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1227169

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date	22/07/2020
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Females: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to ensure economic opportunity for women as the economy reopens and covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	905161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>We came into this pandemic with a record employment rate for women at 72.9% to the end March 2020, and our measures so far have protected millions of jobs.</p><p>The Government has launched a plan for jobs to Get Britain Back into Work, targeting support to get those who can, back into work as quickly as possible. We will work to provide more intensive support for those who are further away from the labour market.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/07/2020 16:38:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1227170

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Females: New Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to support female entrepreneurs after the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	South Ribble
tabling member printed	Katherine Fletcher
uin	905166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>For those already self-employed, the Department for Work and Pensions has temporarily removed the minimum income floor, and HM Treasury has introduced the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.</p><p>For those wanting to start a new business, the DWP New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) programme offers dedicated, specialised support to those entering into, or wanting to grow their business.</p><p>Since 2011, the NEA has supported over 54,000 women to set-up a new business.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/07/2020 16:45:03 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher

1227172

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Disability: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment the Government has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	905164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting disabled people affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>We continue to monitor and understand the impact of the pandemic on people who are disabled or have a health condition by using both existing and new data sources.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/07/2020 16:36:26 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1227310

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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, pursuant to Answer of 24 February to Question 725, what plans she has to extend the Yellow Card warning system to other locations across the United Kingdom.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	78683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department committed to look at processes to give claimants a written warning, instead of a sanction, for a first sanctionable failure to attend a Work-Search Review and to undertake a series of small-scale Proof of Concepts of this warning system. The Department would like to complete all testing before making an assessment of the merits of extending such a system.</p><p> </p><p>We have now gathered internal staff feedback on the first Proof of Concept and we are looking at informing our next steps. As this was a small proof of concept, we do not plan to publish this feedback.</p><p> </p><p>Sites for future stages of the Proof of Concept are chosen in such a way that ensures we are able to assess the concept / policy under consideration. To do this effectively we consider what data can be collected from the site, whether the site is appropriate given its characteristics and if this can be done in a manner to ensure findings are sufficiently robust.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 78684 78685 question first answered 01/09/2020 15:27:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1227311

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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, when she plans to publish an assessment of the effectiveness of a Yellow Card warning system based on the Proof of Concepts undertaken by her Department.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	78684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department committed to look at processes to give claimants a written warning, instead of a sanction, for a first sanctionable failure to attend a Work-Search Review and to undertake a series of small-scale Proof of Concepts of this warning system. The Department would like to complete all testing before making an assessment of the merits of extending such a system.</p><p> </p><p>We have now gathered internal staff feedback on the first Proof of Concept and we are looking at informing our next steps. As this was a small proof of concept, we do not plan to publish this feedback.</p><p> </p><p>Sites for future stages of the Proof of Concept are chosen in such a way that ensures we are able to assess the concept / policy under consideration. To do this effectively we consider what data can be collected from the site, whether the site is appropriate given its characteristics and if this can be done in a manner to ensure findings are sufficiently robust.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 78683 78685 question first answered 01/09/2020 15:27:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1227312

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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, whether she plans to work with Feeding Britain to identify additional locations in which to pilot a Yellow Card warning system.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	78685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department committed to look at processes to give claimants a written warning, instead of a sanction, for a first sanctionable failure to attend a Work-Search Review and to undertake a series of small-scale Proof of Concepts of this warning system. The Department would like to complete all testing before making an assessment of the merits of extending such a system.</p><p> </p><p>We have now gathered internal staff feedback on the first Proof of Concept and we are looking at informing our next steps. As this was a small proof of concept, we do not plan to publish this feedback.</p><p> </p><p>Sites for future stages of the Proof of Concept are chosen in such a way that ensures we are able to assess the concept / policy under consideration. To do this effectively we consider what data can be collected from the site, whether the site is appropriate given its characteristics and if this can be done in a manner to ensure findings are sufficiently robust.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 78683 78684 question first answered 01/09/2020 15:27:36 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1227457

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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	Vacancies: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of job vacancies in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands in each month since January 2020 to date.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	78808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>Official statistics on vacancies are not available for each region and nation of the UK. However, <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/economicoutputandproductivity/output/datasets/onlinejobadvertestimates" target="_blank">experimental statistics on online job adverts</a> are available at a regional level. These statistics are provided by ONS in partnership with Adzuna (an online job search engine).</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/09/2020 15:36:47 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1227458

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches will be recruited in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	78809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>It is too soon in the recruitment process to be able to identify specific numbers for each city or location. Recruitment will be targeted based on local demand, plus current available and emerging estate space and Job Centre operating model changes.</p><p> </p><p>Central England &amp; Wales region (which covers Birmingham and the West Midlands) plan to recruit c1,200 new work coaches. This will be between now and the end of October in the first wave of recruitment, further planned recruitment later in the year will grow these numbers.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/09/2020 13:43:23 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1227459

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the performance framework for job centre advisers measures performance by the proportion of claimants who have left benefit regardless of whether the claimant entered employment or training.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	78810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>DWP is committed to providing the best possible support for all our claimants to meet their individual circumstance. Jobcentre and Service Centre staff undergo a comprehensive learning journey designed to equip them with the tools, skills and behaviours required to provide a high quality service to all claimants. They receive on-going learning in their roles and have access to guidance which is refreshed at regular intervals.</p><p> </p><p>Team Leaders are responsible for monitoring and assuring the quality of services provided to individual claimants. This is completed through a combination of observation (of interviews), feedback, coaching and appraisal.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit guidance for Work Coaches and Case Managers is routinely placed in the House of Commons library and it is updated at regular intervals. There are no plans to depart from that practice. This guidance covers the quality of service expected of Work Coaches.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 78811 question first answered 07/09/2020 17:05:29 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1227460

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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: Coronavirus
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 15 July 2020 to Question HL6367, if she will publish the (a) guidance to Work Coaches and Case Managers, and (b) performance framework by which those coaches will be monitored.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	78811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>DWP is committed to providing the best possible support for all our claimants to meet their individual circumstance. Jobcentre and Service Centre staff undergo a comprehensive learning journey designed to equip them with the tools, skills and behaviours required to provide a high quality service to all claimants. They receive on-going learning in their roles and have access to guidance which is refreshed at regular intervals.</p><p> </p><p>Team Leaders are responsible for monitoring and assuring the quality of services provided to individual claimants. This is completed through a combination of observation (of interviews), feedback, coaching and appraisal.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit guidance for Work Coaches and Case Managers is routinely placed in the House of Commons library and it is updated at regular intervals. There are no plans to depart from that practice. This guidance covers the quality of service expected of Work Coaches.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 78810 question first answered 07/09/2020 17:05:29 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill