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178217

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
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: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many peopled claimed jobseeker's allowance Domestic Violence Easement in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	223651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The Jobseeker’s Allowance Domestic Violence Easement began in April 2012. The table below provides details of easements granted for the three years since its introduction. The increasing number of individuals claiming the easement is likely to be related to the awareness raising work carried out with operational staff and stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>YEAR</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Claims for JSA DV easement</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>814</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>2087</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>3178</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/02/2015 14:47:56 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

178218

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
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: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to publicise the jobseeker's allowance Domestic Violence Easement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	223652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Since the Domestic Violence easement was introduced we have worked with stakeholders and DWP staff to raise awareness of it. Information on the Domestic Violence easement is available on Gov.uk and we have worked with stakeholders to ensure that they are aware and understand how the easement works. We also issued a poster to stakeholders which explains the easement and can be printed and distributed to anyone who wishes to know more about it.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/02/2015 15:11:56 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

177916

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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	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 performance measures are used to monitor frontline advisers in Jobcentre Plus.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	223472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>Frontine Advisers’ performance is measured in a variety of ways. Departmental staff have individual key work objectives that support the Department to meet organisational performance measures, and deliver high quality public services.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/02/2015 16:23:24 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

177930

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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	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 Annex 5 of the Written evidence submitted by the Public and Commercial Services Union to the Work and Pensions Committee dated 29 January 2015, whether the target set out in the memorandum dated 1 July 2013 raising the adverse decision rate of 80 per cent in that Annex remains in place; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	223509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>There are no targets or benchmarks for the number of benefit sanctions applied by Decision Makers. The Department is careful to ensure quality and consistency of decision making throughout the sanctions process. The 80% adverse decision rate forms part of this quality assurance and was introduced to ensure that only appropriate referrals are made by Job Centre Plus advisers to Decision Makers. This measure is in place so that all evidence is considered first by an adviser before a doubt is referred to a decision maker.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/02/2015 17:26:19 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

177593

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
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	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 Work Programme participants have entered Payment Group One since June 2011; and how many of those participants were identified as being not in employment, education or training before entering the programme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	223096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In response to the first part of the question, this information is published and can be found at:</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 can be found at:</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><p> </p><p>Of those Payment Group One participants who have entered the Work Programme since June 2011, over 88,000 have moved into long term work as of September 2014. In total the Work Programme has helped 368,000 long term unemployed people into lasting work.</p><p> </p><p>Information is not available regarding the number of Payment Group One participants which were identified as not in employment, education or training before entering the Work Programme.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/02/2015 16:28:32 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

177594

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
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	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 steps his Department has taken to reclaim overpayments from Work Programme providers since June 2011; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	223098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department samples and validates paid outcomes on the Work Programme independently from providers and has made appropriate recoveries over the lifetime of the programme, where overpayments have occurred.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/02/2015 18:00:12 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

177595

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
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	Atos Healthcare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in establishing a network of mental health, intellectual and cognitive champions in each Atos Medical Examination Centre since November 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	223097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Atos Healthcare has a network of mental health, intellectual and cognitive champions in place to support all health care professionals. These champions are available at all times across the UK to provide advice to the health care professional on any aspect of a case involving mental function or learning disability. Due to the large number and varying size of Assessment Centres, a telephone service is considered the most effective way of providing this support - as endorsed by Professor Harrington in his reviews of the Work Capability Assessment.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 09/02/2015 12:39:28 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

177608

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
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	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 recent representations he has received in favour of allowing work programme participants to claim the new enterprise allowance; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	223153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Employment Related Services Association provided written evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee in its Inquiry in May 2013 that Work Programme Participants should have access to the New Enterprise Allowance.</p><p>Work Programme Providers already have the flexibility to provide effective, tailored support to help claimants in to work. As part of this flexibility, they already can - and do - provide self-employment support for participants.</p><p>To allow Work Programme participants to also take part in the New Enterprise Allowance scheme would result in paying two providers for one job outcome. Clearly we have a duty to tax payers to ensure that public money is used wisely and it would not be right for us to pay to support people to participate in these two programmes at the same time.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/02/2015 16:33:08 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

177226

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
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	Universal Credit
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 produce overarching guidance to ensure that Universal Credit data sharing between his Department and local support providers is undertaken in a consistent and appropriate manner.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	222905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Work is underway to establish the processes to support the sharing of data as envisioned through the legislation. At this stage, these regulations are a legislative gateway and we are working to implement the data sharing approach safely and securely which will include the provision of guidance.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 05/02/2015 11:29:23 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

177227

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
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	Universal Credit
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 26 January 2015 to Question 221544, what the unrounded forecast agreed with OBR is for the number of claimants of Universal Credit in May 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	222906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Forecasts of caseloads will always be subject to uncertainty, for example due to economic conditions changing. To reflect this we provide a rounded estimate of 0.1m.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 05/02/2015 17:20:20 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms