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77746

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	Unemployed People: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what current programmes and pilots his Department has in place to improve the mental health of unemployed people; and what the results have been of such programmes and pilots.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	205570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Many benefit claimants with mental health problems will be referred to, or have access to, a range of support including the Work Programme or specialist disability employment programmes such as Work Choice and Access to Work.</p><p> </p><p>The Work Programme Prime and specialist providers’ industry-led expert group led action to build organisational and workforce capability to recognise and address mental health needs in an employment context.</p><p> </p><p>This expert group designed an employment adviser toolkit <em>Working for Wellbeing</em> to help Work Programme employment advisers spot when mental wellbeing support can help a jobseeker achieve their employment goal, and have worked with providers to share best practice in working with specialist mental health organisations.</p><p> </p><p>7,000 claimants with mental health or behavioural disorders listed as their primary health condition have achieved job outcomes through the Work Programme.</p><p> </p><p>Work Choice is a specialist pan-disability employment programme that provides tailored support to help disabled people who face the most complex barriers to employment find and stay in work and ultimately help them progress into unsupported employment, where it is appropriate for the individual.</p><p> </p><p>Since the start of the 2011/12 financial year (and up to 31 March 2014), around 21 per cent of Work Choice customers achieving job outcomes through Work Choice have had a mental health problem recorded as their primary disability. The trend over these 3 years shows that the numbers being supported are increasing each year.</p><p> </p><p>The <em>Access to Work Mental Health Support Service</em> was established in December 2011 and is delivered by Remploy Employment Services.</p><p>It can offer support to individuals with mental health problems who are absent from work or finding work difficult. The service supports those experiencing depression, anxiety, stress or other mental health issues that are affecting their work.</p><p> </p><p>In the last year, 92 per cent of people who have completed a programme of support with the MHSS are still sustaining work after 26 weeks. Employer engagement is a key element of the service.</p><p> </p><p>This year the Government is also taking forward a number of feasibility pilots to explore how to improve employment and health outcomes for people with common mental health problems. These are based on the recommendations made by RAND Europe in their report <em>Psychological Wellbeing and Work: Improving Service Provision and Outcomes</em>, which was published in January. Early findings will be available next year.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 21/07/2014 15:14:54 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

77747

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	Unemployed People: Mental Health
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 introduce a pilot project to investigate the potential to improve employability of unemployed people through mindfulness interventions.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	205571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We currently have no plans to introduce a pilot project to investigate the impact of mindfulness interventions on the employment outcomes of unemployed people. However, Jobcentre Plus districts already have the flexibility to secure support to meet the needs of claimants in their local area using the Flexible Support Fund – this could include mindfulness interventions.</p><p> </p><p>This year the Government is taking forward a number of feasibility pilots to explore how to improve employment and health outcomes for people with common mental health problems. These are based on the recommendations made by RAND Europe in their report <em>Psychological Wellbeing and Work: Improving Service Provision and Outcomes</em>, which was published in January. Early findings will be available next year.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/07/2014 16:03:57 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

77748

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	Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much land his Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department does not own any buildings or land for release.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/07/2014 15:32:17 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

77749

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	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials employed by his Department, of each grade, have remained at that grade since 2010 but received a pay rise; and how much of a rise each such person at each such grade has received.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	205469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>To provide this information would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>For 2012 and 2013, because of the nature of the awards applied to delegated grades, staff would have received a 1% increase on base pay whether they remained in grade or were promoted during the year subject to standard eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p>DWP does not have contractual progression. All our employees are subject to the pay freeze and pay caps in place since 2010. In May 2010 the Government announced a two year pay freeze for civil servants earning over £21,000. The pay freeze applied to this Department in 2010 and 2011.</p><p> </p><p>For staff earning under £21,000, for both 2010 and 2011 DWP awarded staff a flat rate increase by grade of between £400 and £540. Additionally during 2010 the AA band minimum was increased by between £890 and £1060 (depending on location) which lead to a slightly higher increase for some staff. Following Cabinet Office rules, a small number who earned just over £21,000 received smaller payments, using a taper system, to ensure that they were not ‘leapfrogged’ by peers slightly lower down the pay scale.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012 and 2013 DWP awarded a 1% increase to the vast majority of our staff across all delegated grades. DWP will again be paying the majority of our employees a 1% increase in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>For SCS in DWP the pay freeze was in place for three years from 2010 to 2012. In 2013 DWP paid around 22% of its SCS cadre increases within an overall 1% cap and with a Cabinet Office limit on individual awards of 9%. The majority of our SCS will not have received a pay award between 2010 and 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the 2014 SCS and delegated pay awards will not be available until they have been processed at the end of this month.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Below the line comments</p><p> </p><p>1. Because of the numbers involved we are unable to provide information tracking every individual’s pay rise over the period within time and cost perimeters.<br> <br></p><p>2. DWP currently employs 92,510 people and we are not able to provide details for each of these individuals. However, as DWP has applied a simple pay award over each of the years required I am able to summarise our position.<br> <br></p><p>3. The PQ asks for information on pay rises exclusive of changes in grade (most usually promotion). By providing information on pay awards, we will be excluding a small number of pay rises which are due to other factors such as a move to a location which attracts a higher salary (DWP has 4 locational pay zones). It also excludes salary increases as a result of a change in contractual hours.<br> <br></p><p>4. The 2014 pay award will be paid in July salaries. We will not have details of final figures until this has been processed.<br> <br></p><p>5. A small number of individuals are not eligible to receive the pay award e.g. because they are undergoing formal poor performance action in a particular year or are on a salary above the appropriate pay scale maximum.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 21/07/2014 12:11:49 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

77750

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	Pension Credit: 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 were in receipt of pension credit in each year from 2008-09.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	205521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Statistics on pension credit are available from 100% data and are published on the Department's website at:</p><p><a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/pc/tabtool_pc.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/pc/tabtool_pc.html</a></p><p>Guidance for users is available 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> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/07/2014 13:41:46 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

77751

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	Domestic Visits: Wrexham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the purpose was of his visit to Wrexham Benefit Centre on 7 July 2014.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	205530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>When the Secretary of State is visiting a region, if his diary allows, he also likes to visit local DWP staff.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/07/2014 13:37:18 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

77752

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	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 evaluation his Department has conducted of effects of changes made to the Access to Work scheme since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	205551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>A formal evaluation of the changes has not been conducted; but we have made a range of positive changes over the last two years and have seen an increase in the number of people helped and an increase in expenditure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/07/2014 16:15:53 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

77753

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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for independence payments submitted by people in (a) England, (b) South Yorkshire, (c) Barnsley and (d) Barnsley East constituency have taken longer than 11 weeks to be determined.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
uin	205518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the former Minister for Disabled People, the Rt. Hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead (Mike Penning), Official Report, 8 July 2014, column 278W.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Alex Cunningham</strong>(Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his contribution of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 647, on DWP: performance, how his Department will demonstrate that no claimant is waiting more than 16 weeks for their personal independence payment by the end of 2014. 203901</p><p> </p><p><strong>Rt. Hon. Mike Penning MP:</strong></p><p>Statistics on clearance times are intended for future publication and the Department's analysts are currently considering what information will be included in the release.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 17/07/2014 15:58:49 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

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

77755

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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of personal independence payments have received payments in arrears following a suspension totalling (a) £0-1,000, (b) £1,000-£2,000, (c) £2,000-£3,000, (d) £3,000-£4,000 and (e) more than £4,000 in each month since October 2013.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	205674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information you have requested is not held by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 21/07/2014 15:21:33 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex