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229238

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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: 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 employment and support allowance claimants in the work related activity group received (a) one sanction, (b) two sanctions and (b) three sanctions in 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	228758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/03/2015 16:23:15 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

229239

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the longest duration of sanction imposed on a claimant in the work related activity group was in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	228757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department does hold information on the duration of benefit sanctions however the specific information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/03/2015 09:11:37 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

229240

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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	Employment Schemes
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 have joined each of the three options in the Help to Work programme in each month since May 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	228756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Help to Work was introduced in April 2014. The Department for Work and Pensions intends to publish statistics on Help to Work and we are considering the date for publication.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/03/2015 09:03:24 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

229241

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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	Employment
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 place in the Library the research his Department has commissioned on links between securing a short-hours job and a subsequent gain of longer-hours jobs.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	228759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not commissioned any research specifically on this topic. We will consider the need to commission any such research alongside future Departmental evidence requirements.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 228752 question first answered 26/03/2015 08:47:24 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

229244

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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	Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research his Department has commissioned on links between securing a short-hours job and securing a longer-hours job; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	228752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department has not commissioned any research specifically on this topic. We will consider the need to commission any such research alongside future Departmental evidence requirements.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 228759 question first answered 26/03/2015 08:47:23 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

228849

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
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	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 liaison his Department has had with HM Revenue and Customs since June 2011 to ensure that companies accepting Work Programme participants pay National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	228594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>HM Revenue and Customs are responsible for enforcing payment of the National Minimum Wage for all people in employment..</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/03/2015 10:06:28 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

228889

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2015 to Question 227535, how much his Department has spent on funding work clubs since April 2012.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	228596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/03/2015 10:08:03 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

228667

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the support by Work Programme providers for participants seeking to become self-employed.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	228453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Work Programme providers will support participants to explore all employment options. Independent evaluation data published in December 2014 indicated that those receiving advice on self-employment generally found it useful.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 24/03/2015 14:08:40 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

228239

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	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 duration is to date spent claiming jobseeker's allowance by people who have returned to Jobcentre Plus after being on the Work Programme for two years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	228025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>The information as requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 23/03/2015 16:33:12 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

228253

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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: 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 Jobcentre Plus staff were put on a performance improvement plan as a result of making (a) too few and (b) too many sanction referrals in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	228132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We do not record information on the reason performance improvement plans are issued to Jobcentre staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 24/03/2015 09:46:03 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms