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173792

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	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, how many and what proportion of disabled people referred to the Work Programme moved into employment between January and December 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	220858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested to September 2014 is published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Proportions can be calculated using the published figures.</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> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 19/01/2015 12:25:26 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

173732

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	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	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	220832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information requested is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>a) Recruitment agency fees</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p>Spend on recruitment agency fees</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>457,498</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>3,944</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 ¹</p></td><td><p>394,511</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 ¹</p></td><td><p>362,616</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>¹ Includes Child Maintenance Group expenditure which joined DWP in August 2012.</p><p>Data excludes NDPBs</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>b) Outplacement agency fees</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p>Spend on outplacement agency fees</p></td><td><p>Outplacement support provided (heads)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>-¹</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>-¹</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>32,100</p></td><td><p>1275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 ²</p></td><td><p>16,950</p></td><td><p>813</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 ²</p></td><td><p>2,235</p></td><td><p>4397</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Outplacement agency fees are for displaced or redundant staff for all grades. This includes:</p><p>i) outreach services procured directly by the department; and</p><p>ii) outplacement services procured via Civil Service Resourcing’s Outplacement Services Framework contract, which has been in place since January 2014.</p><p>It does not include Department’s in house outplacement activity or the outplacement services delivered by Civil Service Resourcing’s Career Transition Service (CTS).</p><p> </p><p>¹ The spend on outplacement agency fees is not available for 2009/10 and 2010/11.</p><p>² Includes Child Maintenance Group expenditure which joined DWP in August 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Data excludes NDPBs</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>c) Staff training costs</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p>Spend on staff training costs</p></td><td><p>Average headcount</p></td><td><p>£ per head</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>19,920,326</p></td><td><p>117,425</p></td><td><p>169.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>10,219,848</p></td><td><p>114,449</p></td><td><p>89.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>6,599,138</p></td><td><p>103,094</p></td><td><p>64.01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 ¹</p></td><td><p>8,613,543</p></td><td><p>98,295</p></td><td><p>87.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 ¹</p></td><td><p>9,421,756</p></td><td><p>95,287</p></td><td><p>98.88</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>¹ Includes Child Maintenance Group expenditure which joined DWP in August 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Data excludes NDPBs</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 19/01/2015 16:21:43 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

173701

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	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 Sanctions Independent Review
	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 of his Department have been assigned to implementation of the recommendations of the independent review of the operation of jobseekers' allowance sanctions, published in July 2014; what estimate he has made of the number of staff hours that have been spent on that implementation to date; and what funding his Department has allocated to that implementation.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	220839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information as requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 19/01/2015 12:20:05 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

173716

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	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, whether his strategy for testing approaches to universal credit in-work conditionality includes testing employer involvement in the application of conditionality.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	220753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>There are no plans to test employer involvement in the application of conditionality.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/01/2015 16:06:53 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

173704

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	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 Sanctions Independent Review
	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 the Government's response to the Independent review of the operation of jobseeker's allowance sanctions, published in July 2014, when he plans to publish the communications review referred to in that document.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	220797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We have accepted all recommendations made by the Oakley Report and we have already implemented a number of improvements. Our response sets out a number of target completion dates for recommendations made by the Oakley Report.</p><p> </p><p>In the Government Response to the Oakley Review we committed to report on the progress of the Communications Review by the end of 2014. The Department published an update on improvements to communications following the review, on 18 December 2014. This can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/387727/jsa-sanctions-independent-review-government-response-update.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/387727/jsa-sanctions-independent-review-government-response-update.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 19/01/2015 12:56:13 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

173703

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	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 Sanctions Independent Review
	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 recommendation 11 of the Government's response to the Independent review of the operation of jobseeker's allowance sanctions, published in July 2014, what potential warnings and non-financial sanctions options his Department has considered in response to that recommendation.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	220795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We have published our response to the Oakley Report and a copy can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/332137/jsa-sanctions-independent-review-government-response.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/332137/jsa-sanctions-independent-review-government-response.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>We have accepted all recommendations made by the Oakley Report and we have already implemented a number of improvements. Our response sets out a number of target completion dates for recommendations made by the Oakley Report.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 220796 220798 question first answered 19/01/2015 12:13:28 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

173717

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	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 dates and in what locations the universal credit in work pilots are due to start.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	220704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We will launch the first in-work progression Randomised Controlled Trial in Universal Credit in April 2015, subject to securing the necessary piloting regulations.</p><p> </p><p>The trial will initially start in 10 Universal Credit sites and extend to further sites in the North West later in 2015.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 19/01/2015 12:52:06 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

173720

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	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, whether his strategy for testing approaches to universal credit in work conditionality includes testing of a requirement to leave one job and start another in order to increase pay; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	220707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>Each claimant will discuss their personal circumstances with a Work Coach and requirements will be personalised to take account of a claimant’s individual capability and circumstances. In some circumstances it may be reasonable to expect a claimant to apply for and take up new employment which will enable them to increase their earnings.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 19/01/2015 12:44:16 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

173718

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	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 estimate he has made of the cost of applying in work conditionality once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	220705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>No estimate of the cost of applying in work conditionality has been made as this will be determined using the findings of the in-work progression trials that are due to begin in April 2015.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 19/01/2015 12:36:09 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

173719

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	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, whether he plans to pilot the application of universal credit in work conditionality by staff other than Jobcentre Plus advisers; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	220706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>The in-work progression trials, due to begin in April 2015, will be delivered by Jobcentre Plus Work Coaches.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 19/01/2015 12:38:17 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms