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100834

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	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: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans have claimed benefits in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	211794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 29/10/2014 16:12:32 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

100826

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	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	Job Evaluation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the procedure is in his Department for assessing grade boundaries and job roles; and how often such assessments take place.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	211827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>DWP uses two job evaluation schemes, which are widely utilised across the Civil Service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. Job Evaluation and Grading Support (JEGS), an analytical points-based system which is used by trained evaluators to rank roles from AA to Grade 6. This also incorporates Grading Guidance which provides an analytical matching of posts based on JEGS, a good level of assurance and is less resource intensive than a full evaluation.</p><p> </p><p>2. Job Evaluation for Senior Posts (JESP) which is similar to JEGS but used to evaluate posts in the Senior Civil Service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DWP evaluates all new roles and roles where there has been a fundamental or material change in job content using one of these schemes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on JEGS, including use of grading guidance, is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/job-evaluation-and-grading-support-jegs-for-civil-servants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/job-evaluation-and-grading-support-jegs-for-civil-servants</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on JESP is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/job-evaluation-for-senior-posts-good-practice-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/job-evaluation-for-senior-posts-good-practice-guide</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 28/10/2014 14:19:49 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

100827

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	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	Performance Appraisal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department have more than one member of staff on personal improvement plans.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	211826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not centrally maintain fully comprehensive records of all employees who have been placed under performance improvement plans as many of these are dealt with informally.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 211824 211825 question first answered 29/10/2014 14:54:48 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

100829

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	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	Performance Appraisal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department (a) are on a personal improvement plan, (b) have been on a personal improvement plan for over one year and (c) have been on a personal improvement plan for more than two consecutive years; and what the grades are or were of such staff.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	211824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not centrally maintain fully comprehensive records of all employees who have been placed under performance improvement plans as many of these are dealt with informally.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 211825 211826 question first answered 29/10/2014 14:54:48 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

100830

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	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	Performance Appraisal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department are responsible for mentoring staff on personal improvement plans.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	211825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not centrally maintain fully comprehensive records of all employees who have been placed under performance improvement plans as many of these are dealt with informally.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 211824 211826 question first answered 29/10/2014 14:54:48 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

100788

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Middle East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 21 October 2014, Official Report, column 63WS, on the Middle East, from which bases the UK's (a) Reaper UAVs and (b) River Joint aircraft operate for their surveillance missions over Iraq and Syria.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	211833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>I am withholding the information as its disclosure would or would be likely to prejudice operational capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces and also relations between the United Kingdom and another State.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 04/11/2014 17:27:25 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 25424 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

100789

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 21 October 2014, Official Report, column 63WS, on the Middle East, how many of the UK's Reaper aircraft will be deployed for surveillance missions over Syria.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	211832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>We have initially deployed two Reaper aircraft for operations in the Middle East, including for surveillance missions over Syria. As Reaper numbers in Afghanistan reduce we intend to move more to the Middle East, adding to our coverage.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 04/11/2014 17:28:37 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 25423 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

100820

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) open and (b) closed cases are listed on her Department's fraud register; and to which countries each such case relates.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	211817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>Detail on fraud broken down on a country by country basis is contained within DFID’s Annual Report for 2013/14.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 29/10/2014 17:21:28 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

100821

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Languages: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on language training in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	211818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>DFID centrally contracted language training providers in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Spend for each year since then is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£7,523.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£17,977</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£20,586.96</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Collating spend figures for prior years would incur disproportionate costs as training would have been procured locally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 29/10/2014 17:47:02 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

100822

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on security and hostile environment training in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	211819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>DFID provides Security Awareness in Fragile Environments training for staff working in these locations. Spend for each year has been:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£137,054.18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£371,236.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£305,195.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£191,138.37</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Expenditure for 2010 is not available as this was prior to a central contract being awarded.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 29/10/2014 17:48:22 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones