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177350

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	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	Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many days work is lost due to illness each year; and what steps he is taking to reduce absence from work.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	223194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Office for National Statistics estimated that around 131 million working days were lost due to sickness absences in the UK in 2013, down from 178 million days in 1993.[1] To help tackle this, the Government has recently launched Fit for Work. Fit for Work provides work-related advice to GPs, employers and employees via a website and telephone line. It also provides an opportunity to refer employees who are expected to reach four weeks of sickness absence for an occupational health assessment. The advice element of Fit for Work is live across England and Wales and in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2015 some GPs in the Sheffield and North Wales (Rhyll) area have had the opportunity to try the assessment element. This will be expanded across the country over a period of months from spring, building on this experience and learning. In Scotland, the assessment element went live, initially in three NHS Board areas, in January 2015. As with England and Wales, this will be expanded across Scotland from the spring.</p><p> </p><p>Fit for Work is a fully transferred matter with respect to Northern Ireland. Decisions on whether to establish a similar service in Northern Ireland are for the Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government is publicising the Mental Health Support Service of Access to Work via Disability Confident, to help retain people with mental health conditions in work.</p><br /><p>[1] ONS February 2014 <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171776_353899.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171776_353899.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 09/02/2015 12:35:15 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

177593

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	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 Work Programme participants have entered Payment Group One since June 2011; and how many of those participants were identified as being not in employment, education or training before entering the programme.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	223096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In response to the first part of the question, this information is published and 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><p> </p><p>Of those Payment Group One participants who have entered the Work Programme since June 2011, over 88,000 have moved into long term work as of September 2014. In total the Work Programme has helped 368,000 long term unemployed people into lasting work.</p><p> </p><p>Information is not available regarding the number of Payment Group One participants which were identified as not in employment, education or training before entering the Work Programme.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/02/2015 16:28:32 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

177594

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	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, what steps his Department has taken to reclaim overpayments from Work Programme providers since June 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	223098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department samples and validates paid outcomes on the Work Programme independently from providers and has made appropriate recoveries over the lifetime of the programme, where overpayments have occurred.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/02/2015 18:00:12 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

177595

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	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	Atos Healthcare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in establishing a network of mental health, intellectual and cognitive champions in each Atos Medical Examination Centre since November 2010.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	223097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Atos Healthcare has a network of mental health, intellectual and cognitive champions in place to support all health care professionals. These champions are available at all times across the UK to provide advice to the health care professional on any aspect of a case involving mental function or learning disability. Due to the large number and varying size of Assessment Centres, a telephone service is considered the most effective way of providing this support - as endorsed by Professor Harrington in his reviews of the Work Capability Assessment.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 09/02/2015 12:39:28 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

177596

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	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, how many applications were made for short-term benefit advance in 2014; and how many of these applications were successful.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	223104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/02/2015 16:35:36 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

177597

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	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	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 jobseeker's allowance claimants have been sanctioned on (a) one, (b) two and (c) three occasions or more; and what the average length of each sanction is.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	223105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested on the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) individuals receiving a decision to apply a sanction, by the number of sanctions, is published and can be found in table 1.7 of the publication at</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/jobseekers-allowance-and-employment-and-support-allowance-sanctions-decisions-made-to-june-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/jobseekers-allowance-and-employment-and-support-allowance-sanctions-decisions-made-to-june-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>The information requested in relation to JSA sanction durations 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 09/02/2015 14:20:57 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

177598

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	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	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 the average time taken to process new claims for jobseeker's allowance was in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	223107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>There was an increase in the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance claims being cleared within 10 days by 18.9 percentage points, from 71.3 per cent in March 2013 to 90.2 per cent in March 2014.</p><p> </p><p>This is an increase in performance by 22.6 percentage points when compared with year ending April 2009 – March 2010 when it was 67.6%</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/02/2015 16:59:26 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 43740 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

177599

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	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	Attendance Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what efficiency audit his Department's National Partnership Team has undertaken of the effectiveness of measures established to ensure the take-up of the attendance allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	223115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has not undertaken any efficiency audit on the effectiveness of measures established to ensure take-up of the Attendance Allowance.</p><p>The Department publicises benefits information which is available from the Department's offices and advice agencies, including local authorities. Leaflets are also available from various locations, including post offices and Doctors' surgeries. Information about all benefits and how these may be claimed is readily available on the GOV.UK website, or through the DWP Information Line.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 10/02/2015 14:27:01 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

177600

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	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 investigation he has carried out of the cancellation of the eligibility for benefits of the family of Tommi Miller from Cambridge after his cancer returned following remission; and what steps he has taken to ensure such cancellations do not take place in similar circumstances in future.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	223113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>There was no cancellation of this child’s DLA award. Following the expiry of a fixed term award, a renewal claim was submitted. This was turned down in April 2014 as evidence at the time suggested that the child was in remission. After the child’s condition then deteriorated again in October 2014, a new claim was received by the Department (on 3 February 2014) and this resulted in an award of the highest rate of both DLA components.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 10/02/2015 17:29:07 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

177601

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	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	Health and Safety Executive
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on the standard of service provided by the Health and Safety Executive when engaged in an intervention inspection; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
	tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
	uin	223022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In the past year I have received two representations regarding the standard of service provided by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) when engaged in an intervention inspection.</p><p> </p><p>In June 2014 HSE started to conduct a monthly survey of a sample of dutyholders which have received an inspection. Between June and November 2014 this survey showed that 84% of respondents said their impression of HSE was favourable, and 14% had a neutral impression of HSE following inspection.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 10/02/2015 14:16:47 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier