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49228

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
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, how many of those classified disabled were seeking work in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	197250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is within the table below.</p><p> </p><p>The number of working age disabled people seeking work in each of the last four years in Great Britain[1]<sup>,[2]</sup>:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total seeking work</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Unemployed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Inactive - Seeking work but currently unavailable</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p><strong>435,000</strong></p></td><td><p>381,000</p></td><td><p>53,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p><strong>442,000</strong></p></td><td><p>389,000</p></td><td><p>52,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p><strong>473,000</strong></p></td><td><p>415,000</p></td><td><p>58,000</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Estimates for 2013 onwards should not be compared directly with earlier years, due to a change in definitions[3]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p><strong>379,000</strong></p></td><td><p>333,000</p></td><td><p>46,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>[1] Source: Labour Force Survey (four-quarterly averages for each calendar year).</p><p>[2] Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand. Totals may not sum due to rounding.</p><p>[3] Changes in 2013 to the wording of the disability questions within the survey questionnaire and a move to only reporting those who are disabled within the core definition of the Equality Act, have led to a step change in the levels of reported disability and their composition (e.g. numbers in employment). Therefore, estimates of disability from the Labour Force Survey for 2013 onwards should not be compared directly with earlier years.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

49229

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
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 average extra costs are incurred by disabled people as a result of their disability.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	197251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We do not hold current information on the extra costs incurred by disabled people as a result of their disability.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

49230

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
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, how many people classified as disabled left work as a result of their disability; and how many such people entered new work in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	197252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is not available. We do not hold information on the reason for an individual leaving employment, therefore we are unable to ascertain how many disabled people left employment as a result of their disability.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
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