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48978

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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 funding is currently allocated to the Youth Contract; and what proportion of that funding is allocated for wage incentives.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	197151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Our 2014/15 budget allocation for Youth Contract is £183.75m, of which £42.55m is currently allocated to Wage Incentives (23.2%).</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

48979

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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 much has been paid out in wage incentives under the Youth Contract, by region, in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	197150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The latest information that we hold on Youth Contract Wage Incentives was published in February 2014 and can be found at the link below. We do not collect payment data in a form that allows it to be reported at regional level.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/283873/youth-contract-feb14.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/283873/youth-contract-feb14.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 197147 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

48980

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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 people have benefited from Youth Contract wage incentives, by region, in each year since the Youth Contract was introduced.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	197147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The latest information that we hold on Youth Contract Wage Incentives was published in February 2014 and can be found at the link below. We do not collect payment data in a form that allows it to be reported at regional level.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/283873/youth-contract-feb14.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/283873/youth-contract-feb14.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 197150 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

48981

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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 much has been spent on consultants working on the Youth Contract in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	197148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>DWP does not have any consultants working on the delivery of the Youth Contract.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

48982

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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 much has been spent on (a) press, (b) marketing, (c) advertising and (d) other aspects of communications relating to the Youth Contract in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	197149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>As with any new programme it is right and responsible to ensure all who are, or could be, affected are properly informed. Since the Youth Contract was launched in April 2012 it has provided opportunities for over 250,000 people. The spend in each of the categories specified is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Press</p></td><td><p>£ 9,872</p></td><td><p>NIL</p></td><td><p>£9872</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marketing</p></td><td><p>£10,167</p></td><td><p>£ 7,578</p></td><td><p>£17,745</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advertising</p></td><td><p>£72,010</p></td><td><p>NIL</p></td><td><p>£72,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other communications</p></td><td><p>£27,231</p></td><td><p>£34,650</p></td><td><p>£61,881</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£119,280</p></td><td><p>£42,228</p></td><td><p>£161,508</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The marketing category relates to spend on local face-to-face activity bringing together jobseekers and employers with opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>In the ‘other communications' category, we have supplied details of spend on leaflets, posters, exhibition stands and video production.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
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

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

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