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175523

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2015
	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	Disability Living Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were made to the disability living allowance helpline, 08457 123456 in each of the last five financial years; how much revenue was generated from these calls; and by when he expects to end the use of this number.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	221919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text <p>The following table details the number of calls received on the Disability Living Allowance Helpline, 08457 123456 for each of the last five financial years as reported on OPMIS (Operational Management Information Statistics) system.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Calls rec’d on 08457123456 helpline</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2009/10</em></p></td><td><p><strong>5,289,494</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2010/11</em></p></td><td><p><strong>4,980,340</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011/12</em></p></td><td><p><strong>4,760,016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2012/13</em></p></td><td><p><strong>4,523,861</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013/14 </em></p></td><td><p><strong>3,631,121</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DWP received no revenue for calls to this number for the financial years 2009/10 to 2013/14. The DLA Helpline service can also be accessed by dialling 03457 123456. Callers to 08457 123456 are informed of the availability of the 0345 option and are signposted to their telephony provider for advice on which number is cheaper. The use of 0845 numbers were inherited from previous Government and this Department has since introduced 0345 numbers because they are cheaper under most operators’ packages and where they are not, we have kept 0845 numbers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any charges that apply to these calls will be set by the customer’s telephone or mobile operator. Charge variations will occur due to operator packages and individual price plans. We are aware of possible concerns about call charges to our enquiry lines so we will offer to call a customer back if concerns are raised over the cost of the call.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 28/01/2015 16:32:17 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

225683

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2015
	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 Schemes: 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 much expenditure has been allocated to the Youth Contract to date.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	226635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Youth Contract was allocated £1bn.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 11/03/2015 17:09:02 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

226806

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	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 Schemes: Young People
	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 March 2015 to Question 226635, how much of the £1 billion allocated to the Youth Contract has been spent to date.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	227315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Total figures for the final year are still being finalised.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/03/2015 17:26:49 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

226784

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	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	Incapacity Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) original forecast of expenditure savings and (b) actual expenditure savings were from the reassessment of incapacity benefit claims since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	227145
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The original estimate of the economic impact of the reassessment of Incapacity Benefit claims from 2010 was a net saving of £1,000 million (net present value, 2009/10 prices) over the years 2009/10 to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>This figure was published by the previous Government on 29 March 2010 in the Explanatory Memorandum to the Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) Regulations 2010 (2010 No. 875), published at this address: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/875/pdfs/uksiem_20100875_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/875/pdfs/uksiem_20100875_en.pdf</a>.)</p><p> </p><p>Actual savings from Incapacity Benefit reassessment are not available. Isolating the impact of any single policy change becomes increasingly uncertain as new policy beds into the benefits system, and becomes the norm.</p><p> </p><p>As Chris Grayling, when Minister for Employment, said to the Work and Pensions Select Committee, Incapacity Benefit reassessment is not a savings measure – it is not a financially based exercise, although clearly if we succeed it will save money – but is about identifying the people who have the potential to return to work, and helping them to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 18/03/2015 12:35:36 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper previous answer version 50580 answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

227613

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2015
	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	Jobcentre Plus: Food Banks
	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 mandatory for each Jobcentre Plus to put in place a Foodbank Signposting Service agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	227612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Birmingham, Hall Green, Roger Godsiff, <em>Official Report,</em> 17 March 2014<em>,</em> column 482W.</p><p>The answer can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140317/text/140317w0005.htm#14031744000263" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140317/text/140317w0005.htm#14031744000263</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 19/03/2015 11:52:07 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

225301

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	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	Jobcentres: Telephones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many telephones he expects to be available to claimants in Jobcentre Plus in each of the next five years; and what is the average number of telephones in each Jobcentre Plus.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	226274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As part of our Jobcentre modernisation programme we have replaced all Customer Access Phones with computers. Over 80 per cent of new Jobseeker’s Allowance claims are taken online and job search is predominantly internet based. Vulnerable claimants who require access to a phone in connection with their benefit or job search will still be given access to a telephone in a Jobcentre.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/03/2015 17:07:09 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

177597

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	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	Jobseeker's Allowance
	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 sanctioned on (a) one, (b) two and (c) three occasions or more; and what the average length of each sanction is.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	223105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested on the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) individuals receiving a decision to apply a sanction, by the number of sanctions, is published and can be found in table 1.7 of the publication at</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/jobseekers-allowance-and-employment-and-support-allowance-sanctions-decisions-made-to-june-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/jobseekers-allowance-and-employment-and-support-allowance-sanctions-decisions-made-to-june-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>The information requested in relation to JSA sanction durations is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/02/2015 14:20:57 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

177598

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	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	Jobseeker's Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to process new claims for jobseeker's allowance was in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	223107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>There was an increase in the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance claims being cleared within 10 days by 18.9 percentage points, from 71.3 per cent in March 2013 to 90.2 per cent in March 2014.</p><p> </p><p>This is an increase in performance by 22.6 percentage points when compared with year ending April 2009 – March 2010 when it was 67.6%</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/02/2015 16:59:26 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 43740 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

225293

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	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	MAXIMUS Health and Human Services
	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 2 March 2015 to Question 225360, if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract with Maximus Health and Human Services Ltd.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	226345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As part of the Government’s transparency agenda, a redacted version of Maximus Health and Human Services Ltd Contract with the Department for Work and Pensions to deliver Health and Disability Assessments was published on the Contracts Finder website, on 24 November 2014. This can be accessed at: <a href="https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/Common/View%20Notice.aspx?site=1000&amp;lang=en&amp;NoticeId=1644334" target="_blank">https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/Common/View%20Notice.aspx?site=1000&amp;lang=en&amp;NoticeId=1644334</a></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 11/03/2015 17:18:10 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

179075

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Birkenhead dated 20 October 2014 regarding the Government's Child Poverty Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	224092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>A reply is going out today, Monday 23 February.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 23/02/2015 14:58:52 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead