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1002095

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/11/2018
	date	05/11/2018
	date tabled	05/11/2018
	ddp created	05/11/2018 22:22:23
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	05/11/2018 22:41:39 12/11/2018 17:02:02
	hansard heading	Disability: Advisory Services
	house id	1
	identifier	188029
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	12/11/2018 16:30:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the White Paper, Improving Lives published in November 2017, when the funding for Jobcentre Plus Community Partners and additional Disability Employment Advisers is due to end; and whether the Department has plans to allocate additional funding for those initiatives.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 188029
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188029
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Funding for Jobcentre Plus Community Partners and additional Disability Employment Advisers has been agreed up until 31st March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>There is a range of support available for claimants with a health condition or disability, including one-to-one support from Work Coaches, The Work and Health Programme and the Personal Support package. Our overall aim is for work coaches to continue to develop the skills and confidence to provide good coaching and effective support. Disability Employment Advisers and Community Partners are among a number of the enablers in place to support this priority.</p><p> </p><p>We are carrying out continuous evaluation, including a review of the Community Partner and Disability Employment Adviser role functions. Recommendations from this review will be considered by Ministers and DWP Senior Leaders as they decide how to ensure that we continue to provide a cohesive support offer beyond 31st March 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth question first answered 12/11/2018 16:30:33
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1002096

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/11/2018
	date	05/11/2018
	date tabled	05/11/2018
	ddp created	05/11/2018 22:22:25
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	05/11/2018 22:41:41 12/11/2018 16:58:01
	hansard heading	Disability: Advisory Services
	house id	1
	identifier	188030
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	12/11/2018 16:26:59
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans to undertake an assessment of the adequacy of the Jobcentre Plus Personalised Support Package for disabled people.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 188030
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188030
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department has commissioned an externally contracted evaluation of the Jobcentre Plus Personalised Support Package. This will explore the experiences of claimants, employers, providers and DWP staff, of the personalised support provided through the package.</p><p> </p><p>A synthesis report of the over-arching evaluation will be published in Autumn 2021.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth question first answered 12/11/2018 16:26:59
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

175976

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/02/2015
	date	27/01/2015
	date tabled	27/01/2015
	ddp created	27/01/2015 23:01:19
	ddp modified	09/02/2015 00:55:03
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	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
	identifier	222162
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	02/02/2015 16:24:59
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding has been allocated to universal credit since June 2010.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 222162
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	222162
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>Information about the funding allocated to Universal Credit is contained within the document: Universal Credit at Work, published by DWP in October 2014</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean question first answered 02/02/2015 16:24:59
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

177596

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/02/2015
	date	03/02/2015
	date tabled	03/02/2015
	ddp created	03/02/2015 23:23:34
	ddp modified	09/02/2015 17:07:03
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	identifier	223104
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/02/2015 16:35:36
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were made for short-term benefit advance in 2014; and how many of these applications were successful.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 223104
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223104
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West question first answered 09/02/2015 16:35:36
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

177597

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/02/2015
	date	03/02/2015
	date tabled	03/02/2015
	ddp created	03/02/2015 23:23:35
	ddp modified	09/02/2015 14:52:03
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Jobseeker's Allowance
	house id	1
	identifier	223105
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/02/2015 14:20:57
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants have been sanctioned on (a) one, (b) two and (c) three occasions or more; and what the average length of each sanction is.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 223105
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223105
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>The information requested on the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) individuals receiving a decision to apply a sanction, by the number of sanctions, is published and can be found in table 1.7 of the publication at</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/jobseekers-allowance-and-employment-and-support-allowance-sanctions-decisions-made-to-june-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/jobseekers-allowance-and-employment-and-support-allowance-sanctions-decisions-made-to-june-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>The information requested in relation to JSA sanction durations is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West question first answered 09/02/2015 14:20:57
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

177598

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/02/2015
	date	03/02/2015
	date tabled	03/02/2015
	ddp created	03/02/2015 23:23:37
	ddp modified	10/02/2015 17:31:03
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Jobseeker's Allowance
	house id	1
	identifier	223107
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/02/2015 16:59:26
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to process new claims for jobseeker's allowance was in 2014.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 223107
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223107
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>There was an increase in the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance claims being cleared within 10 days by 18.9 percentage points, from 71.3 per cent in March 2013 to 90.2 per cent in March 2014.</p><p> </p><p>This is an increase in performance by 22.6 percentage points when compared with year ending April 2009 – March 2010 when it was 67.6%</p> answering member constituency Wirral West question first answered 10/02/2015 16:59:26
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

177605

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/02/2015
	date	03/02/2015
	date tabled	03/02/2015
	ddp created	03/02/2015 23:23:42
	ddp modified	09/02/2015 14:35:03
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Telephone Services
	house id	1
	identifier	223167
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/02/2015 14:03:42
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were made to the winter fuel payment helpline 08459 151515 in each of the last five financial years; how much revenue was generated by these calls; and when he expects to end the use of this number.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 223167
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223167
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>Calls to the winter fuel payment helpline were:</p><p> </p><p>· 2013/14 226,672</p><p>· 2012/13 303,610</p><p>· We do not hold data for the three financial years before 2012/13</p><p> </p><p>For the financial years of 2009/10 – 2013/14, the Department for Work and Pensions did not receive any revenue for the telephone number 08459 151515.</p><p> </p><p>The Winter Fuel Payment Helpline service can also be accessed by dialling 0345 9151515. Callers to 0845 9151515 are informed of the availability of the 0345 number option. There is still evidence that the 0845 option can be cheaper for some callers and as a result there are currently no plans to discontinue this number.</p><p> </p><p>DWP use of 0845 numbers will be reviewed once the impacts of Ofcom changes to 08 numbers are known. These changes are currently scheduled to be implemented in July 2015.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate question first answered 09/02/2015 14:03:42
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

179075

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/02/2015
	date	10/02/2015
	date tabled	10/02/2015
	ddp created	11/02/2015 00:26:48
	ddp modified	23/02/2015 15:30:06
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	identifier	224092
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/02/2015 14:58:52
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Birkenhead dated 20 October 2014 regarding the Government's Child Poverty Strategy.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 224092
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	224092
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>A reply is going out today, Monday 23 February.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate question first answered 23/02/2015 14:58:52
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

222670

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/02/2015
	date	20/02/2015
	date tabled	20/02/2015
	ddp created	20/02/2015 19:31:57
	ddp modified	25/02/2015 11:17:04
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	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
	identifier	224724
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/02/2015 10:45:35
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library copies of the letter he wrote to the Rt hon. Member for East Ham on Universal Credit in January 2015.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 224724
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	224724
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions wrote to the Rt Hon Member for East Ham on 22 January. In line with the conventions of the House, correspondence between Ministers and MPs are confidential as far as the Department is concerned, and it is a matter for the MP to decide whether to make it more widely available. The Department has no issue if the Rt Hon Member for East Ham chooses to place a copy of the letter in the library.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate question first answered 25/02/2015 10:45:35
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

222676

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/02/2015
	date	20/02/2015
	date tabled	20/02/2015
	ddp created	20/02/2015 19:32:10
	ddp modified	25/02/2015 18:20:08
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Telephone Services
	house id	1
	identifier	224822
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/02/2015 17:48:08
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were made to (a) The Pension Service, 08456060265, (b) Personal Independence Payment, 08458503322, (c) Carer's Allowance Unit, 08456084321, and (d) Bereavement benefits, 08456088601, in each of the last five financial years; how much revenue was generated from calls to each of those numbers; and when he plans to end the use of those numbers.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 224822
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	224822
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Please see the attached table - PQ224822 Selected Volumes- detailing volume of calls made to (a) The Pension Service, 08456060265, (b) Personal Independence Payment, 08458503322, (c) Carer's Allowance Unit, 08456084321, and (d) Bereavement benefits, 08456088601, in each of the last five financial years. (Metric definition and limitations included within the attachment)</p><p>For the financial years 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13, DWP received no revenue for the telephone number 08456060265. For the financial years 2014/15 and 2013/14, DWP received no revenue for the telephone number 08458503322. For the financial years 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13, DWP received no revenue for the telephone number 08456084321. For the financial years 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13, DWP received no revenue for the telephone number 08456088601.</p><p>DWP is already in the process of replacing all its 0845 number prefixes in use for its national helplines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West question first answered 25/02/2015 17:48:08
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead