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93387

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date	14/10/2014
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	Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unemployed people are (a) not in receipt of any of the benefits to which they are entitled and (b) not registered at job centres.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	210444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The number of unemployed people is measured by the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The LFS is not able to identify these groups separately. Statistics on registrations are no longer collected as unemployed people are not required to register at a Jobcentre.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/10/2014 15:07:54 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

93389

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department is spending in the Disability Confident campaign; and how the effect of such spending is being measured.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	210432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The budget for the Disability Confident campaign events has come from the Disability Directorate non-staff allocation; and from contributions in kind from Disability Confident partners.</p><p> </p><p>In the Financial Year 2013-2014, £100,000 was allocated to the Disability Confident campaign events; and an estimated further £215,000 was contributed in kind by external partners.</p><p> </p><p>In the current Financial Year, around £20,000 has been spent so far on the campaign.</p><p> </p><p>The effect of this spending has to date been measured in terms of the number of employers reached directly through the events (1,100) and the reach and impact of communications via no-cost channels such as social media. For example on 18 July, the 1<sup>st</sup> anniversary of the launch of the campaign, we achieved a significant reach on Twitter (a total of 19m impressions), delivering wider awareness of the campaign and prompting partners and stakeholders to voice their support and commitment. Over the second year of the campaign, we will continue to build on the reach of communications, but will also assess specific, measurable, action taken by employers as a result of the campaign.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 21/10/2014 11:36:27 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

93390

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Welfare State: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will assess the cumulative effect of welfare policy reforms instituted since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	210415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government regularly produces analysis of the cumulative impact of all coalition changes, including welfare, on households across the income distribution. In the interests of transparency this Government introduced the publication of such documents (produced by HM Treasury), alongside every Budget and Autumn Statement. The most recent update was published with the Budget in March 2014, and can be found using the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/293738/budget_2014_distributional_analysis.pdf" target="_blank">Impact on households: distributional analysis to accompany Budget 2014</a></p><p> </p><p>This analysis estimates the effect of coalition measures from all fiscal events from the Budget in June 2010 to the Budget in March 2014. It also includes changes that were announced before the Budget in June 2010 that have been implemented by this Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/10/2014 15:53:10 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

93391

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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: Disqualification
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 gives to local authorities on ensuring that benefit claimants are not given conflicting appointments which carry non-attendance sanctions by both his Department and those authorities.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	210416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DWP does not issue any guidance to local authorities around ensuring that benefit claimants are not given conflicting appointments.</p><p> </p><p>However, whenever a benefit claimant is required to attend an interview with a DWP adviser they are given information, verbally and/or in writing, which includes details about the interview itself and what they are required to do if they are unable to attend that interview.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/10/2014 13:26:18 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

93392

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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 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 proportion of people no longer eligible for contributions-based employment and support allowance (ESA) because of time-limiting to one year have qualified for an alternative income-related benefit at the termination of contributory ESA payments in each year since implementation of that policy; and what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the people affected by that policy who have moved into work as a result.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	210605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Information about claimants who were entitled to means tested ESA within a month of their entitlement to contributory ESA expiring are in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Claimants claiming means tested ESA within a month of contributory ESA expiring</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>69,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>59,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information on claimants qualifying for Income Support, income-related Jobseeker’s Allowance, Pension Credit and claimants who have moved into work as a result of time limiting is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. The 2012/13 data includes a number of cases who had been in receipt of contributory ESA for 12 months or more at the point the change was introduced.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>2. This estimate is based on the Generalised Matching Service, which is a departmental data capture tool. The data have not been fully quality-assured. This type of information does not form part of the regular official statistics outputs that are released by the Department in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority’s Code of Practice.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 21/10/2014 16:37:14 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

93393

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Pension Funds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance the Government provides to pension fund trustees on the consideration of environmental, social and governance factors as part of their fiduciary duties; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	210528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Pensions Regulator produces free guidance for trustees via the online Trustee Toolkit. The Trustee Toolkit was updated last week, with new material on the extent to which trustees should take account of social, environmental or ethical considerations when taking investment decisions. This new material reflects the outcomes of the Law Commission’s recent review of fiduciary duties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 20/10/2014 13:41:46 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas