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date	05/02/2018
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: Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the telephone network at Shettleston Jobcentre was inaccessible on 2 February 2018 and whether the cause of the inaccessibility has been fully resolved.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	126490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The telephone network in Shettleston Jobcentre was disrupted on 2 February due to a suspected power surge causing a switch to fail. The telephone network was restored within one hour and subsequent work by BT has replaced the switch.</p><p>Face to face services within the Jobcentre continued while the telephones were down. Additionally, a contingency arrangement was put in place to redirect calls to Parkhead Jobcentre and Easterhouse Jobcentre as per Business Continuity Plans. All payments were processed and issued on time.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 08/02/2018 12:36:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

837379

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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 proportion of participants in the Youth Obligation are still unemployed after six months; and what proportion of those still unemployed (a) have moved into an apprenticeship or traineeship or (b) taken up a work experience placement organised by the Department in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	126498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The latest administrative data indicates that around 11,600 claimants had started their Youth Obligation journey.</p><p>We do not currently have validated data on the small number of claimants who have received six months intensive support as the programme is in its early stages, but this data will develop as the programme progresses and we will consider the most effective way to publish it.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 08/02/2018 14:00:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

837517

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	GKN: Melrose
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contingency plans her Department has made to support employees of GKN made redundant as a result of the takeover of that company by Melrose; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Filton and Bradley Stoke
tabling member printed	Jack Lopresti
uin	126636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>To date, we have not been notified of any GKN employees being made redundant as a consequence of a takeover by Melrose.</p><p>If this should occur, they will be entitled to support through the Rapid Response Service and Jobcentre Plus Districts stand ready to deploy this as soon as it is required.</p><p>An outline of the service is below:</p><p>DWP offer a Rapid Response Service (RRS). This is a redundancy service designed to give support and advice to employers and their employees when under threat of redundancy. It is co-ordinated nationally by the National Employer and Partnership Team (NEPT) and is managed by Jobcentre Plus. Delivery partners include The National Careers Service, HMRC, Money Advice Service, local training providers, employers, and the skills bodies.</p><p>The range of support available from JCP and partners may include:</p><ul><li>Information, advice and guidance.</li><li>Connecting people to jobs in the labour market.</li><li>Help with job search, including CV writing, interview skills, where to find jobs and how to apply for them.</li><li>Help to identify transferable skills and skills gaps (linked to the local labour market).</li><li>Training to update skills, learn new ones and gain industry recognised certification that will improve employability.</li><li>Help to overcome barriers to attending training or securing a job or self-employment, such as child care costs, necessary tools, work clothes and travel costs.</li><li>For large redundancies, we may also provide on-site services to promote jobs or to take benefit claims.</li><li>Jobs fairs and job clubs (where appropriate).</li></ul> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 08/02/2018 12:06:37 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3989 label Biography information for Jack Lopresti

834294

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
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: Wolverhampton North East
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 Wolverhampton North East constituency have applied for advance payments of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	125914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>This information is not available.</p><p>However, the latest internal data from November 2017 suggests that 68% of new claims to Universal Credit full service received a new claim advance or benefit transfer advance. This proportion has increased since data was last published in July 2017, which showed that around 50% received a new claim advance or benefit transfer advance.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 08/02/2018 13:54:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds