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91615

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of students aged between 16 to 18 unable to participate in education, jobs or training because they are unable to afford the associated transport costs.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	209148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold this information. However, most young people have access to a discount or concession on local travel from their local transport providers, their local authority, or from their education or training provider. The £180million bursary fund is also available to support young people with the costs associated with attending education or training, and transport is the biggest single area of expenditure for which this fund is used.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 13/10/2014 10:14:56 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

91416

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Travel: Concessions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will bring forward proposals to extend the statutory entitlement for free transport for young people in education and training beyond the current age threshold of 16.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	209015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The statutory responsibility for transport to education and training for 16 to 19 year olds rests with local authorities, enabling them to make decisions which best match local needs and circumstances. Local authorities are expected to make reasonable decisions based on the needs of their population, the local transport infrastructure, and the resources they have available.</p><p>The Government has no plans at present to extend the home to school statutory entitlement beyond the age of 16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 13/10/2014 10:11:38 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

91955

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on extending ring-fencing of the five to 16 years schools budget to include funding for young people aged 16 to 18.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	209381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The protection given to the 5-16 schools budget up to the end of financial year 2015-16 does not extend to the 16-18 education budget. Decisions about levels of education funding beyond financial year 2015-16 are for the next Government.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 14/10/2014 15:11:35 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

66034

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the level of funding for each pupil aged 16 to 18 years old in each academic year until 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	204202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>We confirm final funding rates for 16-19 year olds in the spring before the start of each academic year. We confirmed rates for academic year 2014/15 in March 2014. We will confirm rates for 2015/16 in March 2015. Budgets beyond 2015/16 will not be agreed until after the Government's next spending review.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 10/07/2014 16:43:06 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

76537

	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	Work Experience: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of 18 to 24 year olds who have started a work experience placement whilst claiming jobseeker's allowance (JSA) were not claiming JSA within six months of starting the placement.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	204628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department's early assessment of Work Experience's impact tracked over 3,000 19 to 24 year olds in terms of benefit receipt following a Work Experience placement between January and May 2011. After 21 weeks (5 months) 46 per cent of these were not claiming an out of work benefit.</p><p> </p><p>The published research can be found at the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/222943/early_impacts_of_work_experience.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/222943/early_impacts_of_work_experience.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 14/07/2014 14:49:44 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

66218

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	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	Social Security Benefits: Tower Hamlets
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants from Bethnal Green and Bow constituency had benefit sanctions overturned in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	204203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested in respect of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of individuals with an adverse benefit sanction overturned in Bethnal Green and Bow Parliamentary Constituency: January to December 2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reconsideration 353</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Appeal 19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total 363</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: DWP Information, Governance and Security Directorate: Sanctions and Disallowance Decisions Statistics Database.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Statistical disclosure control has been applied to protect against the identification of individual claimants.</p><p>2. The data provided is for the number of appeals and reconsiderations overturned in Bethnal Green and Bow Parliamentary Constituency for JSA and ESA only. The decision to apply a sanction can be overturned following reconsideration or appeal by the Sector Decision Maker.</p><p>3. The information shown in the table is published at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>The information requested on Income Support Lone Parents is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/07/2014 14:46:54 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

66219

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants from (a) England, (b) London and (c) Bethnal Green and Bow constituency were sanctioned in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	204200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The available information as requested is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Number of individuals with an adverse benefit sanction applied by geography:</p><p>January to December 2013.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>520,740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>89,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parliamentary Constituency:</p><p>Bethnal Green and Bow</p></td><td><p>2,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source (JSA and ESA): DWP Information, Governance and Security Directorate: Sanctions and Disallowance Decisions Statistics Database.</p><p>Source (IS): Income Support Computer System</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>2. The number of benefit sanctions applied is the number of claimants with a sanction or disallowance referral where the decision was found against them for those in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance and Income Support for Lone Parents.</p><p>3. New sanctions rules came into force for JSA and ESA from 22 October 2012 and 3 December 2012. The number of JSA sanctions applied for the new regime is the number of low, intermediate, and high level referrals where the decision was found against the claimant. Further information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jobseekers-allowance-overview-of-sanctions-rules" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jobseekers-allowance-overview-of-sanctions-rules</a></p><p>4. Income Support Lone Parents receive a fixed sanction of 20% of the personal allowance rate of a single claimant (not aged less than 25) for each failure to attend/participate in a Work Focused Interview until 10 pence is left in payment. This sanction lasts until the individual attends and participates in a Work Focused Interview. In the case where there is more than one sanction in place the claimant need only attend/participate in one Work Focused Interview in order for all related sanctions to be removed from their benefit.</p><p>5. This information for JSA and ESA sanctions is published at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/07/2014 15:03:41 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

76536

	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	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, what estimate he has made of the number of wage incentives claimed by employers who have recruited employees aged 16-24 through the Work Programme or Jobcentre Plus in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	204633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Wage Incentives are available for 18-24 year olds only. The latest available information for Youth Contract Wage Incentives was published in February 2014 and can be found at the link below.</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 question first answered 14/07/2014 15:02:01 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

78420

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Training: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many traineeships completed to date have lasted six weeks or less.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	206127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In the June Statistical First Release we published data showing that there were 7,400 Traineeships starts between August 2013 and April 2014 – the first nine months of the programme. We do not yet have reliable data to break this down further.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further information on Traineeships data is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324016/traineeship-data-note-june14.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324016/traineeship-data-note-june14.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/07/2014 16:53:11 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 11717 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

66027

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Sixth Form Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of an increase in the numbers of young people at school age on funding for provision for 16-18 year olds in each year of the next Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	204208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>Funding for provision for 16- to 19-year-olds in the next Parliament will be subject to the next spending round.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/07/2014 14:44:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali