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1010788

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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, what support is available to help people challenge employers who do not act on Access to Work recommendations in a timely manner.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	193361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>Access to Work advisers provide advice and guidance to employers to assist in ensuring that they are able to procure and implement the required adjustments and understand what the consequences for the individual would be if they did not. This helps ensure there is a shared understanding of what is required.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work does not intervene in disputes between an employee and employer should these occur, but an Access to Work assessment provides a good basis for discussion between the employee and their employer</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/11/2018 13:47:01 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1010371

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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, how much the Government spent on Access to Work in the last year for which figures are available; and of that amount how much was spent on (a) equipment and (b) services.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	192700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The latest Access to Work statistics were published on 30th October 2018 and can be found on the gov.uk website. Table 12 provides a breakdown of the requested information: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-work-statistics-april-2007-to-march-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/11/2018 13:52:18 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1010374

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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, what assessment she has made of (a) the extent of employer compliance and (b) how long it takes employers to comply with the recommendations made by Access to Work.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	192701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>Access to Work advisers will engage with employers from the receipt of an application for support and, if necessary, work with employers to obtain their buy in, ensuring they fully understand the benefits of the requested support. Access to Work does not measure the time taken to implement the agreed support.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work is developing closer links with Disability Confident to improve employer engagement and awareness of the Access to Work scheme.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/11/2018 13:46:16 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1010375

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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, whether equipment purchased under the Access to Work scheme belongs to (a) the employer, (b) the employee or (c) her Department; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	192702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>Equipment purchased with funds from the Access to Work scheme belong to the person or entity who made the purchase, which may be either the employer or the individual who requires support. As the equipment or support is disability specific to an individual, Access to Work advisers from the receipt of an application encourage employers to release the equipment with the individual if they move roles or to new employment.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/11/2018 13:38:34 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1007792

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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, how much her Department spent on promoting Access to Work in the last financial year.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	191850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member for east Ham to written question 188910, answered on 16 November 2018: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-11-06/188910" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-11-06/188910</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2018 17:33:51 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1007793

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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, how much was spent on the Access to Work programme in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	191851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The amount spent on the Access to Work programme in the last ten financial years as detailed below:</p><p> </p><p>2008/09 £81.2m</p><p>2009/10 £98.0m</p><p>2010/11 £107.1m</p><p>2011/12 £93.0m</p><p>2012/13 £95.3m</p><p>2013/14 £107.9m</p><p>2014/15 £97.0m</p><p>2015/16 £96.5m</p><p>2016/17 £103.8m</p><p>2017/18 £110.8m</p><p> </p><p>Totals are to the nearest £0.1m.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/11/2018 14:19:21 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1007794

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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, how much her Department plans to spend on Access to Work in the 2018-19 financial year.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	191852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Access to Work is a demand led scheme. As the amount spent reflects the number and nature of those demands we do not routinely publish forecast spend.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/11/2018 17:42:54 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1006861

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to assess the effectiveness of the Disability Confident scheme; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	191250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>DWP commissioned Ipsos MORI to conduct research with Disability Confident employers to understand the effect that signing up to the Disability Confident scheme has had on their recruitment and retention attitudes and practices with regards to disabled people. We published the results of this research on 13 November 2018</p><p> </p><p>The survey suggests the scheme has had a significant impact on disability employment practices</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/11/2018 15:51:33 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1007058

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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: Young People
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 11 September to Question 171273, what plans she has to publish data on the outcomes for people receiving support through the Youth Obligation.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	191251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department monitors requests we receive for new statistics and will consider whether we can produce and release analysis that will helpfully inform public debate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is looking at this issue and considering what statistics could be produced.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/11/2018 16:31:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 85855 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1007061

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of whether employers signing up to become (a) Disability Confident Committed, (b) Disability Confident Employers and (c) Disability Confident Leaders are increasing employment opportunities for disabled people.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	191252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>DWP commissioned Ipsos MORI to conduct research with Disability Confident employers to understand the effect that signing up to the Disability Confident scheme has had on their recruitment and retention attitudes and practices with regards to disabled people. We published the results of this research on 13 November 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The survey suggests the scheme has had a significant impact on disability employment practices</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/11/2018 16:00:23 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms