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64093

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
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 assessment his Department has made of the skills level of jobseeker's allowance claimants aged between (a) 18 and 21 and (b) 22 and 24 years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	202507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>All jobseeker's are assessed at the beginning of their claim to Jobseeker's Allowance for potential skills needs that are a barrier to them finding work. Where a skills need is identified, claimants are referred to courses.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to ensuring jobseekers have the skills they need to get into work. In 2012/13 171,100 young people aged 19-24 and claiming benefit started a learning course, an increase of 30% over 2011/12.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 30/06/2014 13:17:26 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

64099

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
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	Jobcentres
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 12 June 2014, Official Report, column 247W, on Jobcentre Plus, whether Jobcentre Plus is required to obtain the consent of a voluntary employment support project which receives no statutory funding before issuing a jobseeker's direction requiring a jobseeker's allowance claimant's engagement with that project.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	202540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>In return for receiving benefits we expect jobseekers to do everything they can to find work. This could include engaging with an employment support project. We expect districts to work in partnership with organisations that offer opportunities which will help improve a claimant's employment prospects, but they are not legally obliged to gain their consent before issuing a Jobseeker's Direction.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 30/06/2014 13:06:08 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

63444

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Home Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of (a) employment and support allowance, (b) housing benfit, (c) income support and (d) jobseeker's allowance received a home visit in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010, (iii) 2011, (iv) 2012 and (v) 2013.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	201894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Information is not available in the format requested and could only be produced at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/06/2014 14:15:12 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

63446

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Home Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many home visits his Department made in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011, (d) 2012 and (e) 2013; and for which purposes.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	201893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Information is not available in the format requested and could only be produced at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/06/2014 14:18:23 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

63448

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the costs of administering employment and support allowance between 2014-15 and 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	201891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Secretary of State has regular meetings with the Chancellor to discuss all Departmental policies.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/06/2014 14:11:11 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

63450

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the comparative employment outcomes of people in receipt of (a) employment and support allowance and (b) incapacity benefit; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	201892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>720,000 more people are now being supported to prepare or look for work as a result of the Incapacity Benefit reassessment process.</p><p>The structure of Employment and Support Allowance provides much more support than the Incapacity Benefit regime to those who it is reasonable to expect to take steps to return to work.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/06/2014 14:39:56 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

63018

registered interest
date	20/06/2014
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	New Enterprise 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 start up loans have been approved by his Department for participants on the new enterprise allowance scheme in each year since that scheme began.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	201606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Following a trailblazer started in January 2011, New Enterprise Allowance was launched in April 2011 creating 46,000 new businesses between April 2011 and March 2014.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1</strong> <strong>Table 2</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year<br> (Jan-Dec)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Loans</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Year<br> (Jan-Dec)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Loans</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>910</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>5,140</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,805</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>7,711</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>472</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1</strong> shows the number of loans that have been made on behalf of DWP under the New Enterprise Allowance Scheme.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2</strong> shows the number of New Enterprise Allowance Loans that have been made since October 2013 under the Start Up Loans scheme administered by BIS.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/06/2014 15:02:16 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

63025

registered interest
date	20/06/2014
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	New Enterprise 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 claimants of employment and support allowance have been admitted to the new enterprise allowance scheme in each year since that scheme began.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	201605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>NEA was rolled out nationally in August 2011, with eligibility for JSA claimants only. Eligibility was broadened to ESA WRAG recipients in February 2013 although we expect the vast majority of participants to continue to be those claiming JSA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The benefit type of claimants admitted on New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) is not routinely recorded. Analysis has been conducted to identify NEA mentor starts by ESA claimants since eligibility for NEA was opened up on 18 February 2013. The results are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Estimated number of NEA mentor starts by ESA claimants in each calendar year:</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>18<sup>th</sup> Feb 2013</strong><strong> – 31<sup>st</sup> Dec 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>630</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1<sup>st</sup> Jan 2014</strong><strong> - 31<sup>st</sup> Mar 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>210</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source:</p><p> </p><p>DWP National Benefits Database and Opportunities Database</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>Figures rounded to the nearest 10</p><p> </p><p>Data available to 31<sup>st</sup> March 2014</p><p> </p><p>More than 99% of mentor starts were matched to an appropriate benefit record</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/06/2014 15:24:42 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

63026

registered interest
date	20/06/2014
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	New Enterprise Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on the new enterprise allowance in each year since the scheme began.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	201609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Following a trailblazer started in January 2011, New Enterprise Allowance was launched in April 2011 creating 46,000 new businesses between April 2011 and March 2014. Expenditure on New Enterprise Allowance in each year since the scheme began up to March 2014 is</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Enterprise Allowance</p></td><td><p>£45,600</p></td><td><p>£14,384,781</p></td><td><p>£38,853,998</p></td><td><p>£64,358,727</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This includes Capital loan payments which will be repaid within three years.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/06/2014 14:27:16 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

63027

registered interest
date	20/06/2014
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, if he will estimate the additional annual cost of introducing a taper on (a) an occupational pension and (b) other unearned income into universal credit set at 95 per cent.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	201608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>When universal credit is fully rolled out, a 95% taper on occupational pension is estimated to cost an additional £50m per annum. A 95% taper on all other unearned income (exclud. occupational pension) is estimated to cost an additional £300m per annum. These estimates are in 2014/15 prices.</p><p> </p><p>The general principle in Universal Credit is that income other than earnings which is provided to meet everyday living costs is taken fully into account in the calculation of the award of benefit. Universal Credit is designed to be responsive to the actual amount of income a claimant receives each month, to ensure people get help when they need it and can budget effectively. This approach also keeps administrative costs down and provides simpler rules for treatment of unearned income.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/06/2014 15:34:27 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms