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48738

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, in which years from 1984 to 2010 was there a reduction in the number of workless households.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	196932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ 196932.pdf title Workless Households - ONS Letter
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

48719

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria were used for targeting the Skills Funding Agency's reduction in funding for adult qualifications; and what account the decisions to reduce that funding took of each such course's effect on (a) skills development and (b) employability of participants.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	196904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The Skills Funding Agency's review of vocational qualifications is not about a reduction in funding. Within agreed budgets, the review has sought to ensure funding is redirected in support of qualifications which are high quality, demanded by learners and valued by employers. The Agency has removed these low quality qualifications from the scope of public funding to ensure we only fund those vocational qualifications which are recognised by employers and enable someone to be employable in a particular occupation or sector. The goal is to promote both the skills development and employability of participants.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

48891

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	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
	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 paragraph 1.197 of the Autumn Statement 2013, what the expected cost to the public purse will be of the basic skills pilot; how many people will benefit from that pilot; what its start and end dates will be; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	196918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The 18-21 Skills for Work pilots will be funded from within the Department's budget settlement as agreed at Autumn Statement 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Under the pilot, young people making a claim to JSA between the ages of 18 and 21 years will be screened for English and Maths below level 2. Those identified as having a skill need will be referred on a mandatory basis to Maths or English training.</p><p> </p><p>It is projected 10,000 JSA claimants will be referred to learning. The pilot will start in late Autumn 2014 and last up to nine months.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

48895

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants have been made subject to a benefit sanction since 26 June 2013 because they have not been prepared to learn English.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	196859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

48896

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants were supported by Jobcentre Plus to obtain basic English, mathematics or IT skills in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	196861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The department does not publish information on the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance who lack basic skills in English, Mathematics and IT.</p><p> </p><p>Where a claimant's lack of skills is a barrier to them finding work, Work Coaches will make a referral either for an in-depth skills assessment with a training provider or direct to the most appropriate training.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows the highest level of learning undertaken by JSA benefit claimants in the first half of the 2012/13 academic year (August 2012 to January 2013) for claimants studying at Level 2 or below.</p><p> </p><p>Figures are estimated based on learning data held by BIS taken from the Individualised Learner Records (LIR) dataset matched to benefits administrative data held by the DWP. Claimants studying English and Maths have been grouped together, while claimants studying ICT are part of the ‘Other' category.</p><p> </p><p>DWP does not currently have equivalent data for the academic years prior to 2012/13. However a back series of statistics on claimants who studied Maths, English and ESOL aims, from 2009/10 to 2011/12, will be published in the 2012/13 final Further Education for Benefit Claimants official statistics in summer 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Highest Level of Learning by Benefit Type, 2012/13 Year to Date (Benefit Claimants), Level 2 or below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Level</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (WRAG)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of claimants</p></td><td><p>Percentage of total claimants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Entry - Other</p></td><td><p>28,000</p></td><td rowspan="3"><p>22.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Entry - English and Maths</p></td><td><p>10,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Entry - ESOL</p></td><td><p>14,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 1 - Other</p></td><td><p>75,800</p></td><td rowspan="3"><p>34.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 1 - English and Maths</p></td><td><p>6,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 1 - ESOL</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 2 - Other</p></td><td><p>13,300</p></td><td rowspan="4"><p>26.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 2 - English and Maths</p></td><td><p>3,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 2 - ESOL</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FL2</p></td><td><p>45,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source information:</strong></p><p>The latest Further Education for Benefit Claimants official statistics publication, published in December 2013, can be found at the link below: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-education-for-benefit-claimants-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-education-for-benefit-claimants-december-2013</a>.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 196858 question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

48897

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	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
	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 jobseeker's allowance claimants who did not have basic English, mathematics or IT skills in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	196858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The department does not publish information on the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance who lack basic skills in English, Mathematics and IT.</p><p> </p><p>Where a claimant's lack of skills is a barrier to them finding work, Work Coaches will make a referral either for an in-depth skills assessment with a training provider or direct to the most appropriate training.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows the highest level of learning undertaken by JSA benefit claimants in the first half of the 2012/13 academic year (August 2012 to January 2013) for claimants studying at Level 2 or below.</p><p> </p><p>Figures are estimated based on learning data held by BIS taken from the Individualised Learner Records (LIR) dataset matched to benefits administrative data held by the DWP. Claimants studying English and Maths have been grouped together, while claimants studying ICT are part of the ‘Other' category.</p><p> </p><p>DWP does not currently have equivalent data for the academic years prior to 2012/13. However a back series of statistics on claimants who studied Maths, English and ESOL aims, from 2009/10 to 2011/12, will be published in the 2012/13 final Further Education for Benefit Claimants official statistics in summer 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Highest Level of Learning by Benefit Type, 2012/13 Year to Date (Benefit Claimants), Level 2 or below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Level</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (WRAG)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of claimants</p></td><td><p>Percentage of total claimants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Entry - Other</p></td><td><p>28,000</p></td><td rowspan="3"><p>22.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Entry - English and Maths</p></td><td><p>10,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Entry - ESOL</p></td><td><p>14,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 1 - Other</p></td><td><p>75,800</p></td><td rowspan="3"><p>34.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 1 - English and Maths</p></td><td><p>6,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 1 - ESOL</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 2 - Other</p></td><td><p>13,300</p></td><td rowspan="4"><p>26.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 2 - English and Maths</p></td><td><p>3,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 2 - ESOL</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FL2</p></td><td><p>45,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source information:</strong></p><p>The latest Further Education for Benefit Claimants official statistics publication, published in December 2013, can be found at the link below: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-education-for-benefit-claimants-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-education-for-benefit-claimants-december-2013</a>.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 196861 question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

48869

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have requested chemical castration in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	196828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) and NHS England do not provide for chemical castration of prisoners.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

48808

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 8 April 2014, Official Report, column 208W, on Common Agricultural Policy, if he will assess the value and purpose of advertising the merits of the EU Common Agricultural Policy in British cinemas.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Luff
	uin	196875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>We do not have any plans to assess the value and purpose of advertising the merits of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in British cinemas. Using cinema advertising is not part of the Government's approach to communicating information on the CAP. My Department is informed by the European Commission that the advert ran for four weeks across the EU, including in the UK, but it has now ended and that the campaign was funded by reducing other activities, such as European Commission attendance at certain events.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	268 label Biography information for Sir Peter Luff

48823

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library an inventory of the property of the Government destroyed by rioters in HM Embassy in Tehran in 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Northampton North
	tabling member printed	Michael Ellis
	uin	196823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The British Embassy in Tehran was overrun by a mob on 29 November 2011, resulting in the withdrawal of all Embassy staff. I am placing a list of the property damaged in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
	tabling member	4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis

48813

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list the government departments and public authorities to which borough councils for areas where there is no unitary authority can apply for funding towards (a) their own costs in dealing with flooding and (b) the cost of flood protection schemes in their area, stating in each case the name of the funding scheme and the government department or public authority to which the application should be made.
	tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
	tabling member printed	Sir John Stanley
	uin	196928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>(a) There are a number of schemes where borough councils can apply for funding towards their own costs in dealing with flooding and these are listed below.</p><p> </p><p>The Bellwin Scheme of emergency financial assistance (funding to help Local Authorities in the emergency phase of the flooding to protect lives or property) – through the Department for Communities and Local Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Funding for repair of damages to roads (hit by weather damage) – through the Department for Transport</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The business support scheme (hardship funding for SME businesses in areas affected by the floods) – through the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(b) Borough councils can also apply for funding towards the cost of flood protection schemes from Flood Defence Grant in Aid through the Environment Agency. Second tier local authorities including Borough Councils can apply for capital grants towards flood and coastal erosion risk management projects. Where there are two tiers of local government, local authorities should work together to decide which authority is best placed to lead in different circumstances.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson previous answer version 8676 answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	91 label Biography information for Sir John Stanley