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92345

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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 Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants leaving unemployment to obtain a job return to claim out-of-work benefits within (a) 13 weeks and (b) six months.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	209723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The specific information requested is not readily available, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. However, the 2011 destinations survey found that of those leaving JSA for a job, 75% were still in work after 7-8 months: 58% in the same job, 13% having moved directly to a new job and 4% having spent time unemployed in the interim.</p><p> </p><p>Source:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/destinations-of-jobseekers-allowance-income-support-and-employment-and-supportallowance-leavers-2011-rr791" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/destinations-of-jobseekers-allowance-income-support-and-employment-and-supportallowance-leavers-2011-rr791</a></p><p>Department for Work and Pensions Research Report No 791 “Destinations of Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income Support and Employment and Support Allowance Leavers 2011”</p><p>Lorna Adams, Katie Oldfield, Catherine Riley and Andrew Skone James</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 15/10/2014 14:52:50 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

92346

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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 Schemes: Asperger's Syndrome
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 assist people with Asperger's syndrome to find appropriate work.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	209733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DWP is an active member of the Autism Programme Board (APB) formed in 2009, and contributes regular feedback to the group on progress made to improve services for people with Autistic Spectrum Conditions, including Asperger’s Syndrome and associated Hidden Impairment conditions.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is strongly committed to sponsoring the work activity of the Hidden Impairment National Group (HING). The HING comprises of disabled people with Hidden Impairment conditions; medical professionals/academics and disability organisations and was formed in 2010 to support DWP to improve service provision for people with Autism and associated Hidden Impairment conditions.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2014 DWP hosted an Autism Stakeholder Review in partnership with the Department of Health and the National Autistic Society. The aim of this event was to identify ways that DWP can improve its service for people with Autistic Spectrum Conditions and associated Hidden Impairment conditions.</p><p> </p><p>From this event DWP has developed an Autism Strategy Plan that focuses on 3 key issues:</p><p> </p><p>· Development of autism awareness training for DWP staff/managers</p><p>· To promote the Autism agenda to the widest possible audience</p><p>· To work closely with the provider community to ensure their understanding of the Autism agenda.</p><p> </p><p>In support of these actions DWP is currently developing a Local Office Self- Assessment Framework to help Jobcentre Plus managers to assess their local capacity to fully support people with Autism and associated Hidden Impairment conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The Hidden Impairment Toolkit (produced by the HING) is available to all DWP staff and promotes awareness of Autistic Spectrum Conditions and Hidden Impairment conditions. We are keen to share this free resource with the widest possible audience including other Government Departments; employers and provider organisations and have been able to do so through the Disability Confident campaign, aimed at employers, and the Accessible Britain Campaign, aimed at empowering communities.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 14/10/2014 11:13:53 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

92347

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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	Jobseeker's Allowance: Havering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of jobseeker's allowance (JSA) resident in the London Borough of Havering have found full-time work and subsequently had their JSA stopped in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	209734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 14/10/2014 10:30:59 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

92348

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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: Havering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of benefits resident in the London Borough of Havering have been convicted and subsequently sentenced to a term of imprisonment in each year since January 2011.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	209735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Table 1 shows the estimated number of individuals who were resident in Havering and were on benefits at some point in the four weeks before a court conviction which resulted in a custodial sentence. The estimated numbers are shown by calendar year for 2011 and 2012, based on the year of the conviction. Figures for later years are not available.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Estimated number of individuals sentenced to custodial sentences in Havering, in 2011 and 2012, who were on benefits at some point in the four weeks before conviction.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Year of conviction</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Individuals claiming the following benefits</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disability Living Allowance (DLA)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Incapacity Benefit (IB)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Income Support (IS)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other DWP benefits <sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total individuals</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> Other DWP benefits – Carer’s Allowance, Pension Credit, Severe Disablement Allowance, Attendance Allowance, Passported Incapacity Benefit, Bereavement Benefit, Widows Benefit and Retirement Pension – have been grouped due to low volumes.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Background</strong></p><p>The total population of Havering was 240,000 in 2011 and 2012, with a corresponding working age population (aged 16-64) of 151,000. Claimants of ESA, IB, IS and JSA will be of working age whilst DLA claimants may be under 16. During 2011 and 2012, around 19,000 residents of Havering were claiming one of the above benefits at any given point in time, with over 5,000 of these claiming JSA.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>· Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p>· These figures have been derived from the National Benefits Database linked to Police National Computer data taken from the 2013 MoJ-DWP-HMRC data share. This data only includes offenders for whom a link to DWP or HMRC data could be found – 19% of total offenders in England and Wales are not included, either because they have never had a DWP or HMRC record or, due to issues with data quality or consistency, it was not possible to find a match between the offender data and the DWP/HMRC data. As a result, these are likely to be underestimates.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>· The figures are based on individuals who are recorded as being resident in Havering according to their relevant record in the National Benefits Database. They may not have been resident in Havering at the time of conviction.</p><p> </p><p>· Individuals may be claiming multiple benefits at once; consequently, an individual may appear in more than one benefit category, but will only appear once in the total. Hence, the totals for each calendar year are less than the sum of the number of claimants for each benefit type. Where an individual incurred more than one prison sentence in the year, they are only included once for each benefit per year.</p><p> </p><p>· Overall population and benefit claimant statistics have been taken from Local Authority Labour Market data as recorded on NOMIS (<a href="http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.nomisweb.co.uk</a>).</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 14/10/2014 13:12:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

92351

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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	Translation Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much language translation services within his Department have cost in each year since January 2011.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	209738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The amount spent by the Department for Work and Pensions on language translation services since January 2011 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£436,336</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£580,937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£542,972</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 14/10/2014 10:24:33 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

92352

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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	Jobseeker'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 estimate he has made of how many recipients of jobseeker's allowance possess a poor understanding of spoken and written English.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	209739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Findings from the Skills for Life Survey 2011 (the most recent survey conducted) show that of those claiming jobseeker’s allowance 23% were below Level 1[1] in English literacy.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The full Skills for Life publication can be found using the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/36000/12-p168-2011-skills-for-life-survey.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/36000/12-p168-2011-skills-for-life-survey.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>[1] The Skills for Life survey defines “functional literacy” as level 1 or above.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 14/10/2014 10:55:47 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

92353

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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	Jobseeker's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many current recipients of jobseeker's allowance have declared that they have a Phd qualification.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	209731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 14/10/2014 10:13:01 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

92354

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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	Jobseeker'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 steps he is taking to ensure that people in receipt of jobseeker's allowance receive adequate CV-building skills.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	209732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Jobcentre Plus work coaches are delivering a personalised service to best meet the needs of the claimant and the local labour market. Work Coaches can offer claimants a comprehensive menu of support options including skills provision, help with writing a CV and interviewing skills. This model of flexible pre-Work Programme support is available from day one of unemployment.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 14/10/2014 10:25:56 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

92355

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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	Jobseeker's Allowance: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will investigate the reasons for the level of sanctioning of jobseeker's allowance in the Greater Manchester area being more than a third higher than the national average.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Mr Michael Meacher
uin	209754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We deploy a comprehensive monitoring regime to check that sanctions are applied appropriately across our network. Where any site is making significantly more or fewer referrals than we would typically expect, we review their activity to ensure sanctions are being applied appropriately.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 14/10/2014 09:49:37 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	454 label Biography information for Mr Michael Meacher

92356

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the statement in his Department's press release of 9 December 2013 that hundreds of people would benefit from the extension of Access to Work to cover work placements, how many people have so benefited to date; and what data his Department collects to enable assessment of the effects of the changes to the scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	209799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>We do not hold official statistics for these figures.</p><p> </p><p>DWP publishes an annual report regarding all of the operations for the previous operational year in July, so the next publication will be July 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work supported 35,450 disabled people to keep or get employment during 2013/14 (up from 31,510 in 2012/13)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 15/10/2014 16:46:36 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green