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46969

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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 assessment he has made of the effect of recent social and employment programmes financed through the European Social Fund; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	195267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The European Social Fund supports a range of activities to help unemployed and disadvantaged people improve their employment prospects and skills. These activities expand or enhance the support provided by national and local programmes. Recent activities are being evaluated by a number of research studies and a cohort survey of participants. Reports on these will be published during 2014 and 2015.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

46633

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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 staff of his Department's staff worked in a Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response team in each year since 2004.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	194944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We do not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

46634

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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 his Department has spent on the new enterprise allowance in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	194945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We do not have complete figures for 2013/14 as the yearly accounts have not yet been finalised, and won't audited until May.</p><p> </p><p>Spend figures for NEA in the two full financial years to April 2013 are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Financial year 2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Financial year 2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DEL</strong><strong> spend</strong></p></td><td><p>£11.4m</p></td><td><p>£14.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AME</strong><strong> spend</strong></p></td><td><p>£5.0m</p></td><td><p>£18.3m</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

46635

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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 time someone enrolled on the new enterprise allowance spends with a mentor.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	194946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The pre-start-up mentoring phase on the New Enterprise Allowance usually lasts for 8 weeks, although this can be extended to 12 in exceptional circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Post-start up mentoring support is also available throughout the first six months of trading.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

46636

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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, if he will make it his policy that Work Programme participants should be eligible for the new enterprise allowance; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	194947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Work Programme Providers have the freedom to provide whatever support they think will be effective in supporting claimants into employment and self-employment.</p><p> </p><p>Work programme participants may be able to access a loan to support them in setting up a business through the BIS start-up loan scheme</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

46643

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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 households have seen their income from benefits reduced by (a) 10, (b) 20 to 49 and (c) 50 per cent or more as a result of benefit changes since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	194905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The requested information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

46205

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what average weekly sum in council tax is now due from people whose liability for this tax was previously entirely met through council tax benefit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	194687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Monday 7 April 2014]</em></p><p>We do not collect this information centrally. These are local schemes, and it is for local authorities to ensure that the effect on specific groups of council tax payers is proportionate and fair.</p><p>Spending on council tax benefit doubled under the last Government, costing taxpayers £4 billion a year – equivalent to almost £180 a year per household. Welfare reform is vital to tackle the budget deficit left by the last Administration. Our reforms to localise council tax support now give councils stronger incentives to support local firms, cut fraud, promote local enterprise and get people into work. We are ending the last Administration's ‘something for nothing' culture and making work pay.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 5034 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

46372

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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 his Department has spent on the Jobcentre Plus rapid response service in each year since 2003-04.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	194686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Information requested can only be provided in part due to 7 year archive period for financials data.</p><p> </p><p>Spend on Rapid Response Service has therefore been:</p><p><strong>Period £</strong></p><p>2007-08 579,853</p><p>2008-09 851,954</p><p>2009-10 9,963,293</p><p>2010-11 6,472,119</p><p>2011-12 3,432,793</p><p>2012-13 4,020,041</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

46373

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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 the minimum service levels are in the Work Programme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	194685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The minimum service delivery standards for Work Programme providers can be found through the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/minimum-service-delivery-standards-for-work-programme-providers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/minimum-service-delivery-standards-for-work-programme-providers</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

46374

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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 times a Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response Team has been used since May 2010; and how many deployments have occurred in situations where 20 or more people faced redundancy.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	194688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response Service works closely with employers and people facing redundancy to ensure they have access to all the help and information they need. The service aims to address the impact of job losses on workers and on the local community by helping people move into new jobs as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people in work has increased by 1.35 million since 2010 - over a million of these jobs are full-time – and the employment rate is now 72.3%, the highest it has been since 2008.</p><p> </p><p>The level of redundancy is 55,000 lower than in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>7,506 employers have accepted redundancy support from the Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response Service since May 2010. Of these employers, 6,075 involved potential redundancies of 20 or more employees</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms