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694287

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
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 and Support Allowance
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 personal support package in the Government's Improving Lives Green Paper, what the minimum number of minutes of support per year will be which people in the employment and support allowance work-related activity group will receive from their work coach.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	65533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>The amount of time Employment and Support Allowance work-related activity group claimants (and their equivalent in Universal Credit) are supported by their work coach will be tailored to their individual circumstances and support needs. This may include being invited to work focused interviews with their work coach and also offered appropriate support through external provision.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/03/2017 15:36:46 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

678134

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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 and Support Allowance
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 future trends in government spending on employment support for employment and support allowance claimants after the proposals in the Work, health and disability green paper: improving lives, published on 31 October 2016, have been fully implemented.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	61502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>The ‘Improving Lives – the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper’ sets out the Government’s proposals for improving work and health outcomes for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions. It seeks views on these proposals across a range of health, employer, welfare and societal issues; asking key questions like ‘what will it take to transform the employment prospects of disabled people and people with long-term health conditions?’. This consultation is still on-going and we are gathering stakeholder’s views on these proposals.</p><p> </p><p>As set out during the passage of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016, in addition to existing support we are investing in additional practical support for claimants with limited capability for work from April 2017, rising from £60m in 2017/18 to £100m in 2020/21. As set out in the Green Paper, employment support for claimants receiving Employment and Support Allowance includes provision in Jobcentre Plus, contracted employment programmes, and other spending such as Access to Work.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 27/01/2017 10:59:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

670342

registered interest
date	09/01/2017
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 and Support 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 his oral contribution of 9 January 2017, on health outcomes: work, what the evidential basis is for his statement that his Department will spend an extra £330 million on employment support for employment support allowance claimants compared with current arrangements under the Work Programme and Work Choice.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	59210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>At Summer Budget 2015, the Chancellor announced a support package of £330m over four years to provide support for people with limited capability for work from April 17. In the Improving Lives, the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper we provided details of this new Personal Support Package.</p><p> </p><p>The £330m additional funding is targeted at new ESA Work Related Activity Group and UC Limited Capability for Work claimants from April 2017 and will deliver a broad range of employment and health support. This will rise from £60m in 2017/18 to £100m in 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the £330m announced at Summer Budget 2015, the 2015 Spending Review announced funding rising to at least £130 million a year by 2019/20 for the new Work and Health Programme. This will provide a new approach which builds on the strengths and lessons learned of current contracted provision including Work Choice and the Work Programme.</p><p> </p><p>The 2017/18 support also consists of a number of trials and proofs of concept to build our evidence base of what works and we will evaluate these measures to build a robust evidence which can inform future years of funding.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/01/2017 17:34:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

658614

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
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 and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the additional £100 million funding for employment support announced in Summer Budget 2015 and referred in the Work, health and disability green paper: improving lives, published in October 2016, will be used to fund the new work and health programme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	57677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>As part of our broader new Personal Support Package, we are investing £330m on support for people with limited capability for work, over the course of four years from April 2017, rising from £60m in 2017/18 to £100m in 2020/21. Details of the Package in 2017/18 were set out in the Improving Lives Green Paper. Decisions on future year spending will be made in due course. Participation on the Work &amp; Health Programme will be voluntary; therefore, at this early stage we cannot exactly determine how much of the Personal Support Package will be spent on the new Work &amp; Health Programme.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/12/2016 16:03:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

658616

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
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 and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what the additional £100 million funding for employment support announced in Summer Budget 2015 and referred in the Work, health and disability green paper: improving lives, published in October 2016, will be spent.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	57678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>As part of our broader new Personal Support Package, we are investing £330m on support for people with limited capability for work, over the course of four years from April 2017, rising from £60m in 2017/18 to £100m in 2020/21. Details of the Package in 2017/18 were set out in the Improving Lives Green Paper. Decisions on future year spending will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/12/2016 15:58:16 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

642412

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
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 and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much he plans to spend on employment support for claimants of employment and support allowance in each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	54335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not organise its management accounts by spending on each claimant group so the information is not available in the format requested. However, as set out during the passage of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016, in addition to existing support we are investing in additional practical support for claimants with limited capability for work from April 2017, rising from £60m in 2017/18 to £100m in 2020/21. Employment support for claimants of Employment and Support Allowance includes provision in Jobcentre Plus, contracted employment programmes, and other spending such as Access to Work.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/11/2016 14:58:02 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

638756

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
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 and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent from the public purse through the Work Choice programme on employment support for claimants of employment and support allowance in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	53749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>The spend on Work Choice is not broken down to benefit level and is therefore not available at the level of detail requested.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/11/2016 17:32:22 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

638441

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
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 and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent through the Work Programme on employment support for claimants of employment and support allowance in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	53601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Work Programme Spend on ESA claimant groups</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ million</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><p>The figures above agree to the DWP published Annual Report and Accounts for each of the years quoted, and those quoted in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/325995/Work_Programme_Costs_v7_2014-07-01.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/325995/Work_Programme_Costs_v7_2014-07-01.pdf</a> which contains Work Programme costs for the period from inception in June 2011 to March 2014</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/11/2016 14:27:30 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

514552

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
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 and Support 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 11 April 2016 to Question 32294, what account is taken of a person's earlier claim for work capability assessment if the person submits a new claim for employment and support allowance.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	34909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>In order for the claim to progress, a claimant must demonstrate that there has been a significant worsening in their health condition or that a new health condition has developed.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 25/04/2016 16:48:36 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

485760

registered interest
date	23/03/2016
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 and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long after being found to be ineligible for employment and support allowance as a result of a work capability assessment can an individual submit a new claim.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	32294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>An individual can submit a new claim for Employment and Support Allowance at any time after being found fit for work following a Work Capability Assessment.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 11/04/2016 10:42:51 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms