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65908

registered interest
date	04/07/2014
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	Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the independent evaluation of the Work Programme to be published.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	204108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Findings from the final stages of the Work Programme evaluation will be published once the evaluation is complete, currently expected to be at the end of 2014.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/07/2014 13:31:25 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

65909

registered interest
date	04/07/2014
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	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 he is taking to improve the performance of the Work Programme for people over 50 years of age; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	204109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>The Work Programme is continuing to offer tailored support to people over 50 and providers are continuing to design support based on each individual need.</p><p>Work programme performance has been improving. Providers are improving their own performance, in part driven by the Department's performance management regime.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/07/2014 13:43:02 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

65609

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 431W, on jobseeker's allowance, how many jobseekers aged (a) between 18 and 21, (b) 22 and 24 and (c) 25 years and over were assessed for potential skills needs at the beginning of their claim to jobseeker's allowance in the most recent year for which data is available; and how many jobseekers in each category were assessed as having a skills need.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>All jobseeker's are assessed at the beginning of their claim to Jobseeker's Allowance for potential skills needs that are a barrier to them finding work. Where a skills need is identified, claimants are referred to courses.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to ensuring jobseekers have the skills they need to get into work. In 2012/13 171,100 young people aged 19-24 and claiming benefit started a learning course, an increase of 30% over 2011/12.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/07/2014 14:46:34 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

65610

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date he plans to publish the revised impact assessment for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Government published a detailed impact assessment in December 2012 to accompany the laying of the universal credit regulations that came into force in April 2013. There are no current plans to publish an update.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/07/2014 14:50:42 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

65613

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	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 11 June 2014, Official Report, column 282W, on universal credit, how much his Department spent on IT development and implementation for universal credit in 2013-14; and how much it expects to spend on such development and implementation in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department spent £186m on IT, development and implementation for Universal Credit in 2013-14, against the previously forecast £401m.</p><p> </p><p>The forecast for 2014-15 is currently £316m against the previous forecast of £317m</p><p> </p><p>This forecast is subject to change due to further refinements of requirements and on-going commercial discussions. Plans continue to be developed to support rollout of UC within budget.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/07/2014 16:26:47 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

65619

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims were paid in April 2014 for (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) employment and support allowance, (c) income support, (d) housing benefit and (e) universal credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Information on how many new claims were paid in April 2014 for (a) Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), (b) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), (c) Income Support (IS), (d) Housing Benefit (HB) and (e) Universal Credit (UC) is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number of JSA claimants who started a new claim in April 2014 can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number of ESA and IS claimants who started a new claim, by the number of previous claims on this benefit, up to and including November 2013 can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </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>Statistics covering the period March 2014 to May 2014 are due to be published on 12 November 2014</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Statistics on the number of Universal Credit (UC) claimants who started a new claim up to and including March 2014 can be found at:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Statistics for April 2014 are due to be published on 16 July 2014</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/07/2014 15:48:17 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

65093

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Jobcentres: Wolverhampton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what conclusions he has drawn from his small scale test bed at Wolverhampton Jobcentre for the Supervised Pilot Scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>A supervised job-search test bed in Wolverhampton ran from December 2013 to February 2014. The purpose of the test bed was to examine on a small scale which areas would be viable design options for the Supervised Job-search pilots to be introduced later this year.</p><p> </p><p>In overall terms the success of the test bed confirmed that a protracted supervised job-search could be delivered with the long term unemployed client group. As a result of what we learnt from Wolverhampton, we have incorporated several elements into the pilots design, including:</p><p> </p><p>· Induction sessions, to set clear expectations and assess individuals' abilities;</p><p>· Basic IT training;</p><p>· Integrating group sessions and one to one support to retain claimants concentration and engagement; and</p><p>· Supporting participants to focus on tailored, quality job applications.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/07/2014 15:11:47 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

65179

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	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, when he plans to publish Matthew Oakley's independent review of jobseeker's allowance sanctions.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The report and the Government's response will be published in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/07/2014 15:29:24 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

64855

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the effect of universal credit on the self-employed.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>There have been no recent meetings with Ministers but there have been extensive discussions between DWP officials and officials at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whilst designing the approach to supporting those who are self-employed in Universal Credit.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/07/2014 14:11:04 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

64856

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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	UK Statistics Authority
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 plans to take to reduce the number of rebukes his Department receives from the UK Statistical Authority.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Since May 2010 the DWP has led the way in openness and transparency of statistical releases by publishing over 770 releases and datasets. <br> Great care is taken to get things right, and in this time the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) has only written directly to DWP Ministers on two occasions about issues raised with it about DWP statistics. The Department has responded to these points and taken on board the UKSA suggestions.</p><p><br> DWP Statistical releases are produced and published separately to and independently from other Departmental comment or publications. <br> Great care is taken by DWP statisticians to ensure the Statistical releases are easy to read and understand, and are balanced and impartial.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/07/2014 16:33:08 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms