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61945

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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	Independent Living Fund: Autism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 11 June (WA 7), how many people in receipt of Independent Living Fund payments have autism as their main condition.
tabling member printed	Baroness Uddin
uin	HL363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The number of Independent Living Fund users recorded as having autism, Asperger's syndrome or a learning disability with autism as their main condition is currently 332.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 19/06/2014 14:43:50 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin

61967

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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 the number of jobseekers excluded from the claimant count because their benefit has been sanctioned; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	200930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p>No-one is excluded from the claimant count simply due to their benefit being sanctioned.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 19/06/2014 14:16:57 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

62159

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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	Personal Independence Payment: Warrington
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) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency who have submitted a claim for personal independence payment have been waiting more than (a) six months and (b) three months for a medical assessment.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	200828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information you have requested is not currently available.<strong>     </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 19/06/2014 11:48:20 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

62168

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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	Children: Maintenance
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 publicise information on changes to child maintenance.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	200763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Since the Child Maintenance Service launched in December 2012 we have been talking to clients (via caseworkers and through our Child Maintenance Options service) about the planned introduction of charging, and letters to Child Maintenance Service clients have made reference to the charges.</p><p> </p><p>More widely we have engaged with stakeholders, partners, MP caseworkers and intermediaries to share information about the reforms to the child maintenance system.</p><p> </p><p>Ahead of existing Child Support Agency cases closing, a regional media trial is currently running in the Manchester area. The media activity includes digital, radio and press advertising to let parents know that the Child Support Agency is changing and to reassure them that they don't need to take any action until they receive a letter. We will evaluate the results of this media activity before confirming plans to run this campaign nationally later this year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 19/06/2014 12:11:57 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

62170

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many youth contract wage incentives he estimates will be taken up by April 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	200921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The latest information that we hold on Youth Contract Wage Incentives was published in February 2014 and can be found at the link below:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/283873/youth-contract-feb14.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/283873/youth-contract-feb14.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Wage incentives are a demand-led scheme, and we have not forecast the number of wage incentives we expect to be taken up by April 2015.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 19/06/2014 14:11:52 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

62171

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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: Older Workers
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 improve support for people over 50 provided through the Work Programme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	200920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Work Programme is continuing to offer tailored support to those people over 50 at risk of becoming long-term unemployed and providers are continuing to design support based on their individual need.</p><p>Last year, the Government launched the Work Programme ‘Building Best Practice Group', which is considering the best ways of addressing the particular needs of claimants, including older workers. The group will report back to Ministers later in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 19/06/2014 11:57:10 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

62172

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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: Warrington
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 for each jobcentre plus vacancy were claiming out-of-work benefits in Warrington North constituency in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	200917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Headline figures on the number of unfilled vacancies at a point in time are published by the Office for National Statistics, based on a regular survey of employers. The sample size of the survey is, however, too small to allow information to be published below national level.</p><p> </p><p>Jobcentre vacancies are just a part of total recruitment, missing jobs available in the wider labour market beyond the local constituency and those coming up through other recruitment channels or filled by direct approaches to employers or word of mouth. A snapshot of unfilled vacancies also misses the regular turnover of new vacancies that come up as existing opportunities are filled. Information on the number of unfilled Jobcentre Plus vacancies was collected until 2012 and the available information is shown in the table. Consistent information on benefits other than Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) is not available for parliamentary constituencies over this period.</p><p> </p><p>Jobseeker's Allowance caseload and unfilled Jobcentre Plus vacancies</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Warrington North</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November in each year</p></td><td><p>Jobseeker's Allowance claimants</p></td><td><p>Live unfilled vacancies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>1,146</p></td><td><p>1,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>1,789</p></td><td><p>692</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2,618</p></td><td><p>539</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2,244</p></td><td><p>955</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2,523</p></td><td><p>1,005</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2,529</p></td><td><p>1,495</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The latest claimant count figures show the number of JSA claimants in Warrington North has fallen to 1,474 in May 2014. <br></p><p>Universal Jobmatch has replaced the previous Jobcentre Plus system of taking vacancies. Equivalent statistical information on vacancies available through the new service is not currently available. The ONS data shows that nationally there are well over 600,000 vacancies available at any one time. Vacancies available locally through Universal Jobmatch can be accessed at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/jobsearch" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/jobsearch</a> . Inputting a postcode, town or place in the appropriate box returns vacancies within a 20 mile radius. This can be further refined as necessary.<br></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 19/06/2014 15:03:04 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

61903

registered interest
date	13/06/2014
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 and Support Allowance
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 make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the recent report from Mind entitled Fulfilling Potential? ESA and the fate of the Work-Related Activity Group.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	200715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government has put in place a comprehensive system of support for disabled people and those with health conditions. We keep all our policies under review and are committed to improving further the employment support offered.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 18/06/2014 14:31:59 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

61904

registered interest
date	13/06/2014
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made in developing local support services for Universal Credit claimants; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	200719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Local Support Services update and trialling plan was published in December 2013 and set out how DWP and local authorities will work together to test different arrangements for partnership working, financial management, the effective delivery of front line services and other specific aspects of the Local Support Services Framework.</p><p> </p><p>The closing date for bids from DWP/LA partnerships, to undertake robust trialling, was Friday 13<sup>th</sup> June. Trials will start in Autumn and run for 12 months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 18/06/2014 16:15:21 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

61905

registered interest
date	13/06/2014
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: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many 16 year olds claimed jobseeker's allowance in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	200720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information as requested is published and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/Default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/Default.asp</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 18/06/2014 14:22:27 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms