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1713838

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	Restart 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 88 of his Department's Annual Report and Account 2022-23, what progress his Department has made on geographical case studies to understand local delivery challenges of the Restart programme.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
	uin	23691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The evaluation of the Restart Scheme, including research using geographical case studies, is being used to inform delivery of the Restart programme.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 30/04/2024 14:17:59 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1713870

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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, how many requests for split payments of Universal Credit his Department (a) received and (b) granted in each year from 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	23787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 30/04/2024 11:22:47 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1713867

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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: Carers
	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 Universal Credit payments to couples with children are paid into the main caregiver’s account.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	23786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 30/04/2024 11:19:27 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1702483

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2024
	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	Jobcentres: Staff
	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 Work Coaches was per Jobcentre in the latest period for which data is available; and what the average caseload was of a Work Coach in the same period.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
	uin	22700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Average number of Work Coaches per Jobcentre</p><p> </p><p>Jobcentres across the DWP estate vary significantly in size and capacity, the average number of Work Coaches per Jobcentre does not reflect this variation and is not a metric used by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>At the end of March 24, the number of full time equivalent (FTE) UC, JSA and ESA Work Coaches across Great Britain was 16,480 and the number of Jobcentres was 634, giving an average number of Work Coaches per Jobcentre of approximately 26.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes on the figures:</strong></p><p> </p><ul><li>Data is correct as at the end of March 24.</li><li>Figures were derived from the Department’s Activity Based Model (ABM), which provides Full Time Equivalent (FTE) figures based on point in time estimate by Line Managers. They cover only FTE of staff with paid employment.</li><li>Work Coach figures include both Universal Credit Work Coaches and Existing Benefit Work Coaches. They do not include Work Coach Team Leaders and Disability Employment Advisers.</li><li>The number of colleagues employed in these directorates is unpublished management information, collected and intended for internal departmental use and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. As the Department holds the information, we have released it.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>Average caseload of a Work Coach</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the average number of Universal Credit customers in the Intensive Work Search regime per Universal Credit work coach FTE across Great Britain in March 24.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>People on UC (Intensive Work Search only)</strong></p></td><td><p>1,495,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of UC work coaches (FTE)</strong></p></td><td><p>15,290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Intensive Work Search customers per UC work coach (FTE)</strong></p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data sources: Work coach FTE - DWP’s internal Activity Based Model, People on UC - Stat-Xplore (<a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please note, the Department does not use caseload per Work Coach to estimate the number of Work Coaches required nationally or locally. Not all UC claimants have a Work Coach, but we have provided the number of Intensive Work Search customers per UC Work Coach as most of this group do. The Department has complex models to estimate the resource required in Jobcentres at a national level. These models cover activities across all DWP customer groups and job roles.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continually impacts and assesses the service being offered to customers. Staff numbers, including the number of Work Coaches, and demand for Jobcentre services are reviewed on an ongoing basis, in line with the latest economic and benefit forecasts.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes on the figures: </strong></p><p> </p><p>All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 and cover Great Britain</p><p> </p><p>People on UC</p><p> </p><ul><li>The number of Universal Credit claimants includes those who have started Universal Credit (completed the Universal Credit claim process and accepted their Claimant Commitment) and have not had a closure of their claim recorded for this spell, up to the 'count date' (second Thursday in each month).</li><li>A closure of their claim would be recorded either at the request of the individual or if their entitlement to Universal Credit ends, for example, if they no longer satisfy the financial conditions to receive Universal Credit as they have capital over £16,000.</li><li>Labour market regime is based on an individual's circumstances on the count date. More information on the Labour Market Regime can be found using the following link:</li></ul><p><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2019-0465/Labour_Market_regimes_v9.0.pdf" target="_blank">Labour Market Regimes</a></p><p> </p><p>FTE</p><p> </p><ul><li>Data is correct as at the end of March 24.</li><li>Figures were derived from the Department’s Activity Based Model (ABM), which provides Full Time Equivalent (FTE) figures based on point in time estimate by Line Managers. They cover only FTE of staff with paid employment.</li><li>Work Coach figures include only Universal Credit Work Coaches. The figures do not include Work Coach Team Leaders and Disability Employment Advisers.</li><li>The number of colleagues employed in these directorates is unpublished management information, collected and intended for internal departmental use and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. As the Department holds the information, we have released it.</li><li>UC work coach FTE includes the following ABM categories - (DWP) Reasonable Adjustment (W&amp;H Pilot), (UCJC) 50PLUS Work Coach, (UCJC) IWP Work Coach, (UCJC) Learning Premium, (UCJC) UC 18-24 Work Coach, (UCJC) New Style ESA Work Coach, (UCJC) New Style JSA Work Coach, (UCJC) UC Enhanced Work Coach – SE, (UCJC) UC Start Up Training, (UCJC) UC Work Coach Accreditation, (UCJC) UC Work Coach Group Sessions, (UCJC) UC Work Coach, (UCJC) Work Capability Assessment Referrals, (UCJC) Youth Employability Coach, and (UCJC) Youth Hub Work Coach.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/04/2024 16:32:48 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1713219

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	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: Domestic Abuse
	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 claimants applying for the Domestic Violence Easement extend the initial unevidenced four week easement to (a) 13 and (b) 26 weeks.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Andrew Western
	uin	23329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/04/2024 15:53:16 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western

1712778

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	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: Midlothian
	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 under the age of 25 have claimed jobseeker's allowance for more than (a) one and (b) two years in each year since 2019 in Midlothian constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	22992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Statistics for the number of people on jobseeker's allowance by age, duration of claim and parliamentary constituency, are published every three months on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>, and are currently available to August 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Users can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest user and, if needed, can access <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">guidance</a> on how to extract the information required.</p><p /> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/04/2024 11:32:37 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1712772

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	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: Midlothian
	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 claiming universal credit in Midlothian constituency have contacted the universal credit helpline (a) by landline, (b) by mobile phone and (c) at a local jobcentre.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	22988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p /> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/04/2024 11:26:55 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1712768

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	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: Midlothian
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households received Universal Credit in Midlothian constituency in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	22985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Statistics for the number of households on Universal Credit by parliamentary constituency, are published every three months on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>, and are currently available to November 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Users can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest user and, if needed, can access <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">guidance</a> on how to extract the information required.</p><p /> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/04/2024 11:24:10 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1713665

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	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: Farmers
	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 an assessment of the accessibility of Universal Credit support for people working in the farming sector.
	tabling member constituency	Penrith and The Border
	tabling member printed	Dr Neil Hudson
	uin	23635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Universal Credit is a 24 hour, seven days a week, digital service that allows customers to manage their own data and account online at a time which is convenient for them. Where a meeting is required, Work Coaches are able to offer multiple appointment channels, including digital, to minimise disruption to business, and ensure any meetings are as convenient as possible.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p>We are working with the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) to ensure a smooth transition from Tax Credits to Universal Credit, as well as providing Transitional Protection when applicable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/04/2024 11:09:28 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4853 label Biography information for Dr Neil Hudson

1713030

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	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: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the two-child limit in Universal Credit applies to households caring for an additional child under a special guardianship order.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	23201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Since 6 April 2017, families can claim support for up to two children, and there may be further entitlement for other children if they were born before April 2017 or if an exception applies. One of these exceptions is any child in a household who is living long-term with friends or family who would otherwise be at risk of entering the care system, which includes a child being cared for under a Special Guardianship Order.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 26/04/2024 11:32:19 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck