DWP uses two job evaluation schemes, which are widely utilised across the Civil Service.<\/p>
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1. Job Evaluation and Grading Support (JEGS), an analytical points-based system which is used by trained evaluators to rank roles from AA to Grade 6. This also incorporates Grading Guidance which provides an analytical matching of posts based on JEGS, a good level of assurance and is less resource intensive than a full evaluation.<\/p>
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2. Job Evaluation for Senior Posts (JESP) which is similar to JEGS but used to evaluate posts in the Senior Civil Service.<\/p>
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DWP evaluates all new roles and roles where there has been a fundamental or material change in job content using one of these schemes.<\/p>
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Information on JEGS, including use of grading guidance, is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/job-evaluation-and-grading-support-jegs-for-civil-servants<\/a><\/p> <\/p> <\/p>
Average wait (days)<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Funeral Payments<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Community Care Grants<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Crisis Loans<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Budgeting Loans<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Sure Start Maternity Grants<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2003<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 13.1<\/p><\/td> 8.3<\/p><\/td> 1.2<\/p><\/td> 2.7<\/p><\/td> 4.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2004<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 13.5<\/p><\/td> 8.2<\/p><\/td> 1.3<\/p><\/td> 3.0<\/p><\/td> 4.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2005<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 12.1<\/p><\/td> 7.5<\/p><\/td> 1.4<\/p><\/td> 2.9<\/p><\/td> 4.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2006<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 12.5<\/p><\/td> 9.1<\/p><\/td> 1.5<\/p><\/td> 3.2<\/p><\/td> 3.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2007<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 13.4<\/p><\/td> 10.9<\/p><\/td> 1.6<\/p><\/td> 4.5<\/p><\/td> 4.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2008<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 14.3<\/p><\/td> 11.3<\/p><\/td> 1.8<\/p><\/td> 5.1<\/p><\/td> 5.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2009<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 14.8<\/p><\/td> 13.3<\/p><\/td> 2.0<\/p><\/td> 5.3<\/p><\/td> 5.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 15.3<\/p><\/td> 8.9<\/p><\/td> 2.1<\/p><\/td> 5.4<\/p><\/td> 4.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 13.1<\/p><\/td> 7.5<\/p><\/td> 2.1<\/p><\/td> 5.0<\/p><\/td> 4.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 14.6<\/p><\/td> 7.5<\/p><\/td> 3.0<\/p><\/td> 4.9<\/p><\/td> 3.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 17.1<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> 5.5<\/p><\/td> 4.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> Notes<\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> 1. These figures do not include applications which were processed clerically and have not yet been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.<\/p> <\/p> 2. No average wait time is reported for Community Care Grants or Crisis Loans in 2013. This is because these payments were replaced by Local Welfare Provision in March 2013.<\/p> <\/p> 3. The clearance time for an individual Social Fund loan or grant is measured in whole working days from the date the application is received until the date the decision is taken. The minimum clearance time recorded for an individual case is one working day, even if the application is cleared immediately.<\/p> <\/p> 4. Cold Weather Payments are not included in Table 1. These are made automatically if the claimant is eligible at the time of the cold weather trigger, so there is no decision to be made.<\/p> <\/p> 5. All figures are provided to 1 decimal place.<\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2014-10-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average wait for a decision on a social fund application was in each year since 2003.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100539", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100539/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " From the latest data available, 305,840 applications have been made for Funeral Payments in Great Britain between January 2010 and September 2014, the latest data available. In the same period there have been 151,620 refusals.<\/p> <\/p> Table 1 below shows the number of applications and refusals for each year. Note that 2014 data only extends to September thus far.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> 2010<\/p><\/td> 2011<\/p><\/td> 2012<\/p><\/td> 2013<\/p><\/td> 2014 (Jan-Sep)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Applications<\/p><\/td> 66,780<\/p><\/td> 70,990<\/p><\/td> 66,390<\/p><\/td> 62,200<\/p><\/td> 39,470<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Refusals<\/p><\/td> 33,350<\/p><\/td> 36,330<\/p><\/td> 34,540<\/p><\/td> 29,200<\/p><\/td> 18,190<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> Notes<\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> 1. These figures do not include applications which were processed clerically and have not yet been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.<\/p> <\/p> 2. The figures given are the number of applications and initial refusals in the given time period and not the number of people who made applications or received awards. An individual may make more than one application in a year. Information on the number of people who made applications and received awards is not available.<\/p> .<\/p> 3. The refusal figures given are based on the initial decisions made on each case and may include cases where an award was later made on review.<\/p> <\/p> 4. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were made to the Social Fund to cover the cost of funerals in each year since 2010; and how many of those applications were rejected.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100116", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100116/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " From the latest data available, 280,780 applications have been made for Funeral Payments in Great Britain between May 2010 and September 2014. In the same period there have been 139,560 refusals.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Notes<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> 1. These figures do not include applications which were processed clerically and have not yet been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.<\/p> <\/p> 2. The figures given are the number of applications and initial refusals in the given time period and not the number of people who made applications or received awards. An individual may make more than one application in a year. Information on the number of people who made applications and received awards is not available.<\/p> <\/p> 3. The refusal figures given are based on the initial decisions made on each case and may include cases where an award was later made on review.<\/p> <\/p> 4. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10.<\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2014-10-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications have been made to the Government Funeral Payment scheme since May 2010; and how many such applications have been rejected.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4035", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve Rotheram"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Steve Rotheram"}
], "uin" : "211293"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100275", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100275/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The cost to Government for making payments into a Post Office Card Account are £0.50, into a bank account £0.04497 and by Simple Payment £3.60. These costs are applicable to both pension and benefit payments.<\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2014-10-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Social Security Benefits: Payment Methods"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost is to the Government for each transaction for (a) pension payments and (b) benefit payments paid into a (i) Post Office card account, (ii) bank account and (iii) simple payment scheme.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3964", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Fiona O'Donnell"}
], "uin" : "211235"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100277", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100277/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Information about how many in-work working-age households received Winter Fuel Payments in 2013-14 is not available.<\/p> <\/p> The table below shows the number of people aged under 65 receiving a Winter Fuel Payment and the associated expenditure in years 2009-10 to 2018-19 inclusive:<\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p><\/td> Expenditure (£m)<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Caseload (000s)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2009/10<\/p><\/td> 640.8<\/p><\/td> 3,358<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010/11<\/p><\/td> 624.1<\/p><\/td> 3,265<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011/12<\/p><\/td> 451.5<\/p><\/td> 2,927<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012/13<\/p><\/td> 385.4<\/p><\/td> 2,484<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013/14<\/p><\/td> 324.1<\/p><\/td> 2,056<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014/15<\/p><\/td> 268.2<\/p><\/td> 1,714<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015/16<\/p><\/td> 215.8<\/p><\/td> 1,389<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016/17<\/p><\/td> 157.1<\/p><\/td> 1,019<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2017/18<\/p><\/td> 85.8<\/p><\/td> 563<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2018/19<\/p><\/td> 14.8<\/p><\/td> 95<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Notes<\/strong><\/p> Numbers are for Winter Fuel Payments made to those eligible in Great Britain, European Economic Area and Switzerland aged 60-64: outturn to 2013-14; forecast 2014/15 onwards.<\/p> Winter Fuel Payments in 2009-10 and 2010-11 included one-off £50 payments for the under 80s.<\/p> One of the Winter Fuel Payment eligibility criteria is a person\u2019s age in the qualifying week (the third full week in September). This age has been rising in line with the increase to the female State Pension age.<\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2014-10-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many in-work working-age households received winter fuel payments in 2013-14; what estimate he has made of how many such households will be claiming winter fuel payments in each of the next four financial years; and what assessment he has made of the effect of equalising the state pension age for men and women on the take-up of winter fuel payments.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/478", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Frank Field"}
], "uin" : "211255"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/99949", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/99949/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government contribution towards Discretionary Housing Payments that has been made available to each local authority in Scotland for 2014/15 is shown in the table below. Local authorities will inform us as to how much of this they will claim at the end of the financial year.<\/p> <\/p> Local Authority<\/p><\/td> Government contribution towards Discretionary Housing Payments for 2014/15<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Aberdeen<\/p><\/td> £308,438<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Aberdeenshire<\/p><\/td> £480,948<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Angus<\/p><\/td> £357,857<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Argyll and Bute<\/p><\/td> £409,580<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Clackmannanshire<\/p><\/td> £176,383<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Comhairle nan Eilean Siar<\/p><\/td> £109,743<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dumfries and Galloway<\/p><\/td> £732,662<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dundee<\/p><\/td> £484,174<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Ayrshire<\/p><\/td> £322,608<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Dunbartonshire<\/p><\/td> £102,435<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Lothian<\/p><\/td> £122,558<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Renfrewshire<\/p><\/td> £67,736<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Edinburgh<\/p><\/td> £1,533,120<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Falkirk<\/p><\/td> £258,058<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Fife<\/p><\/td> £693,077<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Glasgow<\/p><\/td> £2,724,843<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Highland<\/p><\/td> £1,178,903<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Inverclyde<\/p><\/td> £210,794<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Midlothian<\/p><\/td> £183,798<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Moray<\/p><\/td> £228,368<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Ayrshire<\/p><\/td> £408,703<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Lanarkshire<\/p><\/td> £692,677<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Orkney<\/p><\/td> £50,592<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Perth and Kinross<\/p><\/td> £380,620<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Renfrewshire<\/p><\/td> £369,000<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Scottish Borders<\/p><\/td> £464,841<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Shetland<\/p><\/td> £71,267<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Ayrshire<\/p><\/td> £305,618<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Lanarkshire<\/p><\/td> £638,098<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Stirling<\/p><\/td> £420,609<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Dunbartonshire<\/p><\/td> £339,751<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Lothian<\/p><\/td> £402,484<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2014-10-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Discretionary Housing Payments: Scotland"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much discretionary housing payment award he plans to give to each local authority in Scotland in 2014-15.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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