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1422881

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
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, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Benefit sanctions statistics to October 2021, on what date her Department plans to resume publication of benefit sanction durations data.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	125427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">DWP has recently moved to a new data platform to store and process data. During our live running process an issue was identified with the availability of software required to process Universal Credit full service (UCFS) sanction decisions data. This is currently being investigated and we aim to reinstate the decisions measure as soon as possible. We expect to provide a further update in late March 2022.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Statistics for Universal Credit (UC) durations and median sanction length remain suspended, and we will continue to publish the UC rate for UC Full Service only from April 2019. This is to allow for investigations to continue into the code used to produce these statistics in order to ensure methods are robust. We will keep users updated on progress via the Benefit Sanctions statistics page, and further details are available in section 5 of the latest Benefit Sanctions statistics bulletin.</ins></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/02/2022 17:50:09 question first ministerially corrected 28/02/2022 15:16:14 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 52612 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1419259

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
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	Self-employed
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 1 February 2022 to Question 113112 on Employment, what assessment her Department has made of the geographical distribution of the 815,000 self-employed people who are no longer in paid work when compared to the beginning of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	116937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The Answer of 1 February 2022 to Question 113112 included an estimate for the net change in self-employment since the start of Covid-19 (based on responses to the Labour Force Survey). This estimate does not necessarily represent people no-longer in paid work, as some may have become employees. The estimate cannot be broken-down geographically due to the sample size of the Labour Force Survey.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/02/2022 17:59:13 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 49437 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1402334

registered interest
date	12/01/2022
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	Restart Scheme
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 statistics on the number of people who have moved into secure employment as a result of their participation in the Restart scheme.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	102642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>The Restart Scheme started in July 2021 and offers a 12 month period of enhanced support to participants. The main objective for the Restart Scheme is to secure sustained employment for participants, which is achieved when a participant reaches a level of earnings equivalent to 16 hours per week at National Living Wage for 6 months, within 18 months of starting on the Scheme. This means it will take time before job outcome data is sufficiently robust and representative of Scheme performance.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/01/2022 16:31:21 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 43912 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1379582

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
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	Welfare State
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to tackle stigmatisation of welfare claimants.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	76677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>Universal Credit(UC) encompasses several legacy benefits in one and can be claimed in many different circumstances by those who are entitled. UC is not only for those unemployed and can be claimed by people in various circumstances – such as those with a health condition or terminal illness, balancing parenthood or caring. It can also help to support low income or self-employed earnings.</p><p> </p><p>The Department works hard to dispel any stigmatisation by regularly communicating with the public about benefits through paid advertising, stakeholder and employer engagement and no cost campaigns to help people understand their entitlement and the support we can provide as a safety net and in times of need. During the pandemic this has been particularly important as many people needed to claim benefits for the first time. Meanwhile, we always keenly help people to progress, train and move forward where possible and help the most vulnerable in society to have all the support they are rightly entitled too even in later life right through to pension age and beyond.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 30/11/2021 17:19:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 33912 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1378935

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
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	Unemployment: Coventry North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the (a) unemployment and (b) youth unemployment rates in Coventry North East constituency; what assessment her Department has made of the factors that have contributed to those unemployment rates being disproportionately higher in Coventry North East than the equivalent UK rates; and what targeted action her Department is taking to reduce unemployment in Coventry North East constituency.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	75901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>Estimates of (a) unemployment and (b) youth unemployment in the year to Jun 2021 based on the Annual Population Survey are published and available <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">here</a>. Guidance for users can be found <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">here</a>. No specific assessment has been made of the factors underlying unemployment in Coventry North East and the sample sizes for Coventry North East may make drawing conclusions from this data difficult.</p><p>However, we want everyone to be able to find a job, progress in work and thrive in the labour market, whoever they are and wherever they live.</p><p>Throughout the pandemic the UK Government has provided historic levels of support to the economy – a total of over £400 billion. This includes key DWP programmes such as Restart and Kickstart alongside other measures to boost work searches, skills and apprenticeships. Our support was in addition to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (Furlough) and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that young people’s needs will vary depending on where they live and their own individual circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The Coventry Youth Hub, just 1 of 150 currently open, works with a range of local partners and can help people address and overcome barriers to employment. Our experienced and well-trained Work Coaches have access to tools that help them understand vacancies and skills needs. Work Coaches are prioritising face-to-face activity so we can support them into work, and a year after the first young people started, over 100,000 have now taken-up a Kickstart job. This is an incredible achievement and we have announced a run-on of Kickstart to March 2022, to further support people into jobs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/11/2021 17:35:14 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 33422 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1362190

registered interest
date	21/10/2021
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	Restart Scheme
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 successfully moved into secure employment after taking part in the Restart scheme as of 21 October 2021.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	60403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is currently unavailable. Detailed statistics on Restart, including moves into employment, are currently under development. For figures on referrals and starts to the scheme please see PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-10-20/59705" target="_blank">59705/59706</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/10/2021 17:06:09 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 27793 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

1361919

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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	Restart Scheme
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 been referred to Restart scheme providers in each of the Restart scheme contract package areas since July 2021.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	59705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>As of Sunday 17 October 2021, 73,665 people have been referred to the Restart programme since it began in July 2021. Many of those who have been referred to the programme will not yet have started due to the time factors involved: so far 41,570 have been recorded as having started on the programme. In addition, not all starts that occurred in this period will have been recorded on the system yet as a small number are recorded retrospectively.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the breakdown of the total number of Referrals and Starts by Contract Package Area.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Contract Package Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>People Referred</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>People with a Start</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 1a West Central</p></td><td><p>7,020</p></td><td><p>3,795</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 1b East Central</p></td><td><p>6,865</p></td><td><p>3,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 2a North East &amp; Humber</p></td><td><p>5,370</p></td><td><p>3,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 2b S&amp;W Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>9,560</p></td><td><p>5,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 3a North West</p></td><td><p>3,940</p></td><td><p>2,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 3b Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>4,015</p></td><td><p>1,990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 4a South West</p></td><td><p>5,795</p></td><td><p>3,155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 4b South Central</p></td><td><p>5,620</p></td><td><p>2,960</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 5a Central &amp; West London</p></td><td><p>7,060</p></td><td><p>4,220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 5b East &amp; South London</p></td><td><p>5,900</p></td><td><p>3,085</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 5c Home Counties</p></td><td><p>9,095</p></td><td><p>5,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 6 Wales</p></td><td><p>3,430</p></td><td><p>2,025</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>73,665</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 41,570</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Source: Management Information from Provider Referral and Payment System</p><p>Not all starts will have been recorded on the system – a small number are recorded retrospectively.</p><p>All figures have been rounded to nearest 5, and totals do not necessarily sum due to rounding.</p><p> </p><p>The Management Information above has not been subjected to the usual standard of quality assurance associated with Official Statistics, but is provided in the interests of transparency.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 59706 question first answered 26/10/2021 15:42:16 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 27314 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1361922

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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	Restart Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in each of the Restart contract package areas, how many of the people referred to Restart providers since July 2021 have so far started the programme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	59706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>As of Sunday 17 October 2021, 73,665 people have been referred to the Restart programme since it began in July 2021. Many of those who have been referred to the programme will not yet have started due to the time factors involved: so far 41,570 have been recorded as having started on the programme. In addition, not all starts that occurred in this period will have been recorded on the system yet as a small number are recorded retrospectively.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the breakdown of the total number of Referrals and Starts by Contract Package Area.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Contract Package Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>People Referred</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>People with a Start</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 1a West Central</p></td><td><p>7,020</p></td><td><p>3,795</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 1b East Central</p></td><td><p>6,865</p></td><td><p>3,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 2a North East &amp; Humber</p></td><td><p>5,370</p></td><td><p>3,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 2b S&amp;W Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>9,560</p></td><td><p>5,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 3a North West</p></td><td><p>3,940</p></td><td><p>2,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 3b Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>4,015</p></td><td><p>1,990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 4a South West</p></td><td><p>5,795</p></td><td><p>3,155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 4b South Central</p></td><td><p>5,620</p></td><td><p>2,960</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 5a Central &amp; West London</p></td><td><p>7,060</p></td><td><p>4,220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 5b East &amp; South London</p></td><td><p>5,900</p></td><td><p>3,085</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 5c Home Counties</p></td><td><p>9,095</p></td><td><p>5,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPA 6 Wales</p></td><td><p>3,430</p></td><td><p>2,025</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>73,665</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 41,570</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Source: Management Information from Provider Referral and Payment System</p><p>Not all starts will have been recorded on the system – a small number are recorded retrospectively.</p><p>All figures have been rounded to nearest 5, and totals do not necessarily sum due to rounding.</p><p> </p><p>The Management Information above has not been subjected to the usual standard of quality assurance associated with Official Statistics, but is provided in the interests of transparency.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 59705 question first answered 26/10/2021 15:42:16 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 27316 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1359646

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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	Pension Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to (a) raise awareness of Pension Credit and (b) make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the time period for claiming backdated Pension Credit from three months.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	57112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>Around 1.4 million eligible pensioners across Great Britain receive some £5 billion in Pension Credit which tops up their retirement income and is a passport to other financial help such as support with housing costs, council tax, heating bills and a free TV licence for those over 75.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to use every opportunity to encourage pensioners to check their eligibility and make a claim. For example, on 16 June as part of a media day of action on Pension Credit, DWP joined forces with Age UK as well as the BBC to help reach, via national and local media, older people who may be reticent about claiming it. More recently, on 7 September, I met the BBC Director General to discuss other opportunities to work together to get information about Pension Credit to pensioners and their family members. We have also set up a working group including organisations such as Age UK, Independent Age, the BBC and British Telecom to explore innovative ways to reach eligible pensioners. The most recent meeting of the working group took place on 19 October.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this year, over 11 million pensioners in Great Britain received information about Pension Credit in the leaflet accompanying their annual State Pension up-rating letter. They will do so again next year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>There are no plans to review the existing Pension Credit backdating rules.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/10/2021 11:18:33 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 25591 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1359711

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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
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 by (a) full time equivalent and (b) headcount were employed by her Department in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	57102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>The staffing resource assigned to Work Coach and Disability Employment Adviser activities is given below, measured as Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) based on activity-based management (ABM) activities and Staff in Post (SiP).</p><p>Disability Employment Adviser is one of several activities that are counted as Work Coach activities. As such, Disability Employment Advisers are shown as a subset of Work Coaches.</p><p>It is shown as at the end of each financial year since 2018-19, when Work Coach activity was first recorded as a discrete role within our data.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>National</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar-21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Staff in Post</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Work Coaches</p></td><td><p>16,315</p></td><td><p>16,191</p></td><td><p>27,286</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>of which</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disability Employment Advisers<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>555</p></td><td><p>657</p></td><td><p>585</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Full Time Equivalent (ABM activities)<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Work Coaches</p></td><td><p>13,287</p></td><td><p>12,938</p></td><td><p>23,833</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>of which</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disability Employment Advisers</p></td><td><p>441</p></td><td><p>546</p></td><td><p>478</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Central Scotland<sup>3</sup></strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Mar-19</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Mar-20</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Mar-21</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial">Staff in Post</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Work Coaches</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">479</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">290</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">403</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>of which</em></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Disability Employment Advisers<sup>1</sup></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">11</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial">Full Time Equivalent (ABM activities)<sup>2</sup></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Work Coaches</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">355</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">204</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">338</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>of which</em></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Disability Employment Advisers</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> Notes to the tables</ins></p><ol><li><ins class="ministerial">Those carrying out Disability Employment Adviser activities may have this as their only activity, or may split their time between this and other Work Coach activities.</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">FTE (ABM activities) is from Departmental Management Information which records how much of each persons’ role is spent doing certain types of work activity. This is then aggregated and rounded to the nearest whole number. The FTE (ABM activities) is therefore lower than the total Staff in Post.</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">The main Glasgow conurbation falls within the Central Scotland Jobcentre District.</ins></li></ol> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies previous answer version 25573 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies 30929 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies question first answered 08/11/2021 17:45:19 question first ministerially corrected 09/11/2021 14:48:28 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss