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42627

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/03/2014
	date	11/03/2014
	date tabled	11/03/2014
	ddp created	11/03/2014 21:32:09
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:36:22
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	191500
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to tackle delays faced by people waiting for a medical assessment following their application for personal independence payment.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 191500
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191500
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We are committed to ensuring Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants receive high quality, objective, fair and accurate assessments. Since the introduction of PIP new claims in April, we have been closely monitoring all aspects of the process.</p><p /> <p>Our latest analysis is telling us that the end-to-end claimant journey is taking longer than expected. We are working closely with the assessment providers to ensure that they are taking all necessary steps to improve performance, speed up the process and ensure claimants receive a satisfactory experience. We are also seeking to ensure that all the steps in the process run as smoothly as possible and that there are no barriers in our processes and systems that contribute to claims taking longer than necessary to progress. </p> question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528
	creator	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

42815

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/03/2014
	date	12/03/2014
	date tabled	12/03/2014
	ddp created	12/03/2014 20:11:23
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:38:01
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	191826
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals convicted of (a) murder or (b) attempted murder in each of the last 10 years have been released with exclusion zones forming a part of their licence arrangements.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 191826
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191826
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Unfortunately, it is not possible to answer these questions without carrying out a manual search through all relevant individual offender files, at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Conditions such as an exclusion zone may be applied to an offender's licence where it is necessary to manage the risk that the individual offender poses following release into the community - and where it is proportionate to that risk. Where qualifying victims have exercised their statutory right to make representations about the offender's licence conditions, the exclusion zone set will take into account those representations. In each case, the supervising officer proposes conditions as appropriate and requests these from the appropriate authority, which applies it to the licence on behalf of the Secretary of State. In the case of determinate sentence prisoners, the authority is the prison governor; in the case of indeterminate sentence prisoners, or others whose release is on the direction of the Parole Board, the authority is the Parole Board.</p><p> </p><p>These conditions must be kept under review, and are intended to be flexible to the possible resettlement needs of an offender in the community and any new risks that arise.</p><p> </p><p>An exclusion zone will rarely be absolute, as it is recognised that there may be exceptional reasons why the offender needs to enter the exclusion zone. Thus, where an exclusion zone is included in the offender's licence, it will usually be open to the supervising officer to grant the offender permission to enter the exclusion zone, for a temporary period and for a specific purpose.</p><p> </p><p>As this is a purely localised decision, there is no national record of the number of occasions such permission has been given. It is, therefore, not possible to answer the questions regarding how many times an offender has been granted permission to enter the exclusion zone applied to his licence.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the last 10 years is not available in the required electronic format to answer the question relating to numbers of offenders with exclusion zones included in their licence. To provide such information would again require a manual interrogation of offenders' records and this would incur disproportionate cost.</p> question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560
	creator	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

42820

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/03/2014
	date	12/03/2014
	date tabled	12/03/2014
	ddp created	12/03/2014 20:11:25
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:38:05
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	191781
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions an individual on licence for an attempted murder conviction has been granted permission to enter an exclusion zone which has been formed as part of their licence arrangement in each of the last 10 years.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 191781
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191781
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Unfortunately, it is not possible to answer these questions without carrying out a manual search through all relevant individual offender files, at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Conditions such as an exclusion zone may be applied to an offender's licence where it is necessary to manage the risk that the individual offender poses following release into the community - and where it is proportionate to that risk. Where qualifying victims have exercised their statutory right to make representations about the offender's licence conditions, the exclusion zone set will take into account those representations. In each case, the supervising officer proposes conditions as appropriate and requests these from the appropriate authority, which applies it to the licence on behalf of the Secretary of State. In the case of determinate sentence prisoners, the authority is the prison governor; in the case of indeterminate sentence prisoners, or others whose release is on the direction of the Parole Board, the authority is the Parole Board.</p><p> </p><p>These conditions must be kept under review, and are intended to be flexible to the possible resettlement needs of an offender in the community and any new risks that arise.</p><p> </p><p>An exclusion zone will rarely be absolute, as it is recognised that there may be exceptional reasons why the offender needs to enter the exclusion zone. Thus, where an exclusion zone is included in the offender's licence, it will usually be open to the supervising officer to grant the offender permission to enter the exclusion zone, for a temporary period and for a specific purpose.</p><p> </p><p>As this is a purely localised decision, there is no national record of the number of occasions such permission has been given. It is, therefore, not possible to answer the questions regarding how many times an offender has been granted permission to enter the exclusion zone applied to his licence.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the last 10 years is not available in the required electronic format to answer the question relating to numbers of offenders with exclusion zones included in their licence. To provide such information would again require a manual interrogation of offenders' records and this would incur disproportionate cost.</p> question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560
	creator	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

42821

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/03/2014
	date	12/03/2014
	date tabled	12/03/2014
	ddp created	12/03/2014 20:11:25
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:38:06
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	191795
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times a convicted attempted murderer released on licence has been allowed to enter an exclusion zone formed as part of their licence arrangement within one week of their release in each of the last 10 years.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 191795
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191795
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Unfortunately, it is not possible to answer these questions without carrying out a manual search through all relevant individual offender files, at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Conditions such as an exclusion zone may be applied to an offender's licence where it is necessary to manage the risk that the individual offender poses following release into the community - and where it is proportionate to that risk. Where qualifying victims have exercised their statutory right to make representations about the offender's licence conditions, the exclusion zone set will take into account those representations. In each case, the supervising officer proposes conditions as appropriate and requests these from the appropriate authority, which applies it to the licence on behalf of the Secretary of State. In the case of determinate sentence prisoners, the authority is the prison governor; in the case of indeterminate sentence prisoners, or others whose release is on the direction of the Parole Board, the authority is the Parole Board.</p><p> </p><p>These conditions must be kept under review, and are intended to be flexible to the possible resettlement needs of an offender in the community and any new risks that arise.</p><p> </p><p>An exclusion zone will rarely be absolute, as it is recognised that there may be exceptional reasons why the offender needs to enter the exclusion zone. Thus, where an exclusion zone is included in the offender's licence, it will usually be open to the supervising officer to grant the offender permission to enter the exclusion zone, for a temporary period and for a specific purpose.</p><p> </p><p>As this is a purely localised decision, there is no national record of the number of occasions such permission has been given. It is, therefore, not possible to answer the questions regarding how many times an offender has been granted permission to enter the exclusion zone applied to his licence.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the last 10 years is not available in the required electronic format to answer the question relating to numbers of offenders with exclusion zones included in their licence. To provide such information would again require a manual interrogation of offenders' records and this would incur disproportionate cost.</p> question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560
	creator	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

42886

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/03/2014
	date	12/03/2014
	date tabled	12/03/2014
	ddp created	12/03/2014 20:11:43
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:39:04
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	191792
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he has issued on the requirement to have £16,000 or less in savings for eligibility for income-based jobseeker's allowance.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 191792
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191792
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>For Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), guidance on the requirement to have £16000 or less in capital and savings is in the JSA procedural guidance. Corresponding guidance for Decision Makers is in the Decision Makers Guide, chapter 29.</p><p> </p><p>Public facing communications are available via the:</p><p>· Government website <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>;</p><p>· information leaflet INF4: changes you must tell us about; and </p><p>· Jobseeker's Allowance: help while you look for work leaflet.</p><p> </p><p>There has always been a level above which income-based JSA was not payable if savings were held since 1996.</p> question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

42593

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/03/2014
	date	11/03/2014
	date tabled	11/03/2014
	ddp created	11/03/2014 21:31:57
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:35:46
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	191625
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people and what proportion of the working population have been in receipt of incapacity benefit or employment and support allowance for over (a) two years, (b) five years and (c) 10 years in each region of England.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 191625
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191625
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested is shown in the tables below.</p><p>Incapacity Benefit/Severe Disablement Allowance (IB/SDA) claimants in each Region in England by duration of claim and as a percentage of the working age population – as at August 2013</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>All cases</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>%</p></td><td><p>Duration of 2 to 5 years</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>%</p></td><td><p>Duration of 5 to 10 years</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>%</p></td><td><p>Duration of over 10 years</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>29,950</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>1,820</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>6,380</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>21,500</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>77,400</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>3,250</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>17,650</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>55,980</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>47,770</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>1,980</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>10,700</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>34,760</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>39,600</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>1,370</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>9,020</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>28,820</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>55,560</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>2,130</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>13,770</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>39,260</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>45,960</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>1,730</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>12,710</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>31,030</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>87,890</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>4,420</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>26,990</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>55,570</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>60,710</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>2,250</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>15,570</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>42,410</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>51,240</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>1,960</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>13,200</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>35,620</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants in each Region in England by duration of claim and as a percentage of the working age population – as at August 2013</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>All</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>%</p></td><td><p>Duration of up to 5 years</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>102,540</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>16,010</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>284,580</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td><td><p>49,000</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>170,050</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td><td><p>29,980</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>130,210</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td><p>23,430</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>166,670</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td><td><p>30,220</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>133,560</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td><td><p>26,410</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>227,650</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td><td><p>48,070</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>185,150</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td><td><p>36,240</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>135,980</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td><td><p>26,390</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: DWP IGS 100% WPLS and ONS Mid-2012 Population Estimates</p><p>Notes:</p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages are shown rounded to one decimal place. “ – “ denotes nil or negligible.</li><li>Working age population figures are defined as males aged 16-64 and females aged 16-59.</li><li>Incapacity Benefit was replaced by Employment Support Allowance (ESA) for new claims from October 2008.</li><li>Incapacity Benefit/Severe Disablement Allowance figures will include some people receiving National Insurance credits only.</li><li>The caseload data provided for IB/SDA and ESA is published and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool</a></li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084
	creator	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

42594

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/03/2014
	date	11/03/2014
	date tabled	11/03/2014
	ddp created	11/03/2014 21:31:57
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:35:47
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	191627
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the claimants who have returned to Jobcentre Plus after 104 weeks on the Work Programme are attached to each jobcentre in the UK; and what proportion of each jobcentre's caseload such people represent.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 191627
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191627
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p><strong> </strong>Statistics on the number of claimants, who have returned to Jobcentre Plus after 104 weeks on the Work Programme, by Jobcentre Plus district, can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool</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><p> </p><p>In order to calculate the proportions, statistics on the number of Jobseeker's Allowance claimants by jobcentre plus district can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084
	creator	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

42597

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/03/2014
	date	11/03/2014
	date tabled	11/03/2014
	ddp created	11/03/2014 21:31:58
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:35:50
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	191629
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what effect on the budget of universal credit the decision to develop a second IT system will have; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 191629
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191629
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the reply I gave him on 12 December 2013, Official Report column 314w.</p> question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084
	creator	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

42598

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/03/2014
	date	11/03/2014
	date tabled	11/03/2014
	ddp created	11/03/2014 21:31:58
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:35:51
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	191628
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people and what proportion of the working age population have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance for over (a) two years, (b) five years and (c) 10 years in each region of England.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 191628
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191628
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is shown in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p>Jobseeker's Allowance claimants in each Region in England by duration of claim and as a percentage of the working age population – as at August 2013</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>All</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>% </p></td><td><p>Duration of 2 to 5 years</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>% </p></td><td><p>Duration of 5 to 10 years</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>% </p></td><td><p>Duration of over 10 years</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>% </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>77,400</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td><td><p>14,330</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>166,260</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td><td><p>22,990</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>140,760</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td><td><p>23,660</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>810</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>87,700</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>12,900</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>630</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>141,210</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td><td><p>23,410</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>1,490</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>93,300</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td><td><p>13,370</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>191,590</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td><td><p>30,990</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>1,420</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>107,830</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>13,550</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>68,750</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>8,530</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Source: DWP IGS 100% WPLS and ONS Mid-2012 Population Estimates</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages are shown rounded to one decimal place. “ – “ denotes nil or negligible.</li><li>Working age population figures are defined as males aged 16-64 and females aged 16-59.</li></ol><p> </p> question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084
	creator	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

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	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/03/2014
	date	12/03/2014
	date tabled	12/03/2014
	ddp created	12/03/2014 20:11:39
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:38:48
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	191798
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect (a) generally and (b) on ease of comparisons with previous years of collecting work-related ill-health data through the Labour Force Survey biennially instead of annually.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 191798
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191798
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Experience from collecting work-related ill health data through the Labour Force Survey from 2003/04 to 2011/12 indicated that figures rarely changed significantly year-on-year. The main value in the data is in comparisons over longer time periods and in combining survey years to look at detailed sub-populations. </p><p> </p><p>Work-related ill health data for 2013/14 has been collated and will be published in the autumn. </p><p> </p> question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528
	creator	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms