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42886

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he has issued on the requirement to have £16,000 or less in savings for eligibility for income-based jobseeker's allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	191792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>For Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), guidance on the requirement to have £16000 or less in capital and savings is in the JSA procedural guidance. Corresponding guidance for Decision Makers is in the Decision Makers Guide, chapter 29.</p><p> </p><p>Public facing communications are available via the:</p><p>· Government website <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>;</p><p>· information leaflet INF4: changes you must tell us about; and </p><p>· Jobseeker's Allowance: help while you look for work leaflet.</p><p> </p><p>There has always been a level above which income-based JSA was not payable if savings were held since 1996.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

226786

	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	Remploy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Minister has made of the performance of his Department in meeting its targets relating to claims for Remploy Employment Services.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	227165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Remploy Ltd is a Non-Departmental Public Body that through its Employment Services business provides employment services for disabled people and those with barriers to work and receives annual grant-in-aid funding to deliver Work Choice.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Performance targets are agreed annually in the Performance and Resources Agreement between the Department and the company. Remploy does not handle or process claims and therefore its performance is not measured on that basis. Performance for 2013 -14 was reported to both Houses in my statement of 18 December 2014, Official Report, Column 142WS.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 227336 question first answered 17/03/2015 15:06:32 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

226787

	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	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 assessment he has made of his Department's performance against targets on the processing of claims for jobseeker's allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	227217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not have a target regime. Instead the effectiveness of Benefit Centres is monitored by a range of measures. The Department regularly publishes information on a number of key areas of performance; these are included in our Transparency Indicators page, Statistical publications, the DWP tabulation tool and the DWP Annual Reports and Accounts. (links below for ease of reference).</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-business-plan-transparency-measures/dwp-business-plan-transparency-measures" target="_blank">DWP-business-plan-transparency-measures</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwp-statistical-summaries-2015" target="_blank">DWP statistical summaries 2015 - Publications - GOV.UK</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">DWP annual report and accounts 2013 to 2014 - Publications - GOV.UK</a></strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 227206 227218 question first answered 17/03/2015 14:59:47 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

226788

	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 and Support Allowance
	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 his Department's performance against targets on the processing of claims for employment and support allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	227218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not have a target regime. Instead the effectiveness of Benefit Centres is monitored by a range of measures. The Department regularly publishes information on a number of key areas of performance; these are included in our Transparency Indicators page, Statistical publications, the DWP tabulation tool and the DWP Annual Reports and Accounts. (links below for ease of reference).</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-business-plan-transparency-measures/dwp-business-plan-transparency-measures" target="_blank">DWP-business-plan-transparency-measures</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwp-statistical-summaries-2015" target="_blank">DWP statistical summaries 2015 - Publications - GOV.UK</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">DWP annual report and accounts 2013 to 2014 - Publications - GOV.UK</a></strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 227206 227217 question first answered 17/03/2015 14:59:47 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

226790

	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	Personal Independence Payment
	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 his Department's performance in meeting targets relating to individual personal independence payment claims.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	227206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department does not have a target regime. Instead the effectiveness of Benefit Centres is monitored by a range of measures. The Department regularly publishes information on a number of key areas of performance; these are included in our Transparency Indicators page, Statistical publications, the DWP tabulation tool and the DWP Annual Reports and Accounts. (links below for ease of reference).</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-business-plan-transparency-measures/dwp-business-plan-transparency-measures" target="_blank">DWP-business-plan-transparency-measures</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwp-statistical-summaries-2015" target="_blank">DWP statistical summaries 2015 - Publications - GOV.UK</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">DWP annual report and accounts 2013 to 2014 - Publications - GOV.UK</a></strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 227217 227218 question first answered 17/03/2015 14:59:47 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

226792

	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	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 length of time was for a decision to be made on a jobseeker's allowance claim in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	227214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>There has been a continued improvement in the speed at which JSA claims have been processed. The latest figures show 90.2% are cleared within 10 days, compared to 70.89% in March 2010.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/03/2015 14:34:51 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

226794

	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	Remploy
	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 waiting time was for a decision on a claim for Remploy Employment Services in each year from 2013 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	227336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Remploy Ltd is a Non-Departmental Public Body that through its Employment Services business provides employment services for disabled people and those with barriers to work and receives annual grant-in-aid funding to deliver Work Choice.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Performance targets are agreed annually in the Performance and Resources Agreement between the Department and the company. Remploy does not handle or process claims and therefore its performance is not measured on that basis. Performance for 2013 -14 was reported to both Houses in my statement of 18 December 2014, Official Report, Column 142WS.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 227165 question first answered 17/03/2015 15:06:32 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

43870

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	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 criteria are for self-employed people to be eligible for contributions-based jobseekers' allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	192697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>Guidance is provided in the Decision Makers Guide. Please see link to <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/251790/dmg-vol4-ch20.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 20</a> for the basic conditions of entitlement (20003) and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/278886/dmgch21.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 21</a> for the contribution-based conditions (21051 onwards).</p><p> </p><p>With limited exceptions, only Class 1 (employed) contributions count towards Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA). This means that self-employed people who make class 2 (self-employed) contributions do not normally qualify for JSA. The exceptions are Share Fishermen, and Volunteer Development Workers employed abroad. People in these categories pay a special class 2 National Insurance Contribution at a higher rate, which enables them to qualify for contribution-based Jobseeker's Allowance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 192696 question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

43873

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	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 guidance his Department issues on (a) the amount of class 1 National Insurance contributions an individual must have made and (b) for how long such contributions must be paid in order to be eligible for contribution-based jobseekers' allowance; and how his Department makes such guidance available to the public.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	192696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>Guidance is provided in the Decision Makers Guide. Please see link to <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/251790/dmg-vol4-ch20.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 20</a> for the basic conditions of entitlement (20003) and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/278886/dmgch21.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 21</a> for the contribution-based conditions (21051 onwards).</p><p> </p><p>With limited exceptions, only Class 1 (employed) contributions count towards Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA). This means that self-employed people who make class 2 (self-employed) contributions do not normally qualify for JSA. The exceptions are Share Fishermen, and Volunteer Development Workers employed abroad. People in these categories pay a special class 2 National Insurance Contribution at a higher rate, which enables them to qualify for contribution-based Jobseeker's Allowance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 192697 question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

49785

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	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 steps he has taken to ensure that unemployed people who volunteer for the Help to Work Scheme do not do the same work as offenders on community service orders.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	197780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>These are two entirely different schemes and we would expect the requirements of placements for offenders to be very different. The welfare to work companies we have contracted to provide Community Work Placements are experienced at delivering different programmes across different areas of Government.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe