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1719665

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
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	Employment: 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 places were (a) available and (b) taken up for the Youth Offer in (i) 2021, (ii) 2022, (iii) 2023 and (iv) 2024 as of 21 May.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	27353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Youth Offer launched on the 20 September 2020 and provides support for 16–24-year-olds who are on Universal Credit to help them move into employment. It includes three elements:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Youth Employment Programme, which provides young people dedicated intensive Work Coach support in finding &amp; applying for jobs, with additional assistance available for those who have recently begun their Universal Credit claim.</li><li>Youth Hubs, which bring together in one location DWP services with local support provided by youth experts. This ensures that the needs of young people are matched to services that help them tackle barriers to employment.</li><li>Youth Employability Coaches, who are focused on supporting young people furthest from the labour market overcome complex challenges so that they can move into work.</li></ul><p>The Youth Offer is a demand led programme and is available to eligible young claimants on Universal Credit.</p><p>The most recent data available is up to end of April for Starts on the Youth Offer.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Starts between dates</p></td><td><p>Youth Employment Programme</p></td><td><p>Youth Hub</p></td><td><p>Youth Employability Coach</p></td><td><p>Youth Offer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21/09/2020 – 31/03/2021</p></td><td><p>206,700</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>206,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01/04/2021 – 31/03/2022</p></td><td><p>259,300</p></td><td><p>14,800</p></td><td><p>21,700</p></td><td><p>295,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01/04/2022 – 31/03/2023</p></td><td><p>272,700</p></td><td><p>15,100</p></td><td><p>18,300</p></td><td><p>306,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01/04/2023 – 31/03/2024</p></td><td><p>308,900</p></td><td><p>14,200</p></td><td><p>20,800</p></td><td><p>344,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01/04/2024 – 30/04/2024</p></td><td><p>24,300</p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td><td><p>2,100</p></td><td><p>27,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Starts</p></td><td><p>1,072,000</p></td><td><p>45,300</p></td><td><p>63,000</p></td><td><p>1,180,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Eligible claimants who have recently begun their Universal Credit claim, and are actively searching for work, start in the Youth Employment Programme element of the Youth Offer. A Work Coach may later refer them to a Youth Hub, Youth Employability Coach or other employment support as appropriate based on their needs.</li><li>When a claimant starts on any of the three elements of the Youth Offer, this is recorded as a start on that element, as well as a start on the Youth Offer.</li><li>A claimant may take part in multiple elements of the Youth Offer. They may start any element of the Youth Offer multiple times. Each of these starts is recorded as a start on the Youth Offer.</li><li>Claimants do not take part in multiple elements of the Youth Offer simultaneously.</li><li>Data for Youth Hubs and Youth Employability Coaches is not available prior to April-21.</li><li>Youth Hub and Youth Employability Coach data is produced from a manual process and although care is taken when processing and analysing Youth Hub and Youth Employability Coach referrals, the data collected might be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system which features manual data. Therefore, Youth Hub and Youth Employability Coach figures are likely to underestimate the number of young people who have started at a Youth Hub and/or with a Youth Employability Coach.</li></ol><ol start="7"><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100. Therefore, the individual elements in the table may not sum to the total figure.</li><li>Figures are subject to retrospective revision.</li></ol> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/05/2024 14:14:11 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1719714

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
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	Access to Work Programme
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 waiting time was for an initial assessment for people on the Access to Work Scheme in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	27362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The average waiting time for an initial assessment for people on the Access to Work Scheme in the last five years is not available.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Access to Work statistics includes how many applications result in provision being approved from 2007/08 to 2022/23. Please see Table 3 of the Access to Work statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Access to Work statistics can be on the Access to Work statistics on GOV.UK</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/05/2024 13:49:06 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1719830

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
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: Temporary Accommodation
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 potential impact of taper rates for (a) housing benefit and (b) Universal Credit housing elements on people in temporary accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	27512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The taper rates in Universal Credit (UC) and Housing Benefit (HB) are different and the Department acknowledges the challenge that this creates for those moving into work whilst living in Temporary Accommodation - when transitioning between receiving UC and HB to receiving HB only as their earnings increase.</p><p> </p><p>Officials continue to develop policy and delivery options to improve the customer experience for those reliant on Housing Benefit. Any options involving further investment to strengthen work incentives would require fiscal approval in the normal way.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/05/2024 10:55:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1719868

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
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	Employment: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that adequate support is in place for jobseekers with (a) health conditions and (b) disabilities in the period between the end of referrals to the Work and Health Programme in Autumn 2024 and the start of Universal Support in 2025.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	27550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>When referrals to the Work and Health Programme (WHP) end in September and before Universal Support begins its rollout from Autumn 2024 there will still be services available for disabled people and those with health conditions who have employment support needs. These include Employment Advisors in NHS Talking Therapies and the Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC) programme for disabled people and those with mild to moderate mental and physical health conditions.</p><p>It also includes, for example, the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) programme for people with drug and alcohol dependency and the Local Supported Employment (LSE) programme for people who are learning disabled, neurodivergent or Autistic as well as locally led employment support delivered through Jobcentres.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/05/2024 13:50:33 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1719214

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, at what stage an Access to Work application is logged as an outstanding case for statistical purposes.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	27108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>An Access to Work application is logged as an outstanding case within 24 hours of submission.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/05/2024 14:09:09 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1719460

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	Work Capability Assessment: Wellingborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average waiting time for a Work Capability Assessment in Wellingborough constituency in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/05/2024 10:52:33 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719078

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on Personal Independence Payment tribunals in each year since 2021.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	26871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The full cost of a tribunal cannot be ascertained. This is because appeals are a joint process between DWP and HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). DWP do not handle tribunals for appeals; the cost of handling appeal tribunals sits with HMCTS and we do not hold their cost information. If this information were required, we would suggest that this element of your request be submitted to HMCTS.</p><p> </p><p>The department holds information relating to the initial PIP appeals process and that can be provided for financial years 2021/22 to 2023/24. The costs of processing the appeals would include expenditure relating to DWP Presenting Officers who attend some Tribunals. The DWP PIP Presenting Officers costs are detailed below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PIP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong> (£m)</p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong> (£m)</p></td><td><p><strong>2023-24</strong> (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Presenting Officers</p></td><td><p>£2.6</p></td><td><p>£2.5</p></td><td><p>£3.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Cost figures are rounded to the nearest £0.1m.</p><p>Data Source: ABM</p><p>The cost figures quoted are estimated DWP level 1 operating costs, including both direct delivery staff and non-staff costs. Non-staff costs are only those costs incurred in local cost centres, relating to direct delivery staff.</p><p>The figures provided are for PIP Presenting Officers only and excludes Admin Support or Decision Making staff dealing with the initial appeals processing work.</p><p>Please note that the data supplied is from the Departmental Activity Based Models. This data is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only, and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standards. It should therefore be treated with caution. The Departmental Activity Based staffing models are a snapshot of how many people were identified as undertaking specified activities as assigned by line managers.</p><p>The data is frequently revised and changes to definitions / benefits / DWP structure effect comparisons over time. It should therefore be treated with caution and must be seen as an indication of cost, rather than the actual cost.</p><p> </p><p>The 2023/24 model is still in DRAFT and these are not the final approved figures.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/05/2024 16:07:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1719079

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
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 cost to his Department was of a Personal Independence Payment tribunal appeal in each year since 2021.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	26872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p /><p>The department holds information relating to the initial appeals process and that can be provided for financial years 2021/22 to 2023/24 but would only include Direct Operating costs and not any wider DWP overheads. The costs of processing the Appeals would include the costs of DWP Presenting Officer who attend some Tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>The full cost of a tribunal cannot be ascertained. This is because appeals are a joint process between DWP and HM Courts and Tribunals Service. DWP do not handle tribunals for appeals; the cost of handling appeal tribunals sits with HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS), and we do not hold their cost information. If this information were required, we would suggest that this element of your request be submitted to HMCTS.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/05/2024 16:02:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1719080

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on mandatory reconsiderations of Personal Independence Payment claims in each year since 2021.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	26873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The information for the financial years covered by the request are detailed in the tables below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PIP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong> (£m)</p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong> (£m)</p></td><td><p><strong>2023-24</strong> (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mandatory Reconsiderations</p></td><td><p>£28.5</p></td><td><p>£22.8</p></td><td><p>£22.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Cost figures are rounded to the nearest £0.1m</p><p>Data Source: ABM</p><p> </p><p>The cost figures quoted are estimated DWP level 1 operating costs, including both direct delivery staff and non-staff costs. Non-staff costs are only those costs incurred in local cost centres, relating to direct delivery staff.</p><p>Please note that the data supplied is from the Departmental Activity Based Models. This data is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standards. It should therefore be treated with caution. The Departmental Activity Based staffing models are a snapshot of how many people were identified as undertaking specified activities as assigned by line managers.</p><p>The 2023/24 model is still in DRAFT and these are not the final approved figures.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/05/2024 16:03:50 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1719081

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
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 cost to his Department was of a Personal Independence Payment mandatory reconsideration in each year since 2021.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	26874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The information for the financial years covered by the request are detailed in the tables below:</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PIP Unit Costs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22.</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23.</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023-24.</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mandatory Reconsiderations</p></td><td><p>£113</p></td><td><p>£81</p></td><td><p>£87</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Cost figures are rounded to the nearest pound.</p><p>Data Source: ABM</p><p> </p><p>The cost figures quoted are estimated DWP level 1 operating costs, including both direct</p><p>delivery staff and non-staff costs. Non-staff costs are only those costs incurred in local cost centres, relating to direct delivery staff. They show the average Unit Cost of processing one PIP Mandatory Reconsideration. The reduction in Unit Cost in the latter years follows an <br> improvement in productivity.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that the data supplied is from the Departmental Activity Based Models. This data is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal</p><p>Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official</p><p>Statistics publication standards. It should therefore be treated with caution. The Departmental Activity Based staffing models are a snapshot of how many people were identified as undertaking specified activities as assigned by line managers. <br></p><p>The 2023/24 model is still in DRAFT and these are not the final approved figures.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/05/2024 16:06:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock