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1149526

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
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 much funding her Department allocated to the Work Programme in the latest year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions spent £62.6m on the Work Programme in the financial year 2018/19, which is the latest full year for which spend is available.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/10/2019 12:00:14 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

674382

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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, whether participants in the Work Programme are required to attend meetings at jobcentres during their work placement.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	60382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Throughout a participant’s time with their Work Programme provider, Jobcentre Plus will continue to see them to check they are meeting their conditions for claiming benefits, if applicable. It is the provider’s responsibility to ensure that nothing they require of participants prevents them from attending these appointments.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/01/2017 15:16:42 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

674383

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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, whether his Department provides employers who participate in the Work Programme with a financial subsidy for their participation.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	60383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not provide any financial subsidy to employers or organisations who offer work experience to participants on the Work Programme.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 24/01/2017 13:11:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

674384

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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, whether the participants in the Work Programme receive a wage from employers in addition to their jobseeker's allowance payments during their placement.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	60435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Work experience undertaken through the Work Programme is unpaid. Participants will therefore remain on Jobseeker’s Allowance whilst participating on a work placement.</p><p>As the placements are unpaid, employers are not required to pay National Insurance contributions for participants.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 60437 question first answered 23/01/2017 16:03:54 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

674385

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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, whether (a) employers and (b) his Department pays travel expenses for participants in the Work Programme.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	60436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of Work Programme providers to pay a participant’s travel costs as travel expenses are included within the funding received from DWP as part of the overall contract package. Before starting a work placement the provider should discuss with the participant the practical arrangements for getting to and from the employer, including reimbursement of travel expenses.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/01/2017 15:58:43 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

674484

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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, whether his Department has put in place any provisions to ensure that participants in the Work Programme have sufficient time to continue their search for permanent employment.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	60428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Work Programme providers must ensure that any activities agreed do not prevent participants from being able to satisfy the conditions for receiving benefit, for example actively seeking work. Before starting a work placement providers are required to discuss with the participant arrangements for continuing their job search efforts.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/01/2017 15:40:43 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

674485

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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 provisions are in place to monitor the progress of individual participants in the Work Programme.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	60429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Providers have the freedom to develop their own processes to support participants, plan activity, manage and monitor their experience whilst on the Work Programme in line with their delivery model, contract terms and conditions and the provider’s minimum service standards.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/01/2017 15:44:48 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

674486

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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, for what maximum amount of time an individual can participate in the Work Programme.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	60430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Participants are supported by their Work Programme provider for up to 2 years.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/01/2017 15:47:27 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

674487

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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 individuals (a) below and (b) above the age of 25 took part in the Work Programme in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	60427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The information available for the number of Work Programme referrals, attachments and job outcomes, including by age, is published at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>:</p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/01/2017 15:37:13 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

674488

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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 key performance indicators are used to measure the performance of the Work Programme.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	60431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department uses two main measures to monitor performance on the Work Programme. The main Departmental indicator is the proportion of claimants for whom providers have achieved a Job Outcome payment within 12 and 24 months of joining the Work Programme (endorsed by the UK Statistics Authority as the most appropriate measure to gauge Work Programme performance).</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/01/2017 15:51:58 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell