Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1156211

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2019
	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	Zero Hours Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people employed on zero-hour contracts in each (a) nation and (b) region of the UK in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	4937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The independent Office for National Statistics (ONS) use the Labour Force Survey (LFS) to provide estimates for the number of people in employment on contracts that do not guarantee minimum hours (known as ‘zero hours’ contracts’). This data is available for the Oct-Dec quarter only for each year from 2010 to 2018 and is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table: Level and rate of people aged 16 and over on zero-hours contracts October to December each year</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>UK, not seasonally adjusted</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Percentage of people in employment on a zero-hours contract</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Source: ONS Labour Force Survey</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>The estimates for 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 are considered precise</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>ONS advise that the increased media coverage of zero-hours’ contracts arrangements in the latter half of 2013 may have affected the response to this question by raising awareness of this existing type of contractual arrangement. The ONS therefore advise not to compare pre- and post-2013 data.</p><p> </p><p>Data for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and the English regions has been published every six months by ONS for since 2016. However, because the data is drawn from a survey, many of these sub-UK breakdowns are considered too unreliable for practical purposes. Regional data and guidance on its reliability can be found in tab 4 of table EMP17 published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/emp17peopleinemploymentonzerohourscontracts/current" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/emp17peopleinemploymentonzerohourscontracts/current</a></p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/11/2019 18:38:37 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1156210

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2019
	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	Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people that worked less than 15 hours a week in each (a) country and (b) region of the UK in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	4936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2019 answer text <p>The independent Office for National Statistics (ONS) uses the Labour Force Survey (LFS) to provide estimates for the usual weekly hours of work for people. The table below sets out data ONS publishes on those working fewer than 6 hours, and between 6 and 15 hours. Breakdowns for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and regional breakdowns, are not provided because of small sample sizes. Estimates are based on the number of people who report the numbers of hours worked.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: People working fewer than 6 hours, and 6 to 15 hours for April to June each year</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>fewer than 6 Hours</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6 up to 15 hours</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>level (thousands)</p></td><td><p>% of total people in employment</p></td><td><p>level (thousands)</p></td><td><p>% of total people in employment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2010</p></td><td><p>417</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>2,011</p></td><td><p>7.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2011</p></td><td><p>473</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td><td><p>1,959</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2012</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>2,034</p></td><td><p>7.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2013</p></td><td><p>445</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>2,033</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2014</p></td><td><p>463</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>2,034</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2015</p></td><td><p>487</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>1,899</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2016</p></td><td><p>474</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>2,058</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2017</p></td><td><p>424</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>2,048</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2018</p></td><td><p>426</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>2,043</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-Jun 2019</p></td><td><p>471</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>2,066</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Table HOUR02NSA, ONS, Labour Force Survey</p><p> </p><p>At UK level people in full-time work have made up over three quarters of the overall increase in employment since 2010.</p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/11/2019 12:53:53 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1143614

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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 and Health 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 Table 13 on ring-fenced funding on page 21 of the DWP Main Estimate 2019-20 Select Committee Memorandum, if she will publish a regional breakdown of budgeted expenditure in 2018-19 under the Work and Health programme.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	uin	285303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>Estimates are published by HMT. DWP has no plans to publish an additional breakdown of the Main Estimate.</p><p> </p><p>There is some additional data, detailed below, already available in the public domain that may assist.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP Annual Report and Accounts for 2018-19 <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/812722/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-2019.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/812722/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-2019.pdf</a> provide a description of each DEL Estimate line on page 146 and pages 156 -159 detail more information around our 2019-20 funding although not specifically by each line in the Main Estimate.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, within the published Main Estimate Section D, Executive Arm’s Length Bodies (Net), is broken down in Part III Note E (page 156 of the published Main Estimate). Note E therefore provides a further break down of row D of the Resource DEL table and the Capital DEL table.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 284648 284656 284662 284664 284665 284666 284667 284668 284669 284670 285048 285050 285052 285058 285072 285075 285077 285079 285083 285300 285301 285302 question first answered 05/09/2019 12:42:40 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1149528

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	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 and Health Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding her Department allocated to the Work and Health programme in the latest year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	uin	634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions spent £46m on the Work and Health Programme in the financial year 2018/19, which is the latest full year for which spend is available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/10/2019 12:17:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1149526

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	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, how much funding her Department allocated to the Work Programme in the latest year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	uin	632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions spent £62.6m on the Work Programme in the financial year 2018/19, which is the latest full year for which spend is available.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/10/2019 12:00:14 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1156212

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2019
	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: Telephone Services
	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 the Answer of 3 April 2019 to Question 238679 on Universal Credit: Telephone Services, whether calls which are transferred to a different case manager or helpline advisor continue to be (a) recorded and (b) retrievable; and what steps she is taking to ensure that all calls on universal credit are recorded to maintain a complete record of a claimant's interactions with the Department.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
	uin	5096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>Service centre calls are recorded and retained for a period of 14 months; this includes inbound and outbound calls to and from UC telephony service centres and any transfers within the service centres.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/10/2019 11:52:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

1151598

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff have been assigned to the dedicated team investigating universal credit advance payment loan fraud.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	3564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>We have 145 staff in the dedicated team. We also have a number of investigators who, as part of their caseload, will be investigating Universal Credit advances fraud cases, but are not part of the dedicated team.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to investigating cases, we are proactively addressing this issue with messaging on social media to raise awareness and remind people of the importance of safeguarding their identity, and by continuing to work with Social Media sites to shut down posts which promote this fraud. We have shut down 164 sites so far.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/10/2019 14:34:29 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1143096

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of trends in the number of non-UK EU citizens being refused universal credit in the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	284491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Eligibility for Universal Credit depends on a person’s immigration status in the UK. In line with EU law, EEA nationals must be exercising a legal right to reside, such as worker or self-employed status, and be habitually resident in the UK to be eligible for income-related benefits. EEA nationals may now apply to the EU Settlement Scheme to protect their entitlement to access UK benefits and public services.</p><p>The Department is committed to monitoring its policies, regularly reviewing and analysing the relevant data. The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 09/09/2019 13:20:42 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1143588

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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, what comparative assessment she has made of the rate of sanctions in areas where universal credit (a) has been and (b) has not been rolled out.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	285261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2019 answer text <p>No comparative assessment has been made between Universal Credit (UC) sanction rates and sanction rates for legacy benefits.</p><p> </p><p>There are differences between sanctions policy in UC and other benefits (such as Job Seekers Allowance (JSA)) which means that sanction rates across benefits are not directly comparable. For example, a JSA claimant would have their claim closed (rather than be sanctioned) if they failed to attend a meeting with their Work Coach, and did not make contact within five days. In UC, the same claimant would remain on the benefit and be referred for a sanction. If a sanction was applied, they would continue to receive the UC elements to which they remained entitled, such as those for housing or child costs. UC is designed to provide continuous support to claimants, ensuring that all payment does not cease while we investigate the reasons for loss of contact with a claimant.</p><p /><p>The Department publishes sanction rates quarterly for UC, JSA and Employment &amp; Support Allowance, the latest statistics can be found at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-sanctions-statistics-to-april-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-sanctions-statistics-to-april-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>The roll out of Universal Credit is now complete and is available in every Jobcentre across the country. By 2023, all existing legacy claimants will be moved to Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/09/2019 13:00:24 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1151486

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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, with reference to the Government response to the Work and Pensions Committee’s Nineteenth Report of Session 2017–19, Benefit sanctions. HC1949, when her Department plans to publish its evaluation on whether the sanctions regime within universal credit is effective at supporting claimants to search for work; and what the reason is for the time taken to publish that evaluation.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	3707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department will look to publish its evaluation by the end of 2019.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 30/10/2019 17:26:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray