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1670279

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
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: Older People
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 14 November 2023 to Question 26 on Employment: Older People, what the cost to the public purse was for midlife MOTs in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	2059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>In the Autumn 2021 budget, DWP secured more than £22m to deliver an enhanced 50+ offer. This included £5m to expand and improve the Midlife MOT by delivering Midlife MOTs through our network of Jobcentre Plus offices and launching a private sector pilot delivered via providers, in three areas (the North East of England; Cornwall &amp; Devon; and East Anglia).</p><p>As part of the Government’s continued commitment to support older workers, the Spring Budget 2023 set out a significant, wide-ranging package of DWP measures that represent an investment of £3.5bn over 5 years to boost workforce participation. This includes investment to support over-50s, including the expansion of the Jobcentre Plus Midlife MOT and an enhanced digital Midlife MOT offer.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 22/11/2023 16:27:08 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1667509

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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: Older 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 returnerships have been created as of 7 November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	24
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>DWP does not record this data as the Returnerships offer is an initiative that brings together existing skills interventions to the over-50s.</p><p> </p><p>The skills interventions promoted through the Returnerships offer are accelerated apprenticeships, Sector-Based Work Academy Programme placements and Skills Bootcamps. This will support better access to re-training and allow workers of all ages to engage with the opportunities of a second career.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 14/11/2023 17:49:43 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1667510

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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	Sector-Based Work Academy 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 sector-based work academy programme starts have taken place as of 7 November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	25
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>Sector-based work academies were first launched in August 2011 in England and January 2012 in Scotland. Regular statistical releases on sector-based work academies, covering participation by those on legacy unemployment benefits, began in 2011 and ended in 2017. These statistics can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/employment-schemes-work-experience-sector-based-work-academy-and-skills-conditionality-starts-to-november-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/employment-schemes-work-experience-sector-based-work-academy-and-skills-conditionality-starts-to-november-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The scheme was relaunched as Sector-based Work Academy Programmes (SWAPs) in July 2020 as part of the Government’s Plan for Jobs. Due to data limitations, we are unable to provide a geographical breakdown for SWAPs that took place before the start of the 2021/22 financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Data for the financial years 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 shows that, as of 27<sup>th</sup> October 2023, there were a total of 245,300 starts to a Sector-based Work Academy Programme. The breakdowns of these starts are provided in the attached tables.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes on the data:</strong></p><p>Attached are tables listing the number of SWAP starts to date by Country, Region, Local Authority, Parliamentary Constituency, Sector and Age band. The figures used are correct as of 27<sup>th</sup> October 2023 and these figures have been rounded according to departmental standards.</p><p> </p><p>These figures reflect the number of starts by claimants in receipt of Universal Credit (UC), Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) or Income Support (IS).</p><p> </p><p>It is important to note that the information provided shows the current home location of the person who has started a SWAP. For starts by those in receipt of JSA, ESA or IS, due to data limitations a location cannot be assigned to these starts and as such they are categorised as unknown within the figures. SWAPs are run in England and Scotland, where a person’s current home location is outside of this they have also been categorised as unknown.</p><p> </p><p>Although care is taken when processing and recording SWAP starts, the data collected might be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any clerical recording system, but is provided in the interests of transparency.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 14/11/2023 17:48:25 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill attachment 1 file name Attachment.xlsx title Attachment
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1667511

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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: Older 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 midlife MOTs have been completed between 1 January and 7 November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	26
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>Since the launch of the Midlife MOT in 2019, we have reached people through multiple channels to help them take stock of their finances, skills and health, and plan for their later life.</p><p> </p><p>The Midlife MOT within Jobcentres was rolled out from the end of January 2023. Up until 30th September 2023, around 5,300 Universal Credit claimants aged 50 or over have attended a Midlife MOT within Jobcentres. Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only, and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution. Data up to 30<sup>th</sup> September is the latest data available.</p><p> </p><p>The Private Sector Midlife MOT pilots were introduced by three providers, across three geographical locations, in May 2023. Quality assured data on the number of people who have attended a Private Sector Midlife MOT is not available.</p><p /><p>An enhanced digital Midlife MOT offer went live on 5<sup>th</sup> July 2023. The website is open to all, and between 5<sup>th</sup> July and 7<sup>th</sup> November 2023, there were around 15,000 sessions consisting of 10,200 unique users who had accessed the new site. Please note, these figures only include users who accepted website analytics tracking.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 14/11/2023 17:56:12 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1626136

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK State Pension recipients who are overseas residents receive annual index-linked increases.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	184010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions, and we continue to up-rate it abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so – for example where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating.</p><p> </p><p>People move abroad for many reasons and it is their own choice to do so. There is information available in leaflets and on GOV.UK on how to claim State Pension from overseas and on what the effect of going abroad will be on entitlement to the UK State Pension.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 18/05/2023 10:45:58 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1243575

registered interest
date	14/10/2020
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 and Working Tax Credit: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on (a) extending the £20 uplift to universal credit and working tax credit beyond April 2021 and (b) extending that uplift to people on legacy benefits.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	103425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government introduced a package of temporary welfare measures worth around £9.3 billion this year to help with the financial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. This included the £20 weekly increase to the Universal Credit Standard Allowance rates as a temporary measure for the 20/21 tax year.</p><p> </p><p>Future decisions on spending will be made at the next appropriate fiscal event, and Parliament will be updated accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 101977 question first answered 20/10/2020 14:36:28 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh