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91333

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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	Flexible Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Flexible Support Fund in supporting older jobseekers.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	208757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department has not conducted any specific evaluation work on the use of Flexible Support Fund for older jobseekers.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/09/2014 13:09:16 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

90570

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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	Flexible Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on the Flexible Support Fund in each region of the UK in each year since it was introduced.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	208077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>Expenditure on Flexible Support Fund (FSF) since it was introduced in each year is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>2011/2012</td><td>£70.2m</td></tr><tr><td>2012/2013</td><td>£125.0m</td></tr><tr><td>2013/2014</td><td>£106.2m</td></tr></tbody></table><p>2014/2015: This information is not currently for release as the data is subject to audit and change.</p><p>The FSF expenditure is only captured at a National level, not across UK Regions, this information is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 09/09/2014 12:07:26 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 18989 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

78622

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Flexible Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseekers were supported through the Flexible Support Fund in 2013; and what proportion of such were (a) men, (b) under 25 years old and (c) over 50 years old.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	206169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is not readily available and there would be a disproportionate cost to collate this information.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/07/2014 16:01:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

76545

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
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	Flexible Support Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to monitor uptake of the Flexible Support Fund available to Jobcentre Plus managers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
uin	HL889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Flexible Support Fund (FSF) provides additional support to Jobcentre Plus Districts to address local issues. In monitoring this, FSF spend is broken down nationally by claimant groups and Districts may further break this down if they determine this is a local priority.</p><p> </p><p>All spending decisions are assessed against established criteria including value for money. Payments are encouraged on an outcome basis linked to employment.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 14/07/2014 14:51:47 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester