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date	20/11/2014
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
hansard heading	Work Programme: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve the performance of the Work Programme for jobseekers aged over 50.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	215477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The Work Programme is continuing to offer tailored support to those people over 50 at risk of becoming long-term unemployed and providers are continuing to design support based on each individual need.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensuring the Work Programme performs at the highest level. DWP has restructured its performance management activities to ensure delivery of better outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>For the first time, a Government employment programme is harnessing the disciplines of the market place so that only those providers who succeed are retained to help claimants into work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/11/2014 17:37:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

157052

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
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
hansard heading	Jobseeker's Allowance
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 were recorded as being unemployed under the jobseeker's allowance criteria in each year for which information is available; and how many people were taken off jobseeker's allowance as a result of their partner's income in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	215444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Statistics on the claimant count, which shows the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants can be found at <a href="http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.nomisweb.co.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on people leaving JSA as a result of their partner’s income is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/11/2014 17:15:13 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

157053

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
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
hansard heading	Jobseeker's Allowance: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid in sanctions applied to jobseekers' allowance claimants in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	215467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>We have interpreted the question to mean how much has been unpaid due to sanctions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not estimate the amount of benefit withheld as a result of benefit sanctions. The sanctions regime is designed to ensure claimants comply with their requirements in order to move off benefits and into work.</p><p> </p><p>There are no benchmarks or targets for sanctions referrals.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/11/2014 17:17:49 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

157054

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
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
hansard heading	Work Programme: East of England
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 (a) were eligible for and (b) participated in the Work Programme in each parliamentary constituency in the East of England in each month since October 2012.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	215442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>In response to the first part of the question, statistics on the number of people who were eligible for the Work Programme are not available.</p><p> </p><p>Information on those referred to the Work Programme, by parliamentary constituency, is published and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/11/2014 17:36:08 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker