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227963

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
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 his Department's performance in meeting its targets on the length of time for decisions to be made on the payment of the under-occupancy by (a) vulnerable and disabled and (b) other people.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	227746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 March 2015 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-03-11/227213" target="_blank">227213</a>.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 19/03/2015 12:08:55 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

226786

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Remploy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Minister has made of the performance of his Department in meeting its targets relating to claims for Remploy Employment Services.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	227165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Remploy Ltd is a Non-Departmental Public Body that through its Employment Services business provides employment services for disabled people and those with barriers to work and receives annual grant-in-aid funding to deliver Work Choice.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Performance targets are agreed annually in the Performance and Resources Agreement between the Department and the company. Remploy does not handle or process claims and therefore its performance is not measured on that basis. Performance for 2013 -14 was reported to both Houses in my statement of 18 December 2014, Official Report, Column 142WS.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 227336 question first answered 17/03/2015 15:06:32 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

226787

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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, what assessment he has made of his Department's performance against targets on the processing of claims for jobseeker's allowance.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	227217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not have a target regime. Instead the effectiveness of Benefit Centres is monitored by a range of measures. The Department regularly publishes information on a number of key areas of performance; these are included in our Transparency Indicators page, Statistical publications, the DWP tabulation tool and the DWP Annual Reports and Accounts. (links below for ease of reference).</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-business-plan-transparency-measures/dwp-business-plan-transparency-measures" target="_blank">DWP-business-plan-transparency-measures</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwp-statistical-summaries-2015" target="_blank">DWP statistical summaries 2015 - Publications - GOV.UK</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">DWP annual report and accounts 2013 to 2014 - Publications - GOV.UK</a></strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 227206 227218 question first answered 17/03/2015 14:59:47 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

226788

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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 and Support Allowance
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 his Department's performance against targets on the processing of claims for employment and support allowance.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	227218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not have a target regime. Instead the effectiveness of Benefit Centres is monitored by a range of measures. The Department regularly publishes information on a number of key areas of performance; these are included in our Transparency Indicators page, Statistical publications, the DWP tabulation tool and the DWP Annual Reports and Accounts. (links below for ease of reference).</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-business-plan-transparency-measures/dwp-business-plan-transparency-measures" target="_blank">DWP-business-plan-transparency-measures</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwp-statistical-summaries-2015" target="_blank">DWP statistical summaries 2015 - Publications - GOV.UK</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">DWP annual report and accounts 2013 to 2014 - Publications - GOV.UK</a></strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 227206 227217 question first answered 17/03/2015 14:59:47 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

226790

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Personal Independence Payment
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 his Department's performance in meeting targets relating to individual personal independence payment claims.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	227206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department does not have a target regime. Instead the effectiveness of Benefit Centres is monitored by a range of measures. The Department regularly publishes information on a number of key areas of performance; these are included in our Transparency Indicators page, Statistical publications, the DWP tabulation tool and the DWP Annual Reports and Accounts. (links below for ease of reference).</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-business-plan-transparency-measures/dwp-business-plan-transparency-measures" target="_blank">DWP-business-plan-transparency-measures</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwp-statistical-summaries-2015" target="_blank">DWP statistical summaries 2015 - Publications - GOV.UK</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">DWP annual report and accounts 2013 to 2014 - Publications - GOV.UK</a></strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 227217 227218 question first answered 17/03/2015 14:59:47 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

226791

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time was for a decision to be made on payment of the under-occupancy penalty in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	227213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Separate decisions are not made in relation to under-occupation, but are a consideration when calculating Housing Benefit entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore this information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 16/03/2015 17:55:47 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

226792

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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, what the average length of time was for a decision to be made on a jobseeker's allowance claim in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	227214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>There has been a continued improvement in the speed at which JSA claims have been processed. The latest figures show 90.2% are cleared within 10 days, compared to 70.89% in March 2010.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/03/2015 14:34:51 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

226793

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time was for a decision to be made on a personal independence payment claim in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	227215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) was introduced for new claimants in a limited geographic area from April 2013 and nationally from June 2013.</p><p>We published initial statistics on Assessment Provider referrals and returns, clearances and outstanding claims for new claims on 28 January.</p><p>We intend to release PIP clearance times and waiting/outstanding times statistics on 18 March and have pre-announced this in line with UK Statistics Authority release protocols. All PIP statistics are available from the PIP Statistics home page: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 18/03/2015 12:54:21 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

226794

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Remploy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was for a decision on a claim for Remploy Employment Services in each year from 2013 to date.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	227336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Remploy Ltd is a Non-Departmental Public Body that through its Employment Services business provides employment services for disabled people and those with barriers to work and receives annual grant-in-aid funding to deliver Work Choice.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Performance targets are agreed annually in the Performance and Resources Agreement between the Department and the company. Remploy does not handle or process claims and therefore its performance is not measured on that basis. Performance for 2013 -14 was reported to both Houses in my statement of 18 December 2014, Official Report, Column 142WS.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 227165 question first answered 17/03/2015 15:06:32 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

226795

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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 and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was for a decision on a claim for employment support allowance in each year from 2013 to date.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	227337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This type of internal management information does not form part of the official statistics outputs that are released by the Department in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority’s Code of Practice. The average time from date of claim to referral to the assessment provider is 10.9 working days. Claimants are paid the ESA assessment rate from the date of claim.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 18/03/2015 16:47:31 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe