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226407

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	Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people have entered employment following participation in the Work Programme in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Hendon constituency to date.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	227029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested for the number of people placed into employment from the Work Programme, is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The information we do have shows the number of Work Programme Job Outcomes, by various geographies and this can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/03/2015 14:23:31 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

226408

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	Employment: Disability
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 has taken to improve support for disabled people in work in response to the recommendations of the Sayce Review, published in June 2011.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	227030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government confirmed in March 2012 that it accepted the recommendations in the Sayce Review, to focus resources on tailored personalised support for individuals through services like Access to Work, rather than “one size fits all” institutions and programmes, so that we can significantly increase the number of disabled people that could be supported to access the labour market. The Sayce recommendations on Remploy have been implemented.</p><p> </p><p>The Written Statement on Access to Work published on 12th March sets out proposals to address two key recommendations of Liz Sayce with respect to developing online functionality and personal budgets.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/03/2015 15:26:30 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

226409

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	Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been assisted by the Work Programme in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Hendon constituency to date.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	227033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested for Work Programme Referrals, Attachments and Job Outcomes, by various geographies, is published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/03/2015 12:16:24 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

226415

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	Social Security Benefits
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 effect of the benefit cap on rates of employment in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Hendon constituency.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	227079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The number of households capped in England from the introduction of the benefit cap to November 2014 (the latest available data) was 51,192. Of the 28,443 households who were no longer capped as at November 2014, 11,915 had an open Working Tax Credit claim, indicative of a move into work. The actual number of households who have gone into work may be higher; some individuals may go into work but may not be eligible to claim WTC if their earnings are too high or the hours worked do not meet the claim requirements.<br> <br></p><p>The number of households capped in London from the introduction of the benefit cap to November 2014 (the latest available data) was 25,150. Of the 13,761 households who were no longer capped as at November 2014, 6,426 had an open Working Tax Credit claim<br> <br></p><p>The number of households capped in Hendon Parliamentary Constituency from the introduction of the benefit cap to November 2014 (the latest available data) was 306. Of the 202 households who were no longer capped as at November 2014, 116 had an open Working Tax Credit claim</p><p> </p><p>Further information can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-november-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-november-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/03/2015 15:04:01 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

226418

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	Widowed Parent'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 the effect on claimants of widowed parent's allowance of the replacement of that allowance by bereavement support payments from April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	227081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Bereavement support payments will be introduced from April 2017 for new claimants only. Existing claimants of widowed parent's allowance will remain on that benefit.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/03/2015 12:25:05 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord