the city of Glasgow and (c) Scotland have been unsuccessful in claiming jobseeker's allowance because they did not meet the criteria for the habitual residence test since October 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	10751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>Statistical information regarding the habitual residence test is intended for publication at a future date.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/10/2015 16:18:48 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

420378

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: Glasgow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work capability assessments in connection with claims for employment and support allowance have been carried out in (a) Glasgow and (b) Glasgow Central constituency since 1 September 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	11041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>The total number of Work Capability Assessments completed from September 2014 to March 2015 in the Glasgow City Local Authority was 10,700 (rounded to the nearest 100). This figure includes Employment and Support Allowance initial assessments, repeat assessments and, Incapacity Benefit reassessments.</p><p>The information requested by parliamentary constituency is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/10/2015 16:30:46 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

428363

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2015
	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: Disqualification
	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 take steps to ensure that universal credit claimants are not sanctioned in the period between accepting an offer of employment and starting employment.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	16361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Universal Credit claimants, who are expected to look for work, must take all reasonable action they can to become employed. Any requirements placed on the claimant will be based on a discussion with their work coach, taking into account the individual’s circumstances, including any offer of employment they may have received.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/11/2015 13:13:46 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

349732

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	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	Children: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were in poverty in (a) Scotland, (b) Glasgow and (c) Glasgow Central constituency in (i) 2005, (ii) 2010 and (iii) 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	1875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Estimates of the number and proportion of children in relative and absolute low-income are published in the National Statistics Households Below Average Income (HBAI) series.</p><p> </p><p>Due to small sample sizes figures for Glasgow and the Glasgow Central constituency are not available as robust estimates cannot be produced for local level geographies. However, HBAI does provide 3-year average estimates of the number and proportion of children in relative and absolute low-income for Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>Analysis by region and country is presented as three-year averages as single-year estimates are considered too volatile. Figures are presented in financial year estimates and are only available up to 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at the link below: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/households-below-average-income-hbai-199495-to-201213" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/households-below-average-income-hbai-199495-to-201213</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/06/2015 15:55:33 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

349738

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	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: Glasgow Central
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants living within Glasgow Central constituency were sanctioned in (a) May 2014, (b) June 2014, (c) July 2014, (d) August 2014, (e) September 2014, (f) October 2014, (g) November 2014, (h) December 2014, (i) January 2015, (j) February 2015, (k) March 2015, (l) April 2015 and (m) May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	1876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The latest available information on sanctions, as at December 2014, is published at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>:</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/06/2015 14:08:59 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

446084

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2016
	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	Jobcentre Plus: 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 discussions he had with foodbank providers on the planned introduction of Jobcentre staff in foodbanks.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	23112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>Jobcentre Work Coaches undertake outreach work every day in local communities, and have recently been helping people with back-to-work support and advice in Manchester, where a food bank sits alongside other support services.</p><p>The Department is in the early stages of testing the outreach activity, and will reflect on the findings.</p><p>Where Jobcentre Plus is invited to work in partnership with a food bank provider, and where there is a local need, Jobcentre Plus District Managers will be able to apply the best practices identified.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 26/01/2016 13:29:57 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

485752

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: 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 employment support allowance claimants in (a) Scotland (b) Glasgow and (c) Glasgow Central constituency stopped claiming that allowance after participation in the Work Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	32348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The available information on the number of people who have completed the Work Programme is published and can be found at:</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>The information requested for those who stopped claiming Employment and Support Allowance after participation in the Work Programme is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 11/04/2016 12:46:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

485763

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	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, whether his Department sets targets related to the closing of benefit claims of people referred to the work programme.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	32431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>There are no targets set for providers in relation to the closing of benefit claims, though for a job to be eligible for outcome payments, providers must support people into enough work to take them off out-of-work benefits.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/04/2016 16:31:36 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

524485

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2016
	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 the value was of the cash commission paid to companies for clients' completion of the Work Programme in each year from 2011 to 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	40231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2016 answer text <p>Work Programme providers are not paid cash commissions and are not paid for individuals completing the programme. Providers are paid by results on the basis of a job outcome fee for supporting an individual into sustained employment and additional sustainment payments for keeping them in work longer.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 17/06/2016 12:29:51 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss