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386815

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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 Capability Assessment
	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 work capability assessments have found the claimant to be fit for work in each year since 2008.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The available information in respect of work capability assessments since 2008 is published, and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-september-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-september-2014</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/07/2015 08:53:38 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

418986

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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 and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work capability assessments in connection with claims for employment and support allowance have been carried out in (a) Inverclyde, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	10296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>A total of 5,100 work capability assessments were carried out in Inverclyde; 221,900 in Scotland, and; 1,914,000 in Britain between April 2013 and March 2015. All figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. The assessments include Employment and Support Allowance initial assessments, repeat assessments and Incapacity Benefit reassessments.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/09/2015 11:06:37 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

416315

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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	Sector-based Work Academy 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 benefit claimants have found work through a placement with a sector-based work academy in each year since such schemes have been available.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	8751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Official statistics record starts to sector-based work academy pre-employment training only. The Department does not collate information on outcomes, nor the number of benefit claimants finding work through a sector-based work academy placement.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/09/2015 14:34:15 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

349811

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	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: Migrants
	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 who had previously been deported from the UK received benefit payments in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	1892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Departmental records show that no person deported from the UK received benefit payments in the years: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/06/2015 12:50:30 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

389387

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	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 and Support Allowance: South Yorkshire
	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 in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley and (c) South Yorkshire have claimed the enhanced disability premium component of employment support allowance in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	6848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 20/07/2015 13:32:58 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

418846

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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	International Labour Organization
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the UK's membership of the International Labour Organisation.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	10328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We continue to support the ILO’s work and actively engage with the ILO to ensure that it can offer effective policy solutions that address the employment issues and challenges of an increasingly globalised economy.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/09/2015 11:39:13 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

416786

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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: Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that migrants entering the UK do not receive instant access to welfare benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
	tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	9020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We have strict measures in place to ensure benefits are only paid to those people who have a legal right to live and work in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, people coming to the UK, or returning here, must demonstrate that they are habitually resident to be eligible for income-related benefits. Since 1 January 2014, most migrant jobseekers must also have been living in the UK for three months before any consideration can be given to whether they are habitually resident to be eligible to receive income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/09/2015 15:51:42 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

428237

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2015
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: European Social Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which of his Department's projects have received funding under the European Social Fund 2007 to 2013; what the location is of each such project; and how much each such project received.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	16268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>A detailed breakdown of all projects funded under the ESF 2007-13 programme, including location and how much each project received can be found on GOV.UK by clicking <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/esf-funding-allocations-2007-to-2013" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p>The page provides a number of links – including a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/370326/projects-cfo-table.pdf" target="_blank">summary document</a> showing funding for each CFO by region. Further down the page there are links which provide more detailed information by region, including specific detail on the funding of DWP projects.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/11/2015 17:59:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

431805

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of sanctions on employment outcomes for people with disabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>Claimants are only asked to meet reasonable requirements taking into account their circumstances and capability, including mental health conditions, disability and caring responsibilities<strong>.</strong></p><br /><p>International evidence is clear that benefit systems supported by conditionality are effective at moving people into work.</p><br /><p>Sanctions encourage claimants to comply with reasonable requirements. These requirements are developed and agreed by claimants with their Work Coach to help them move into/prepare for work. Evidence shows that sanctions have a positive impact on behaviour – over 70% of JSA and over 60% of ESA claimants say that sanctions make it more likely they will follow the rules.</p><br /><p>The Department has not undertaken a specific assessment of the effects sanctions have on the employment outcomes of people with disabilities</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 01/12/2015 15:41:10 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

438762

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	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	Help to Work Scheme
	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 spent on the Help to Work scheme in the 2014-15 financial year; and how much of the budget for that scheme for the 2015-16 financial year has been spent to date.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	20144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Help to Work scheme contains a number of initiatives and programmes, delivered through Jobcentre Plus and Contracted Employment Provision.</p><p>It is not possible to identify the costs of Help to Work activities separately from the total expenditure in Jobcentre Plus. The relevant data is not held in a form which allows it to be clearly identified and separated from other Jobcentre Plus activities.</p><p>The two elements delivered through Contracted Employment Programmes are Community Work Placements and the Supervised Jobsearch Pilot. Expenditure on Community Work Placements was £1.8m in 2014-15. Expenditure on Supervised Jobsearch Pilot in 2014-15 was £6.3m. This is funded by income from the European Social Fund</p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/12/2015 16:56:41 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry