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46808

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to implement a universal credit sanctions scheme to replace the current jobseeker's allowance and other sanctions scheme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	John Hemming
uin	195032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>In 2012 revised sanctions regimes introduced into Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance moved us towards the Universal Credit system, with the same value of sanction across all benefits and the same duration of sanctions at medium and high levels.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor sanctions closely and consider opportunities for continuous improvement.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1483 label Biography information for John Hemming

46809

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of social housing tenants affected by the implementation of the under-occupancy penalty have been given exempt status in each (a) constituency and (b) local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	195086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The only group exempt from the removal of the spare room subsidy and therefore unaffected by the policy are those housing benefit social sector tenants who have reached state pension credit age.</p><p>Registered foster carers are allowed an additional bedroom if they have fostered a child during the last 52 weeks and parents of armed forces personnel who have been deployed on operations are allowed to retain that adult childs bedroom.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

46810

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints about (a) staff behaviour, (b) contested sanction decisions and (c) telephone line waiting times have been made against Bolton Jobcentre Plus offices in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	195040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Until July 2012, when a new process for handling and recording customer feedback was introduced, complaints were not formally categorised. It has therefore not been possible to accurately identify the requested data prior to that date. In addition, contested sanction decisions are subject to the appeals and reconsideration process and are not categorised as complaints. The information we are able to provide for Bolton Jobcentre is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Staff behaviour</p></td><td><p>Telephone line waiting times</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01/07/2012 – 31/12/2012</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01/01/2013 – 31/12/2013</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01/01/14 – 31/03/14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

46811

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much local authorities in (a) St Albans, (b) Hertfordshire, (c) the East of England and (d) the UK have returned to his Department in unused discretionary housing payment funding since 2011; and what steps he is taking to ensure that such funds are targeted towards those most in need.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	195039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department has responsibility for the funding of Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) in Great Britain, but not the UK. The table below shows the amounts of unused DHPs returned to the Department since 2011 for the respective areas. The figures for 2013/14 will be available in due course once the information has been collated from local authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Under Spend since 2011</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Albans</p></td><td><p>£18,717</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>£72,108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern England</p></td><td><p>£1,494,137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Britain</p></td><td><p>£20,982,679</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department provides local authorities with a guidance manual and good practice guide to aide them in the administration of the DHP scheme. This has recently been updated following informal consultation with stakeholder groups and local authority practitioners. The new guidance encourages councils to make longer term awards where appropriate to those with ongoing needs.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

46814

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
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 former jobseeker's allowance claimants moving into work from the Work Programme in the Merseyside, Halton, Cumbria and Lancashire contract area started work on (a) a full-time, (b) a part-time, (c) a zero hours and (d) an apprenticeship contract.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	195069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Figures published by the Office for National Statistics suggest that most job opportunities being created in the recovery are full-time and permanent. The number of people in work has risen by more than 450,000 in the last year. Within this full-time employment has risen by 430,000 and part-time employment by 29,000, while the number of people in temporary jobs has fallen, meaning the vast majority of the rise is full-time and permanent jobs.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

46816

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, where each Jobcentre Plus office is in Scotland; when each office opened; and how many people have used each such office in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
uin	195163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>There are 94 Jobcentres in Scotland. A full list of these Jobcentres is provided at Annex 1.</p><p> </p><p>We do not keep a record of when each office opened, so I am unable to supply you with this information.</p><p> </p><p>There are no official statistics kept which would provide you with the number of people who have used each office in each year since 2010. Many people, some of whom are already employed, use the jobpoints or Intranet Access Devices in our Jobcentres but may not make a claim to benefit or register unemployed. It would therefore be impossible to provide you with the total number of people using the Jobcentres.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Annex 1</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>List of Jobcentres in </strong><strong>Scotland</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>East &amp; South </strong><strong>East Scotland</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Alloa JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bathgate JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broxburn JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cowdenbeath JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cupar JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dalkeith JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dunfermline JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EdinburghCity</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eyemouth JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falkirk JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Galashiels JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glenrothes JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grangemouth JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hawick JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Riggs JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkcaldy JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leith JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leven JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Livingston JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Musselburgh JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Penicuik JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St. Andrews</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westerhailes JC</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Glasgow, Lanarkshire &amp; </strong><strong>East Dunbartonshire</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Airdrie JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anniesland JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bellshill JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgeton JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambuslang JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Castlemilk JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbernauld JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drumchapel JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Kilbride JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Easterhouse JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Govan JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hamilton JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkintilloch JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lanark JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Langside JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Laurieston JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maryhill JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motherwell JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newlands JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parkhead JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Partick JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutherglen JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shettleston JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Springburn JC</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>North of </strong><strong>Scotland</strong><strong> District</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Aberdeen JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arbroath JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Banff JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blairgowrie JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckie JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dingwall JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee City JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elgin JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forfar JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forres JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fort William JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraserburgh JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Invergordon JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverness JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkwall JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lerwick JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montrose JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Perth JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterhead JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portree JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stornoway JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wick JC</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>West of Scotland District</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Alexandria JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Annan JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ayr JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barrhead JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Campbeltown JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clydebank JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumnock JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumbarton JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfries JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dunoon JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Girvan JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenock JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Helensburgh JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Irvine JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Johnstone JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kilbirnie JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kilmarnock JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oban JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paisley JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Port Glasgow JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renfrew JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rothesay JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saltcoats JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stranraer JC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

46963

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
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 to the hon. Member for Birkenhead, of 18 November 2013, Official Report, column 674W, on jobseeker's allowance, what assessment he has made of the (a) monitoring system which checks that sanctions by Jobcentre Plus staff are applied appropriately and (b) outcome of independent reviews undertaken into sites making exceptional numbers of referrals of clients to decision makers.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	195147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>It is for local and district management to ensure Jobcentre Plus staff apply labour market conditionality fairly and consistently, taking into account individual claimant circumstances; and to make sure referrals to decision makers are appropriate and of consistently good quality.</p><p> </p><p>Independent reviews undertaken last year suggested that referral rates were appropriate. Findings from those reviews are fed back into operations to help inform ongoing monitoring and delivery.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

46967

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of vacancies currently available on Universal Jobmatch are employee only jobs.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	195183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>In answering question 195183 we have interpreted “employee only jobs” as meaning “employee owner status jobs.”</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Universal Jobmatch revolutionises the way jobseekers look for work and it has already helped many jobseekers find the jobs they want. It is part of the government's plan for providing easy online access to government services for all.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Jobmatch has streamlined our existing services for employers and empowered claimants to take more responsibility for their jobsearch and get more targeted support from advisers.</p><p> </p><p>It does not capture information on the number and proportion of zero-hours contracts or ‘employee owner' status jobs.</p><p> </p><p>Jobcentre Plus guidance stipulates that claimants should not be mandated to apply for a job offering a zero hours contract. It also states that no sanction action will be taken if claimants refuse or fail to apply.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 195260 question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

46968

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
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 receipt of jobseeker's allowance were sanctioned for failing to complete their job search evidence form for the week of 25 December 2013 to 1 January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	195208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>Published data on sanctions is currently available up to 30th September 2013, with the next scheduled release in May 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants are expected to do all that is reasonable within full time working hours in any week to look for work and this is not restricted to specific days.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

46969

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
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 effect of recent social and employment programmes financed through the European Social Fund; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	195267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The European Social Fund supports a range of activities to help unemployed and disadvantaged people improve their employment prospects and skills. These activities expand or enhance the support provided by national and local programmes. Recent activities are being evaluated by a number of research studies and a cohort survey of participants. Reports on these will be published during 2014 and 2015.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms