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92115

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date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that ethnic minority applicants for an apprenticeship are fairly treated; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	209721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Apprentices are real jobs and as such, employers who wish to recruit an apprentice have to comply with the Equality Act 2010 and other legislation, as they would when recruiting any other employee. The legislation seeks to prevent unfair discrimination on a number of grounds including race.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Institute for Employment Studies carried out a review of ethnicity, gender and apprenticeships for the Skills Funding Agency in 2013. It explored employer practices for evidence of bias and made a number of recommendations many of which are being implemented.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business Innovation and Skills has also recently established an apprenticeship equality advisory group to help increase apprenticeship diversity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/10/2014 13:42:11 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

92116

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) female, (b) disabled, (c) black and minority ethnic and (d) other people have started on a traineeship in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	209717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>We do not yet have final data on traineeship starts in the last 12 months (2013/14). The first release of this data will be in November 2014 at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>After November 2014 we plan to release characteristics data in a supplementary table to the Statistical First Release.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/10/2014 13:40:00 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

92338

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	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, what the average age is of people in receipt of employment and support allowance entering (a) the Work Programme and (b) employment through the Work Programme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	209720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Number of Work Programme Referrals, Job Outcomes and Sustained Job Outcomes for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants by median age, Great Britain: 1 June 2011 - 30 June 2014</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Referrals</p></td><td><p>Job Outcome</p></td><td><p>Sustained Job Outcomes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Median Age (years)</p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Source: DWP Statistical Services</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>The latest Official Statistics on the Work Programme cover the period 1 June 2011 – 30 June 2014</li></ol><p> </p><p>2. Median age is the age of the claimant at the time of referral.</p><p> </p><ol start="3" type="1"><li>Referrals: Referrals shown are 'net' referrals which do not include rejections, cancellations or referrals to ESA information sessions.</li><li>Job Outcomes: The Work Programme IT payment system update went live in April 2012. All outcomes prior to this were recorded clerically and uploaded to the system during April and May 2012. The outcome date for these is based on the date the information was uploaded to the system. For job outcomes recorded after this, outcome dates are based on the date that payments were made to providers following pre-payment validation processes to confirm job outcomes. The manual pre-payment validation checks may take time to conduct resulting in a delay between the job outcome being claimed and the date the payment is made to providers, and hence recorded in the statistics. Validation procedures continue to improve to streamline the process as issues are identified. For further details around issues and delays to job outcome payments please see the information note available on the WP landing page: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/work-programme-statistics--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/work-programme-statistics--2</a></li><li>Sustained Job Outcomes: These are claimants who have received a Job Outcome payment and have had at least 1 Sustainment payment.</li><li>Sustainment payments: Providers can only claim a Sustainment payment where:</li><ol start="1" type="a"><li>A Job Outcome has been reported;</li><li>Four continuous weeks in employment have elapsed between the Job Outcome payment date and the Sustainment payment date, or between the previous Sustainment payment date and the current Sustainment payment date.</li><li>A participant has been in employment and off benefit each week (a week is defined as a 7 day period) in the four week period; and</li><li>15 working days have passed since the last date of the period being claimed.</li><li>Following a break in employment after the 104 weeks Allotted Time providers will no longer be eligible to receive a Sustainment payment (a break is defined as when a participant leaves employment for 2 days or more, even if they remain off benefit).</li></ol></ol><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 15/10/2014 13:43:32 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

92357

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	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, how many people in receipt of employment and support allowance referred to the Work Programme since June 2011 have had (a) a mental and behavioural disorder and (b) a disease of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue as their primary impairment; and how many such people have achieved in each category a sustained job outcome.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	209801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is given in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Number of Work Programme Referrals and Sustained Job Outcomes for claimants in the requested main diagnosis groups for those in the Employment Support Allowance (ESA) Payment Groups: 1 June 2011 – 30 June 2014</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Referrals</p></td><td><p>Sustained Job Outcomes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESA customer groups total</p></td><td><p>276,670</p></td><td><p>16,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mental and Behavioural Disorders</p></td><td><p>147,790</p></td><td><p>7,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diseases of the Musculoskeletal system and Connective Tissue</p></td><td><p>39,130</p></td><td><p>2,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other/Missing</p></td><td><p>89,750</p></td><td><p>6,820</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source:</strong> DWP Statistical Services</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>1. Figures are cumulative and are rounded to the nearest ten. Totals may not sum due to rounding.</p><ol start="2" type="1"><li>Referrals: Referrals shown are 'net' referrals which do not include rejections, cancellations or referrals to ESA information sessions.</li><li>Sustained Job Outcomes: These are the number of claimants who have received a Job Outcome payment and have had at least 1 Sustainment payment.</li><li>Sustainment payments: Providers can only claim a Sustainment payment where:</li><ol start="1" type="a"><li>A Job Outcome has been reported;</li><li>Four continuous weeks in employment have elapsed between the Job Outcome payment date and the Sustainment payment date, or between the previous Sustainment payment date and the current Sustainment payment date.</li><li>A participant has been in employment and off benefit each week (a week is defined as a 7 day period) in the four week period; and</li><li>15 working days have passed since the last date of the period being claimed.</li><li>Following a break in employment after the 104 weeks Allotted Time providers will no longer be eligible to receive a Sustainment payment (a break is defined as when a participant leaves employment for 2 days or more, even if they remain off benefit).</li></ol></ol><p>5. ICD (disease) code causes of incapacity are based on the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, published by the World Health Organisation. Medical condition is based on evidence provided at the start of the claim, this in itself does not confer entitlement to ESA and may not represent a claimants most recent medical condition.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 15/10/2014 11:12:47 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

92358

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	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 estimate he has made of the number of people in work aged (a) 18, (b) 19, (c) 20, (d) 21, (e) 22, (f) 23 and (g) 24 who will be eligible for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	209802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Of those individuals in work, we estimate that around 500,000 under 25 year olds will be in receipt of UC once it is fully rolled out. Individual year breakdowns are not available.</p><p> </p><p>This estimate is based on the Policy Simulation Model using the Family Resources Survey 2010/11 and assumptions consistent with the Budget 2014 forecast. <strong>     </strong></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 15/10/2014 11:16:47 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

92359

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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what circumstances a person under 25 on an apprenticeship will be eligible for Universal Credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	209800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>People aged 18 or over on apprenticeships will be eligible for Universal Credit if they satisfy the normal conditions of entitlement. Young people aged 16 and 17 will not normally be able to claim Universal Credit, but there are some limited exceptional circumstances where they may do so, for example where they themselves are responsible for a child, have limited capability for work or are without parental support.<strong>     </strong></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 15/10/2014 11:21:01 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

92360

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 Experience
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on the Work Experience scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	209803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Latest data shows that from January 2011 to May 2014, 238,210 people of all ages started a work experience opportunity, of which 196,600 were aged between 18 and 24. Our evaluation shows that work experience is a popular and valuable scheme, particularly for young people – evaluation of ‘Customer experience of the Youth Contract’ found that 74 per cent customers said they gained skills during their placement and 83 per cent said they felt more attractive to employers.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 15/10/2014 10:41:34 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

92361

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	Industrial Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to contribute to the European Commission's review of health and safety policy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	209804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The government is actively contributing to the European Commission’s review of EU health and safety regulation. The United Kingdom, like other member states, has submitted a report on implementation of the directives under review. I am arranging for deposit of the report with the library of the House.</p><p> </p><p>In its engagement with the Commission and other participants in the review, the government is arguing for a more proportionate, risk-based approach to occupational health and safety issues to help business by reducing administrative burdens whilst maintaining necessary protections for workers.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 15/10/2014 12:46:00 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms