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99955

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
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	Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014 to Question 209722, how many work programme participants he expects to be surveyed in the evaluation he has commissioned; and what criteria he has set out for selecting those participants.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	211191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The department has commissioned a comprehensive evaluation of the Work Programme conducted by independent researchers which includes large scale participant surveys. In summer/autumn 2012 a national telephone survey that was representative of those joining the programme at that time was conducted with over 4,700 participants between six and nine months into their Work Programme journey; a follow-up survey of over 1,800 of the same participants was conducted in early 2014 when respondents had completed the two-year programme period.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 23/10/2014 12:41:37 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

92344

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	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 the proposed evaluation of the Work Programme will address its performance in respect of ethnic minority groups.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	209722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DWP has commissioned a comprehensive evaluation conducted by independent researchers. This evaluation covers large scale surveys with Work Programme participants which includes representation from ethnic minority groups. Official statistics published on Work Programme performance covers a breakdown by ethnicity of participants.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 15/10/2014 11:18:08 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

91576

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what has been the median age of people (a) entering the Work Programme, (b) securing six months of employment through that programme and (c) completing two years on that programme and returning to their jobcentre.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	208981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is shown in the table below.</p><p>The median age of people (a) referred to the Work Programme, (b) had a Job Outcome lasting 6 months or over and (c) completed the Work Programme and returned to Jobcentre Plus, Great Britain June 2011 - March 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Median Age</p><p>(years)</p></td></tr><tr><td>Referrals</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><td>Job Outcomes (lasting 6 months or over)</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td>Completed: Returned to Jobcentre Plus at 104 weeks</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><td>Completed: Returned to Jobcentre Plus post 104 weeks</td><td>30</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 13/10/2014 10:13:14 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

91577

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	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 much his Department has spent on job outcome payments for Work Programme participants aged (a) 18 to 24, (b) 25 to 34, (c) 35 to 44, (d) 45 to 49, (e) 50 to 54, (f) 55 to 59 and (g) 60 and over since June 2011.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	208982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Financial payments on the Work Programme are not segmented by participant age. The exception is 18 to 24 year old Jobseekers Allowance participants, which has its own payment group. The table below shows job outcome payments from the most recently published financial information for that group, covering the period from June 2011 to the 31<sup>st</sup> March 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Participants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Job Outcome payments </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JSA 18 to 24</p></td><td><p>£80,280,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 13/10/2014 13:13:56 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

91578

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	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 much his Department has spent on job outcome payments for each Work Programme Payment Group since June 2011.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	208983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Work Programme has revolutionised how we help the long-term unemployed into work. It is designed to be good value for the taxpayer because providers only get paid on the results they achieve when they get someone into a lasting job, usually at least six months (or 3 for the hardest to help). So far more than 330,000 long-term unemployed people have been helped to escape long-term unemployment thanks to the Work Programme, which has contributed to the largest annual drop in long-term unemployment since 1998.</p><p> </p><p>The below table shows job outcome payments from the most recently published financial information, covering the period from June 2011 to the 31<sup>st</sup> March 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Payment Group</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Job Outcome payments </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1) Jobseeker’s Allowance 18 to 24</p></td><td><p>£80,280,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2) Jobseeker’s Allowance 25 and over</p></td><td><p>£151,468,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3) Jobseeker’s Allowance early entrants</p></td><td><p>£74,377,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4) Jobseeker’s Allowance ex-Incapacity Benefit</p></td><td><p>£3,537,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5) Employment and Support Allowance volunteer</p></td><td><p>£3,254,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6) New Employment and Support Allowance claimant</p></td><td><p>£12,030,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7) New Employment and Support Allowance ex-Incapacity Benefit</p></td><td><p>£3,254,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8) Incapacity Benefit and Income Support</p></td><td><p>£521,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9) Jobseeker’s Allowance prison leavers</p></td><td><p>£3,068,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total payments</p></td><td><p>£331,789,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 13/10/2014 15:22:18 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

91335

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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	Work Programme
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 he has made of local authority involvement in the Work Programme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	208805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text The Department has commissioned external researchers to undertake a comprehensive evaluation of the Work Programme which includes surveys and qualitative research with providers, participants and DWP staff. The research asks providers some questions about their work with other agencies but it does not specifically ask about local authority involvement. answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/09/2014 11:43:25 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

90569

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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	Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which recommendations made by the Work Programme Best Practice Group have been (a) fully implemented, (b) partially implemented and (c) not implemented; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	208078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>In October 2014 we will be publishing the full report of the Work Programme: Building Best Practice Group, and the Department’s responses to each recommendation.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 08/09/2014 12:06:12 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

90579

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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	Work Programme
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 will take to ensure that evaluations of the Work Programme look at its performance for ethnic minority jobseekers.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	208014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>DWP commissioned a comprehensive evaluation of the Work Programme which was conducted by a consortium of external researchers led by the Institute for Employment Studies. This evaluation includes large scale surveys which include significant numbers of ethnic minority Work Programme participants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 08/09/2014 12:01:28 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

79456

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
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	Work Programme
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 effectiveness of the market shift mechanism in the Work Programme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	207025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>In order to drive good performance and thereby support as many people into sustained work as possible, the Department reviewed the market shares of Work Programme providers, based on performance delivered during the 12 months ending 31 March 2013, and adjusted shares accordingly from August 2013.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is reviewing the performance of its Work Programme prime providers in the 12 months to the end of March 2014 and will advise the House where prevailing market shares are to change.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/09/2014 15:10:43 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

77754

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has for officials to canvass customer feedback from Work Programme participants; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	205701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>DWP has commissioned a consortium of independent research organisations to undertake a comprehensive evaluation of the Work Programme, which includes research with participants. A report of findings from research in 2012 has been published. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-programme-evaluation-findings-from-the-first-phase-of-qualitative-research-on-programme-delivery-rr821" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-programme-evaluation-findings-from-the-first-phase-of-qualitative-research-on-programme-delivery-rr821</a></p><p> </p><p>A further report is currently planned for publication at the end of 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/07/2014 13:46:41 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms