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77754

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has for officials to canvass customer feedback from Work Programme participants; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	205701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>DWP has commissioned a consortium of independent research organisations to undertake a comprehensive evaluation of the Work Programme, which includes research with participants. A report of findings from research in 2012 has been published. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-programme-evaluation-findings-from-the-first-phase-of-qualitative-research-on-programme-delivery-rr821" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-programme-evaluation-findings-from-the-first-phase-of-qualitative-research-on-programme-delivery-rr821</a></p><p> </p><p>A further report is currently planned for publication at the end of 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/07/2014 13:46:41 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

77759

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many 16 to 24 years olds were referred by Jobcentre Plus to the Movement to Work initiative in 2013.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	205702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Movement to Work is an employer-led initiative and Jobcentre Plus does not collect information on the number of referrals made.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/07/2014 13:50:02 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

77760

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Schools: Asbestos
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he or his Ministerial colleagues have had with the Department for Education about the prevalence of asbestos in schools.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	205638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>There have been no such discussions at Ministerial level. However, DWP Ministers have been informed of significant work that HSE has done to assist the Department for Education's review of their policy on asbestos in schools. For example, HSE has in the last three years conducted initiatives on the standard of management of asbestos in schools and copies of the reports have been provided to DfEand published.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/07/2014 16:08:22 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

77761

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Work Programme
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 effectiveness of the Work Programme for young black men.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	205639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The proportion of Job Outcomes achieved across the ethnicity groups is consistent with the proportion of referrals, attachments and Job Outcomes on the Work Programme as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>A detailed breakdown of Work Programme referrals, attachments and Job Outcomes by ethnicity can be found 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>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><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/07/2014 13:58:49 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

77375

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the overall budget the youth contract for 16 and 17 year olds had been spent at the end of 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	205415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>Delivery of the Youth Contract programme for 16- and 17-year-olds began in September 2012. For the period from September 2012 to the end of March 2014, the Department for Education has spent a total of £18.4 million in delivering the programme. Any underspend identified in the period 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2014 for the Education Funding Agency-managed strand of the programme was transferred to the Exchequer as part of the budget exchange scheme.</p><p> </p><p>A budget of £2.9 million is assigned to the Core Cities strand of the programme for each financial year. This funding is devolved to the respective local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>For the EFA-managed strand of the programme, payments are made on a ‘payment by results' basis. A contractor can receive three outcome-related payments: an initial payment, a re-engagement payment and a sustained engagement payment. Delivery data for the EFA-managed strand of the programme for the period September 2012 to the end of March 2014 was published on 26 June 2014 and is published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/youth-contract-delivery-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/youth-contract-delivery-data</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This shows contractors delivering the EFA-managed strand of the Youth Contract achieved 18,570 enrolments, 9,949 re-engagements and 3,445 sustained engagements. The contracted profile for the period 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2016 shows: 21,500 participant enrolments; 23,000 participant re-engagements into positive outcomes of education, training or employment with training; and 23,500 participants to sustain in a positive outcome of education, training or employment with training for five out of six months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 205413 205414 question first answered 16/07/2014 14:09:49 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

77376

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how his Department will spend any underspend from the youth contract in financial year 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	205414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>Delivery of the Youth Contract programme for 16- and 17-year-olds began in September 2012. For the period from September 2012 to the end of March 2014, the Department for Education has spent a total of £18.4 million in delivering the programme. Any underspend identified in the period 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2014 for the Education Funding Agency-managed strand of the programme was transferred to the Exchequer as part of the budget exchange scheme.</p><p> </p><p>A budget of £2.9 million is assigned to the Core Cities strand of the programme for each financial year. This funding is devolved to the respective local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>For the EFA-managed strand of the programme, payments are made on a ‘payment by results' basis. A contractor can receive three outcome-related payments: an initial payment, a re-engagement payment and a sustained engagement payment. Delivery data for the EFA-managed strand of the programme for the period September 2012 to the end of March 2014 was published on 26 June 2014 and is published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/youth-contract-delivery-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/youth-contract-delivery-data</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This shows contractors delivering the EFA-managed strand of the Youth Contract achieved 18,570 enrolments, 9,949 re-engagements and 3,445 sustained engagements. The contracted profile for the period 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2016 shows: 21,500 participant enrolments; 23,000 participant re-engagements into positive outcomes of education, training or employment with training; and 23,500 participants to sustain in a positive outcome of education, training or employment with training for five out of six months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 205413 205415 question first answered 16/07/2014 14:09:47 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

77377

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many payments he estimates will be taken up under the youth contract for 16 and 17 year olds.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	205413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>Delivery of the Youth Contract programme for 16- and 17-year-olds began in September 2012. For the period from September 2012 to the end of March 2014, the Department for Education has spent a total of £18.4 million in delivering the programme. Any underspend identified in the period 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2014 for the Education Funding Agency-managed strand of the programme was transferred to the Exchequer as part of the budget exchange scheme.</p><p> </p><p>A budget of £2.9 million is assigned to the Core Cities strand of the programme for each financial year. This funding is devolved to the respective local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>For the EFA-managed strand of the programme, payments are made on a ‘payment by results' basis. A contractor can receive three outcome-related payments: an initial payment, a re-engagement payment and a sustained engagement payment. Delivery data for the EFA-managed strand of the programme for the period September 2012 to the end of March 2014 was published on 26 June 2014 and is published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/youth-contract-delivery-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/youth-contract-delivery-data</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This shows contractors delivering the EFA-managed strand of the Youth Contract achieved 18,570 enrolments, 9,949 re-engagements and 3,445 sustained engagements. The contracted profile for the period 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2016 shows: 21,500 participant enrolments; 23,000 participant re-engagements into positive outcomes of education, training or employment with training; and 23,500 participants to sustain in a positive outcome of education, training or employment with training for five out of six months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 205414 205415 question first answered 16/07/2014 14:09:45 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

77465

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, what progress has been made in the review of assistance to young unemployed people, led by Sir Jeremy Heywood; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	205451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given by the Minister for the Cabinet Office, my right hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (Mr Maude) to the Member for Bethnal Green and Bow (Ms Ali) on 14 July 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, column 548W.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 16/07/2014 11:30:25 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

77252

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	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 assessment he has made of the capacity of local authorities to co-ordinate local agencies to deliver the aims of the Local Support Services Framework; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	205206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Local Support Service Framework published in December 2013 sets out the principles of local support provision, providing a structure for planning holistic and localised support for those who need help to make and maintain a claim to Universal Credit.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-local-support-services-framework" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-local-support-services-framework</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DWP, local authorities and others already work in partnership to deliver local support services and delivery of LSSF will build on these partnerships. On 10 July 2014 we announced the names of the 11 partnerships selected to take part in the formal trials that will provide the necessary learning and evaluation of the delivery of local support services through integrated delivery partnerships. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/partnerships-for-delivery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/partnerships-for-delivery</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 15/07/2014 15:28:50 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

77253

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding his Department has committed to the Local Support Services Framework for (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	205205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Where UC is already live, funding has been provided to reflect the type/level of Local Support Services that will be delivered with local authorities through individually tailored Delivery Partnership Agreements. This will continue to be the case as UC expands in North West England.</p><p> </p><p>On 10 July 2014 we announced the 11 partnerships selected to take part in the formal trials to test the delivery of local support services through integrated delivery partnerships.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/partnerships-for-delivery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/partnerships-for-delivery</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The trials will help inform the level of local support required and what, if any, additional funding is needed.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 15/07/2014 15:24:22 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms