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168726

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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	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, how many Youth Contract wage incentives have been paid to businesses based in (a) London, (b) Manchester and (c) Birmingham to date.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	217742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>Data collected on Wage Incentive payments does not lend itself to be broken down to the requested cities levels, with the exception of London.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the different Wage Incentive payments paid to employers in London between June 2012 and May 2014:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>8 week<br> interim claims</p></td><td><p>Balance payment between 14 &amp; 25 weeks</p></td><td><p>Balance of <br> 18 weeks</p></td><td><p>26 week <br> full payment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>430</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Notes:</strong> Values are rounded to the nearest 10</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>The data are split by 26 week full payments, 8 week interim payments (for smaller employers), 18 week balance payments (remaining balance following an 8 week interim payment), and payments between 14 and 25 weeks (if an employee leaves work after 13 weeks, but before completing the 26 weeks).</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Data on Wage Incentives is routinely published as part of the Youth Contract statistical series. The latest publication is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/pre-work-programme-and-get-britain-working#youth-contract" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/pre-work-programme-and-get-britain-working#youth-contract</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 11/12/2014 16:41:45 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

168735

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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	Jobcentre Plus
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 on claimants of the removal of telephones from Jobcentre Plus offices.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	217675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We have replaced our Customer Access Phones with a new assisted service for claimants who attend the Jobcentre and are unable to access DWP services without our help.</p><p> </p><p>The level of support we provide to those claimants identified as having complex needs and/or requiring additional support to access our services has not changed.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 11/12/2014 15:21:58 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

168736

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to have gathered sufficient data from labour market trials to compare the effectiveness of the different approaches to in-work progression with Universal Credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	217674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Secretary of State announced on 29 September that pilots will be delivered in Universal Credit from 2015. The first in-work progression Randomised Control Trial (RCT) will be launched in Universal Credit in 2015 in line with national roll-out. Results are dependent upon the total claimant numbers available to participate in the RCT.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 11/12/2014 17:20:17 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

168737

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy for his Department to collect information on the length of time taken for benefit payments to be made; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	217673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The department uses a range of metrics to track and manage timeliness of payments within the benefits system. I refer the Rt.Hon. Member to the reply I gave to his previous Parliamentary Question UIN<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons,lords&amp;use-dates=True&amp;answered-from=2014-10-29&amp;answered-to=2014-10-29&amp;dept=29&amp;uin=211860" target="_blank">211860,</a>on the 29<sup>th</sup> October 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 11/12/2014 15:36:58 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

168738

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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
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 have been made to the Merlin Mediation Service about non-compliance with the Merlin Standard since April 2012; and what the outcome was of each such complaint.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	217672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Since April 2012 six cases have progressed as appropriate through the mediation process to conclusion. There are currently no cases in the mediation process.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 11/12/2014 17:30:20 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

168404

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has recouped in Work Programme payments claimed fraudulently by providers since June 2011.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	217574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department treats any allegation of fraud by its contractors very seriously. Any fraud is completely unacceptable. Where we identify, or are notified of, allegations of provider fraud, these cases are investigated thoroughly by the Department’s professionally trained and experienced investigators to a standard required to support reference to the Police whenever evidence of criminal offences is discovered.</p><p> </p><p>Since June 2011, the Department has investigated 37 allegations of fraud or irregularity by Work Programme providers. In only 3 cases has there been evidence of deliberate false representation by provider staff. All these cases were referred to the police and the amounts involved have been recovered in full or are in the process of being recovered.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 217573 question first answered 10/12/2014 14:42:10 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

168408

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
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	Pilot Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pilot schemes his Department has launched since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	217572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This information is not centrally collated so would incur a disproportionate cost to answer.<strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/12/2014 14:24:11 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

168409

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
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
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 value of Work Programme payments claimed fraudulently by providers since June 2011.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	217573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Department treats any allegation of fraud by its contractors very seriously. Any fraud is completely unacceptable. Where we identify, or are notified of, allegations of provider fraud, these cases are investigated thoroughly by the Department’s professionally trained and experienced investigators to a standard required to support reference to the Police whenever evidence of criminal offences is discovered.</p><p> </p><p>Since June 2011, the Department has investigated 37 allegations of fraud or irregularity by Work Programme providers. In only 3 cases has there been evidence of deliberate false representation by provider staff. All these cases were referred to the police and the amounts involved have been recovered in full or are in the process of being recovered.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 217574 question first answered 10/12/2014 14:42:10 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

168410

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
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	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, how many people have died since May 2010 while their benefit was withheld as a result of sanction.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	217571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The specific information is not collected.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 11/12/2014 12:17:59 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 32885 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

167972

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) white and (b) Black and minority ethnic applicants started, (i) apprenticeships and (ii) traineeships in the last three years; and what proportion of each such group completed them.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	217257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of apprenticeship starts by ethnicity is published in a supplementary table to a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378235/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378235/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeship success rates show the proportion of apprenticeships that are successfully completed in each year. Success rates by ethnicity are published in Table 13A of the Equality and Diversity data report:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/351432/1213_E_D_-_Main_Tables_FINAL_XLS_September_14.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/351432/1213_E_D_-_Main_Tables_FINAL_XLS_September_14.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of traineeship starts by ethnicity is presented in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Traineeship starts by ethnicity, 2013/14 </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Traineeship Starts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>% Ethnicity</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BME</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p><em>18.8%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>8,400</p></td><td><p><em>80.2%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not known/not provided</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p><em>1.0%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 10,400 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>100.0%</em></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1) The source is the Individualised Learner Record.</p><p> </p><p>2) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 100.</p><p> </p><p>3) Percentages are calculated using pre-rounded data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Traineeships is a new programme and we will look to publish further completion and progression data once the data quality is deemed acceptable. A separate note is available online where further details can be found:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378733/traineeships-completions-and-progressions-note-nov14.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378733/traineeships-completions-and-progressions-note-nov14.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/12/2014 15:14:15 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms