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89983

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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
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 in (a) the UK, (b) the South West and (c) Bristol North West constituency are unemployed but unable to claim jobseeker's allowance because they are deemed to have a sufficient level of personal savings.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	207604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 04/09/2014 11:23:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

90226

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consultation was undertaken by his Department before it stopped youth contract wage incentives.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	207727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The economy is recovering, the UK has witnessed the biggest annual drop in youth unemployment since records began and the youth claimant count has fallen for each of the past 32 months. In addition, compared to a year ago, there are 136,200 fewer young people on JSA. Added to that, the average number of vacancies available at any one time has increased by 119,000 on the year, to reach over 650,000.</p><p>Therefore, after careful consideration, at a meeting of the Growth and Enterprise Committee, we agreed to keep the same financial support and reallocate funds to focus on the hardest to help youth groups who are still finding it difficult to take up vacancies. This includes providing additional Jobcentre Plus support for those who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEETS) in areas of high youth unemployment and areas with the highest concentration of young claimants from Black and Ethnic Minority Groups.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 04/09/2014 10:29:05 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

90230

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many youth contract wage incentives had been (a) applied for and (b) paid by 6 August 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	207720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Information on the Wage Incentive is routinely published as part of the Youth Contract Official Statistics. The number of forms issued to employers and payments made can be found in the attached statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-contract-official-statistics-august-2014--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-contract-official-statistics-august-2014--2</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 04/09/2014 10:46:05 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

89847

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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, with reference to the Answer of 8 April 2014, Official Report, column 220W, on the Work Programme, what the cost is of paying a second attachment fee for persons transferred from Newcastle College to new providers; and what other additional costs his Department incurs as a result of that transfer.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	207491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>It is not possible to release financial data below the national level within the duration of the Work Programme, as this could put at risk some of the commercial in confidence elements of the contracts.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/09/2014 16:44:37 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

89848

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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: Computers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many computers have been installed for use in Jobcentre Plus offices in the UK in 2014-15; and what estimate he has made of the number of computers so installed by the end of the current financial year.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	207488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Digital Jobcentres project is modernising the Jobcentre digital infrastructure by delivering WiFi and Web Access Devices (WADs) across the Jobcentre network. From now until the end of October, we will be installing WiFi and new Web access devices (WADs) across the Jobcentre network. By the end of October, around 6,000 WADs will have been installed in Jobcentres across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/09/2014 16:44:47 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

89852

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average length of time his Department takes to process applications for hardship payments; and what targets he has set for the processing of such claims.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	207487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is not available. Our expectation is that claimants who are vulnerable will receive a hardship payment, if appropriate, within 3 days of them requesting hardship. We have no targets for the processing of hardship applications.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/09/2014 15:47:15 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

89863

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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	Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what timetable his Department plans to phase out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	207288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DWP has committed to introduce 0345 numbers and this started on major helplines in March 2014. The Department does not operate any prefixes that begin with 0844 or 0843.</p><p>For its enquiry helplines, the Department will begin adding the choice of 0345 numbers to their 0845 helplines where its customers call for other reasons, and these are calls that typically take less time to resolve.</p><p>OFCOM proposals for implementing change to 08 numbers are due to be implemented in June 2015. The changes result in improved charge transparency for some non geographic numbers including 0845. DWP will monitor the impact these changes have on 08 charges.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/09/2014 15:53:09 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

89888

registered interest
date	26/08/2014
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	Vacancies: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of his Department's Universal Jobmatch website.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	905114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Recent assessments of Univeral Jobmatch confirms that the service continues to play an important role in the way jobseekers look for work. This is endorsed by the National Audit Office’s recent informal review. This concluded they were satisfied with the on going approach to ensuring Universal Jobmatch continues to remain accessible and dynamic for jobseekers.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Jobmatch has already helped many jobseekers find the jobs they want through the millions of vacancies posted since 2012, and delivers a successful transformation in the way benefit claimants look for work.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/09/2014 16:43:22 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

89889

registered interest
date	26/08/2014
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	Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the employment outcomes of people affected by the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	905116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The latest official statistics, which are available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/341890/benefit-cap-may-2014.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/341890/benefit-cap-may-2014.pdf</a> show that by May 2014, 39% of those no longer subject to the cap, 7,400 households, have moved into work, as shown by them having an open Working Tax Credit claim. In addition to this there may be a small number of cases who have moved into work with sufficiently high salaries that they are not entitled to Working Tax Credit.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP will be evaluating the policy and, where possible, its impacts on employment later this year and expect to publish these findings in autumn 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/09/2014 16:52:44 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

89890

registered interest
date	26/08/2014
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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
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 bring forward legislative proposals to amend the operation of the under-occupancy penalty so that it applies only when suitable alternative accommodation is readily available.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	905118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The removal of the spare room subsidy remains government policy. There are no plans to amend this.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/09/2014 16:35:20 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan