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registered interest
date	26/08/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the employment outcomes of people affected by the benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	905116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The latest official statistics, which are available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/341890/benefit-cap-may-2014.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/341890/benefit-cap-may-2014.pdf</a> show that by May 2014, 39% of those no longer subject to the cap, 7,400 households, have moved into work, as shown by them having an open Working Tax Credit claim. In addition to this there may be a small number of cases who have moved into work with sufficiently high salaries that they are not entitled to Working Tax Credit.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP will be evaluating the policy and, where possible, its impacts on employment later this year and expect to publish these findings in autumn 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/09/2014 16:52:44 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

76956

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which claimants will be exempt from participating in the supervised jobsearch pilot scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	204988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Guidance for Jobcentre Plus staff will say that the following claimants will not be suitable for the supervised jobsearch pilots.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li>Universal Credit claimants</li><li>New style JSA claimants</li><li>JSA Credits only claimants</li><li>Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) claimants</li><li>Postal claimants</li><li>Claimants with Special Customer Records (these are held clerically so would present problems in contract management/ tracking for the purposes of the evaluation)</li><li>Pregnant claimants, who have already produced a MATB1 to the Jobcentre (these will be within 11 weeks of their due date, so will not have time to complete the provision)</li><li>Anyone currently not required to meet Actively Seeking Employment requirements</li><li>Those attending Work Choice/ Residential Training Centres</li><li>18 year olds Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEETs, eligible for Work Programme at 3 months, would need to be identified for Supervised Jobsearch at day one – work coaches would not have sufficient information)</li><li>Ex-offenders (eligible for Work Programme from day one)</li><li>Claimants who are participating in voluntary work and part-time workers (as there are resource implications too large for the pilot, given small number)</li><li>Claimants for whom travelling to the Supervised Jobsearch provider premises would be outside their daily travel to work time (90 minutes each way unless restrictions have been agreed)</li></ul> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 14/07/2014 14:52:50 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

76611

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 1 July concerning youth unemployment (WA 254), whether they will take steps to ensure that employment policy remains a national policy.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Tackling unemployment is essential for sustainable economic growth in the UK and the EU. Where labour market reforms are needed in Member States, these should be encouraged. Opportunities at the EU level to exchange best practice and identify areas for reform exist, in particular through the European Semester process. However, as is recognised in Article 147 of the Lisbon Treaty, responsibility for employment policies rests with the Member States. The Government continues to be firm and vigilant on this principle. It is also very clear that the UK will not take part in any deeper co-operation that may be developed for countries in the Eurozone.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 14/07/2014 16:19:14 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

63450

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the comparative employment outcomes of people in receipt of (a) employment and support allowance and (b) incapacity benefit; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	201892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>720,000 more people are now being supported to prepare or look for work as a result of the Incapacity Benefit reassessment process.</p><p>The structure of Employment and Support Allowance provides much more support than the Incapacity Benefit regime to those who it is reasonable to expect to take steps to return to work.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/06/2014 14:39:56 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

62418

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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
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 number of employment opportunities resulting from the Commonwealth Games; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	201060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p /><p>It is estimated by the Organising Committee, Glasgow 2014 Ltd, that up to 30,000 employment opportunities will be created by the Commonwealth Games.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 23/06/2014 16:49:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms