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178218

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2015
	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: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to publicise the jobseeker's allowance Domestic Violence Easement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	223652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Since the Domestic Violence easement was introduced we have worked with stakeholders and DWP staff to raise awareness of it. Information on the Domestic Violence easement is available on Gov.uk and we have worked with stakeholders to ensure that they are aware and understand how the easement works. We also issued a poster to stakeholders which explains the easement and can be printed and distributed to anyone who wishes to know more about it.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/02/2015 15:11:56 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

176923

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2015
	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	Electronic Government
	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 long-term sustainability of his plans for a digital service.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	222822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has already successfully delivered some of the most used digital services in Government, including Jobseekers’ Allowance online, Universal Jobmatch and (on behalf of wider Government) the Government Gateway.</p><p> </p><p>Evaluation from the development and maintenance of these services is a core part of the Department’s approach as it continues to build new digital services and improve existing ones in line with Government Digital Service methodology. This places strong emphasis on feedback, evaluation and improvement to build sustainable systems, and the results of service assessments are published on <a href="https://gdsdata.blog.gov.uk/" target="_blank">gdsdata.blog.gov.uk</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 04/02/2015 17:02:37 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

226403

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	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	Food Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what responsibilities Jobcentre Plus advisers have to provide further help or information to claimants who present as being unable to afford sufficient food for them or their family.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	226984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Jobcentre Advisers ensure claimants are provided with welfare support which includes provision for hardship or an advance of benefit where required.</p><p> </p><p>Where another organisation could be able to offer support to claimants, then Jobcentre Advisers are able to signpost claimants to their services.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/03/2015 17:56:04 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

176595

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	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	Jobcentre Plus: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many Jobcentres is a mental health champion employed; and how many mental health champions Jobcentre Plus employs in total.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	222449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>All our Work Coaches are trained to support customers with mental health conditions and are aware of the specialist help available within their area. They also support those individuals with complex needs to overcome any barriers which may be preventing them from returning to the workplace.</p><p> </p><p>Jobcentre Plus has a national allocation of 35 Mental Health Co-ordinators. Further to this provision, our Work Psychologists support our Work Coaches in engaging with customers with mental health conditions.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 02/02/2015 11:39:16 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

179360

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2015
	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	Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons his Department and the Skills Funding Agency have not agreed a data sharing protocol with the Work Programme contractors delivering the Skills Support for Work Programme participants in employment project in partnership with Newham College of Further Education.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	224300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>The department has established an information sharing protocol enabling relevant data to be shared by Work Programme providers with all Skills Support for Work Programme providers. This involves providers first obtaining the participants’ consent, so their information can be shared.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 23/02/2015 11:00:32 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

228239

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	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	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 the average duration is to date spent claiming jobseeker's allowance by people who have returned to Jobcentre Plus after being on the Work Programme for two years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	228025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>The information as requested 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 23/03/2015 16:33:12 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

176925

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2015
	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	Work Programme
	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 take steps to encourage Work Programme providers to work with housing associations to help tenants boost their employability.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	222821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>We actively encourage housing associations to approach their local Work Programme providers to work together and there is evidence of this happening to help tenants boost their employability.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently exploring ways in which we can build on the success of the current programme in the design of future contracts, including through ensuring effective partnership working at the local level. We will be engaging with stakeholders, including housing associations, as this work progresses.</p><p> </p><p>Work Programme providers remain responsible for promoting and publicising the programme to ensure effective engagement with key stakeholders, including local partners such as housing associations. As of September 2014, the Work Programme has helped 368,000 long term unemployed people into lasting work.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 23/02/2015 13:49:06 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 43024 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

174258

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2015
	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	Universal Credit
	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 in work conditionality to be applied to all appropriate claimants of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	221121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Large Scale Randomised Control Trials will start in April 2015. We will draw from the findings to make decisions regarding the introduction of in-work conditionality to all claimants.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/01/2015 15:58:49 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

225534

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2015
	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	Unemployed People
	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 average proportion of jobseekers' time accounted for by (a) compliance activity and (b) employment support activity.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	226523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Information requested is not available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/03/2015 16:37:49 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

173949

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	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	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 he has to improve employment support for Work Programme participants claiming employment and support allowance who have a 12 month prognosis of a return to work.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	220894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Work Programme performance is improving for Employment and Support Allowance claimants with a 12 month prognosis, but we do want it to do better. To this end we have asked all providers to come to us with a clear plan setting out the steps they are going to take to improve performance further.</p><p> </p><p>Of those completing a year on the programme, 1 in 10 ESA New Claimants have had at least three months in work since joining the scheme – this compares to 1 in 25 for the earliest cohorts.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 22/01/2015 16:16:05 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms