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524291

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
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: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of starts in Scotland on the Work Choice programme in each of the last three financial years for which such information is available.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	40135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>For all Work Choice providers excluding Remploy, there have been 2,070 starts in Scotland in the financial year 2013/14, 1,780 in 2014/15, and 1,210 in 2015/16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/06/2016 12:12:42 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

524293

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
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: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of referrals for individuals in Scotland to the Work Choice programme in each of the last three financial years for which such information is available.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	40138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>For all Work Choice providers excluding Remploy, there have been 2,780 referrals in Scotland in the financial year 2013/14, 2,270 in 2014/15, and 1,510 in 2015/16.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/06/2016 12:04:02 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

524297

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
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: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of job outcomes in Scotland for the Work Choice programme in each of the last three financial years for which such information is available.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	40137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>For all Work Choice providers excluding Remploy, there have been 1,350 job outcomes in Scotland in the financial year 2013/14, 1,290 in 2014/15, and 700 in 2015/16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/06/2016 12:07:44 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

506798

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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: Scotland
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 Scottish claimants of (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payments were successful in each of the last four quarters for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	32845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The information requested for Employment and Support Allowance is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>ESA Claims</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>Q1 (Apr - Jun 15)</p></td><td><p>Q2 (Jul - Sep 15)</p></td><td><p>Q3 (Oct - Dec 15)</p></td><td><p>Q4 (Jan - Mar 16)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total processed</p></td><td><p>23,405</p></td><td><p>22,678</p></td><td><p>22,722</p></td><td><p>22,338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Benefit awarded</p></td><td><p>19,708</p></td><td><p>19,388</p></td><td><p>19,424</p></td><td><p>19,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% Awarded</p></td><td><p>84.2%</p></td><td><p>85.5%</p></td><td><p>85.5%</p></td><td><p>85.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p> </p><ol><li>The data provided for Scotland will include claimants from these areas as well as other geographical regions.</li><li>The exact information requested is not available as claims can be moved within the Benefit Centre network to even out workloads.</li></ol><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information for the latest quarter for Personal independence Payment is published and available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/506736/medical-codes-jan-2016.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/506736/medical-codes-jan-2016.xlsx</a> (table 4Cii).</p><p> </p><p>Previous quarters can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/04/2016 15:56:15 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

506799

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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: Scotland
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 assessment reports conducted by contractors for Scottish claimants of (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payments were returned by his Department as not being of a sufficient standard to enable a decision to be made in each of the last four quarters for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	32846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>In each of the last four quarters for which information is available, less than 0.1% of all Employment and Support Allowance and less than 0.1% of all Personal Independent Payment assessment reports completed in Scotland have been returned to the provider for rework, meaning that the report has been deemed not fit for purpose by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/04/2016 13:03:06 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

506808

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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: Scotland
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 assessment reports conducted by contractors for Scottish claimants of (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payments did not meet the contractual standard required in each of the last four quarters for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	32905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>The information you have requested Is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 13/04/2016 14:04:39 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

391542

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Scotland who will be claiming universal credit in April (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, (d) 2019 and (e) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	8002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department is not setting targets for numbers in receipt of Universal Credit because numbers will vary according to factors such as economic circumstances and the behavioural change of claimants.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/09/2015 16:20:43 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

390847

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Scotland
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 Scotland are in the Work Related Activity Group.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	7751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information available for the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants by phase of claim and region is published and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/07/2015 10:21:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

390869

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Food Banks: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect of the measures in the Summer Budget 2015 on foodbank use in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	7750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The factors driving Food Bank use are many and complex – as the All Party Parliamentary Group report recognised. We know that work is the best route out of poverty, which is why we are introducing a living wage and bringing forward reforms to ensure work always pays.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/07/2015 12:00:26 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

390872

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Child Poverty Act 2010: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with Ministers in the Scottish Government on legislation to replace the Child Poverty Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	7705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>On 9 July the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions wrote to Alex Neil MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners’ Rights in the Scottish Government, outlining proposed amendments to the Child Poverty Act 2010, as part of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill. We will work closely with the Devolved Administrations as the Bill proceeds and are open to reflecting their preferences regarding their jurisdictions in the legislation.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/07/2015 11:00:21 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray