The Department has no employees with a zero hours contract.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4018", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Maidstone and The Weald"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mrs Helen Grant"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-05-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-05-07T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "10"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Culture, Media and Sport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Culture, Media and Sport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-04-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials in his Department are employed on zero-hours contracts.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3909", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Pamela Nash"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Airdrie and Shotts"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Pamela Nash"} ], "uin" : "107180"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/48992", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/48992/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The UK Border Agency was absorbed into the Home Office on 1 April 2013; its
successor business areas are UK Visas & Immigration and Immigration Enforcement.
(i) The Home Office and its Agencies do not employ and have not employed staff
on zero-hours contracts.
(ii) A geographical breakdown of temporary staff employed in UK Border Agency
successor business areas in each of the last two years is shown at Table 1.<\/p>
[ATTACH TABLE]<\/p>
NOTE: Office for National Statistics defines temporary staff as those civil
servants with contracts of employment of less than one year; staff with Fixed
Term Appointments and Permanent staff are reported separately by all government
departments, as are Agency and Contingent Workers.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4110", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Staffordshire Moorlands"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Karen Bradley"}
, "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/48992/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "PQ 107079 Table 1 V1.xlsx"}
, "title" : "TABLE 1"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-05-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-05-06T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
, "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2014-04-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
}
], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Agency staff in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) the UK were (i) on zero-hours contracts and (ii) temporary staff in each of the last two years up to the most recent period for which records are available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3909", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Pamela Nash"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Airdrie and Shotts"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Pamela Nash"}
], "uin" : "107179"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/48993", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/48993/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Information on the amount of child maintenance arrears owed by (a) UK parliamentary constituency will be placed in the Library.<\/p>
<\/p>
The information on child maintenance arrears by (b) local authority area is already published and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284686/csa_qtr_summ_stats_regional_dec13.xls<\/a><\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Notes:<\/p>
DFID MALAWI Programme Spend<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> CHANNEL<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2013/14<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2012/13<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2011/12<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2010/11<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2009/10<\/strong><\/p><\/td> TOTAL<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Malawi Government<\/p><\/td> 18.2<\/p><\/td> 76.3<\/p><\/td> 36.7<\/p><\/td> 59.5<\/p><\/td> 75.2<\/p><\/td> 265.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Non-Governmental Organisations<\/p><\/td> 17.7<\/p><\/td> 12.2<\/p><\/td> 9.5<\/p><\/td> 6.7<\/p><\/td> 3.7<\/p><\/td> 49.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Information regarding specific projects is available on the Development Tracker (www.dfid.gov.uk).<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1531", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Featherstone"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hornsey and Wood Green"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lynne Featherstone"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-05-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-05-06T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
, "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "20"}
, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2014-04-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
}
], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department allocated in support to Malawi in each of the last five years; and what proportion of this funding was intended for use by (a) the Malawi government and (b) non-governmental organisations working in the country.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3909", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Pamela Nash"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Airdrie and Shotts"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Pamela Nash"}
], "uin" : "196890"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/48879", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/48879/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/p> The number of direct employees of the Department and its 6 Executive agencies who are on zero hours contracts is 9. All are qualified engineers.<\/p> <\/p> There are no direct employees on zero-hour contracts in the Department's arms length bodies.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1585", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Hammond"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wimbledon"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Stephen Hammond"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-05-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-05-01T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
, "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"}
, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2014-04-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
}
], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in his Department have been employed on zero-hour contracts in each of the last two years up to the most recent period for which records are available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3909", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Pamela Nash"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Airdrie and Shotts"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Pamela Nash"}
], "uin" : "196958"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/48885", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/48885/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The information sought is contained in individual personnel records. DWP cannot provide this information as it could only be collated at a disproportionate cost to the department.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1528", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Mike Penning"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemel Hempstead"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mike Penning"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-05-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-05-06T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
, "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"}
, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2014-04-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
}
], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many decision makers within the jobseeker's allowance framework in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) North Lanarkshire and (d) Airdrie and Shotts constituency had a complaint issued against them in each of the last four years; and how many of those complaints led to disciplinary action.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3909", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Pamela Nash"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Airdrie and Shotts"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Pamela Nash"}
], "uin" : "196888"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/48888", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/48888/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/p> <\/p> The information requested is shown in the table below:<\/p> <\/p> Number of people on Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) with a sanction applied by level of sanction: October 2012 to September 2013<\/p> Total<\/p><\/td> Level of sanction<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Higher<\/p><\/td> Intermediate<\/p><\/td> Lower<\/p><\/td> Unknown<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Great Britain<\/p><\/td> 542,175<\/p><\/td> 66,786<\/p><\/td> 232,624<\/p><\/td> 310,480<\/p><\/td> 660<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Scotland<\/p><\/td> 50,076<\/p><\/td> 6,888<\/p><\/td> 21,023<\/p><\/td> 28,468<\/p><\/td> 38<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Lanarkshire Local Authority<\/p><\/td> 3,588<\/p><\/td> 330<\/p><\/td> 1,269<\/p><\/td> 2,386<\/p><\/td> -<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Airdrie and Shotts Parliamentary Constituency<\/p><\/td> 971<\/p><\/td> 82<\/p><\/td> 341<\/p><\/td> 655<\/p><\/td> -<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p><\/td> <\/p> Source: DWP: Sanctions and Disallowance Decisions Statistics database<\/p> <\/p> Notes:<\/p> 2. A benefit sanction is applied where a sanction or disallowance referral decision is found against the claimant.<\/p> 3. New regulations introduced a new revised sanctions regime for JSA claimants from 22 October 2012 and ESA claimants from 3 December 2012. Details can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jobseekers-allowance-overview-of-sanctions-rules<\/a><\/p> 4. ESA sanctions are only applied at the lower level, and data is for December 2012 to September 2013 only.<\/p> <\/p> This information is published and can be found at:<\/p> <\/p> https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/<\/a><\/p> <\/p> Guidance for users is available at:<\/p> <\/p> Claims Actual Average Clearance Time (AACT)<\/p><\/td> National Year-End 2013/2014<\/p><\/td> Scotland Year End 2013/2014<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Attendance Allowance claims AACT<\/p><\/td> <\/p> 14.3<\/p><\/td> <\/p> N/A<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bereavement Benefit Claims AACT<\/p><\/td> <\/p> 15.9<\/p><\/td> N/A<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Carers Allowance claims AACT<\/p><\/td> <\/p> N/A<\/p><\/td> <\/p> N/A<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Disability Living Allowance claims AACT<\/p><\/td> <\/p> 22.4<\/p><\/td> N/A<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Employment & Support Allowance claims AACT<\/p><\/td> <\/p> 8.6<\/p><\/td> 8.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Jobseekers Allowance claims AACT<\/p><\/td> <\/p> 8.1<\/p><\/td> 7.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Maternity Allowance Claims AACT<\/p><\/td> <\/p> 7.3<\/p><\/td> N/A<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Pension Credit claims AACT<\/p><\/td> <\/p> 7.15<\/p><\/td> N/A<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit are administered by local authorities and not the DWP. Processing statistics for these benefits can be found at<\/p> |