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416315

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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	Sector-based Work Academy Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants have found work through a placement with a sector-based work academy in each year since such schemes have been available.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	8751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Official statistics record starts to sector-based work academy pre-employment training only. The Department does not collate information on outcomes, nor the number of benefit claimants finding work through a sector-based work academy placement.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/09/2015 14:34:15 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

416314

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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	Jobclubs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants have (a) participated in and (b) found work through Work Clubs in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	8750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information is not available. Work Clubs are taken forward at the discretion of Jobcentre Plus District Managers.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/09/2015 14:45:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

416317

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims for (a) tax credits, (b) jobseeker's allowance, (c) employment and support allowance, (d) income support and (e) housing benefit have been made since April 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	8727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Part (a) Tax Credits</p><p> </p><p>Number of new Tax Credit claims received for the period April 2014 to end July 2015 is included in the list below:</p><p> </p><p>Claims received 12/13 - 1,072,007</p><p>Claims received 13/14 - 1,019,719</p><p>Claims received 14/15 - 922,661</p><p>Claims received April 15 to end July 15 - 320,673</p><p> </p><p>Part (b) Jobseekers Allowance; Part (c) Employment and Support Allowance and Part (d) Income Support</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested for Part (b) Jobseekers Allowance, Part (c) Employment and Support Allowance and Part (d) Income Support is not available in the Public Domain.</p><p> </p><p>Part (e) Housing Benefit</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of claims for Part (e) Housing Benefit is published and available at:-</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-benefit-statistics-on-speed-of-processing-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-benefit-statistics-on-speed-of-processing-2014-to-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/09/2015 13:46:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

416323

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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	New Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many start-ups initiated by benefits claimants on the Work For Yourself programme were sustained beyond (a) six and (b) 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	8624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/09/2015 11:03:56 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

416324

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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: Disqualification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many suspensions have been applied to jobseeker's allowance claims in each year since 2010; and how many such suspensions have resulted in the immediate withdrawal of benefit payments.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	8618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information as requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The information that is available, on the number of adverse Jobseeker's Allowance sanction decisions made in each year since 2010, is published and available 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 11/09/2015 13:00:23 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

416320

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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	Managers: Unemployment
	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 declaring themselves as a Company Director have applied for universal credit to date; whether their household income was considered before a decision was made on their application; and what proportion of such claims have been successful.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	8417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We do not keep records of this type of information.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 11/09/2015 13:03:40 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

391042

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2015
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many higher-rate telephone numbers his Department operates for new and existing claimants, and for which benefit categories; and what the average cost and duration is of each call to each of those numbers by benefit category.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	7892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department’s current policy is that calls to claim benefit by telephone should be free to a customer so it uses 0800 free phone numbers where these calls typically take longer. The current Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) policy is that all calls should be free to our 0800 numbers to claim:</p><p> </p><p>· State Pension;</p><p>· Pension Credit;</p><p>· Jobseeker’s Allowance;</p><p>· Income Support;</p><p>· Employment Support Allowance; and,</p><p>· Personal Independence Payment</p><p> </p><p>It is free to call DWP 0800 numbers from all major landline providers. DWP has secured agreements to ensure that it is free to call via six of the UK’s largest mobile phone operators.</p><p> </p><p>For other enquiry helplines the Department has now introduced 0345 numbers and has started the process to cease offering 0845 number options from 1 July. Any charges that apply to these calls will be set by the customer’s telephone or mobile operator and vary depending on call plan type and the time of day at which the call is made.</p><p> </p><p>Calls to 0345 numbers cost no more than a standard geographic call, and count towards any free or inclusive minutes in your landline or mobile phone contract. DWP does not use premium rate numbers.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/09/2015 15:37:27 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

391037

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2015
	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	Low Incomes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to publish the next edition of the Low Income Dynamics analysis.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	7837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department for Work and Pensions is currently analysing the first four waves of the new Understanding Society survey in order to produce an updated Low Income Dynamics publication. We will pre-announce the timing of the publication in line with National Statistics Codes of Practice at the appropriate stage in this analysis.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/09/2015 16:35:04 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

388999

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2015
	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
	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 claims were made online in the last 12 months; how many universal claims are pending; and how many universal credit claims are in payment.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	6463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit (UC) in September 2013. As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently quality assuring data for UC therefore it is not yet possible to give a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future. These statistics however will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for official statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The latest official experimental statistics on UC and the Departments release strategy can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 6363 6417 question first answered 14/07/2015 16:06:22 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

389002

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2015
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2015 to Question 5753, how many applications for Short Term Benefit Advance in 2014 were rejected; and for what reasons such applications were rejected.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	6454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The vast majority of refusals are either because (i) there was a doubt about whether the claimant would be entitled to the benefit being claimed and, therefore, we could not be sure that there was any benefit to advance or (ii) actual benefit was paid instead, which is a better outcome for the claimant.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/07/2015 11:05:46 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel previous answer version 14191 answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead