DWP supports people across the country to move into and progress in work, and is committed to reducing economic inactivity. We want everyone who can work to be able to find a job, progress, and thrive in the labour market. The Department delivers comprehensive employment support including face-to-face time with Work Coaches in Jobcentres and contracted employment programmes.<\/p>
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Last year we also announced a wide range of additional support via the Spring Budget and the Back to Work Plan which will go further to break down barriers to work for disabled people and those with long-term health conditions, parents, over 50s and young people.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4380", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Churchill"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bury St Edmunds"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jo Churchill"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-03-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-03-20T11:46:08.06Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-03-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Employment Schemes"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to encourage people not actively looking for work to find employment.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/350", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir John Hayes"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Holland and The Deepings"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir John Hayes"} ], "uin" : "18038"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1692987", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1692987/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
DWP are no longer Stonewall Diversity Champions. The department withdrew from its membership to the programme from April 2022.<\/p>
a) In the last 5 years DWP has paid a total of £11,440.00 to Stonewall for its membership to their Diversity Champion\u2019s Programme and services provided.<\/p>
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2023/2024 £460.00 leadership course<\/p>
2022/2023 Nil<\/p>
2021/2022 £3,000.00 membership (including VAT) plus £750 for conference<\/p>
2020/2021 £3,000.00 membership (including VAT) plus £750 for conference<\/p>
2019/2020 £3,000.00 membership (including VAT) plus £480 for event<\/p>
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b) DWP has not paid any money to Stonewall in the form of grant funding in the last 5 years.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3926", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Paul Maynard"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Blackpool North and Cleveleys"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Paul Maynard"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-03-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-03-07T14:42:22.79Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-03-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions: Stonewall"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has paid to Stonewall in each of the last five years; and for what (a) programmes and (b) grants funding has been provided.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/350", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir John Hayes"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Holland and The Deepings"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir John Hayes"} ], "uin" : "16449"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1690886", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1690886/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
There are currently 25,400 people in receipt of the State Pension in the quarter ending May 2023 in South Holland and the Deepings Constituency.<\/p>
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There are currently 2,376 people in receipt of Pension Credit in the quarter ending August 2023 in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.<\/p>
<\/p>
Figures are published and available via Stat-Xplore<\/a><\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receive (a) the state pension and (b) pension credit in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/350", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir John Hayes"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir John Hayes"}
], "uin" : "15012"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1688535", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1688535/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.<\/p> <\/strong><\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4513", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mims Davies"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2024-02-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Social Security Benefits: Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people convicted of crimes who are detained in secure hospitals are receiving benefits.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1687787", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1687787/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Since January 2023, 15 members of the local Armed Forces community have been supported in the South Holland and Deepings area.<\/p> <\/p> The Armed Forces Champions have specific responsibilities for supporting members of the Armed Forces community, including building staff capability within their districts, personally handling some claims, supporting veterans into work and helping resolve complex cases where necessary.<\/p> <\/p> Every Work Coach is trained on how to provide tailored and personalised support to members of the Armed Forces community and their families, working in partnership with their Armed Forces Champions. In those areas where there are particularly high levels of demand, for example garrison towns, this will form a significant part of the work done in individual Jobcentres.<\/p> <\/p> Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal departmental use only, and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentre clients have been assisted by an Armed Forces Champion in South Holland and the Deepings constituency in the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1687408", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1687408/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " In Lincolnshire, and across the country, our Jobcentre teams are supporting people back into work and helping those in work to progress. We have a comprehensive range of support in place and are working with local and national employers to help fill vacancies quickly, delivering sector-based work academy programmes (SWAPs), recruitment days, job fairs, and work trials. Jobcentres have the flexibility to work alongside national and local organisations to help meet the needs of their communities, including in rural areas.<\/p> <\/p> In Lincolnshire, the department worked with the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership on provision to assist with a shortage of drivers in the logistics sectors, with training delivered through Boston, Stamford, and Lincoln colleges with good levels of take up.<\/p> <\/p> Adequate transport links can be a major factor that affects employment, and claimants are made aware of the bus fare cap operating throughout Lincolnshire and the East Midlands, operated by local bus companies.<\/p> <\/p> DWP works closely with Boston College that provides outreach services in Spalding, as well as bus transport to facilitate access to their services from rural areas. Boston College also delivers their digital course within Spalding Jobcentre, for those unable to travel into Boston. Where access is still difficult, we have engaged with other providers to deliver virtual programmes, for example NetUK and Steadfast. We have also worked with Lincolnshire County Council for delivery of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) provision to be delivered in the Spalding Jobcentre.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps is he is taking to support job seekers in rural areas.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1686372", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1686372/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Attendance Allowance (AA) can be found on Stat-Xplore<\/a>.\u202fIn particular, the requested data can be found in \u2018PIP Cases with Entitlement\u2019 dataset by going to \u2018Disability\u2019 and choosing \u2018Psychiatric disorders\u2019 from the drop-down list. The same can be done to \u2018DLA: Cases with entitlement - Data from May 2018\u2019 and \u2018AA: Cases with entitlement - Data from May 2018\u2019 dataset by going to \u2018Main Disability Condition\u2019 and choosing the mental health conditions you are interested in from the drop-down list.<\/p> <\/p> Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP, DLA, and AA computer systems. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.<\/p> You may also wish to filter for \u201cDWP policy ownership\u201d under Geography due to the devolution of some disability benefits to Scotland.<\/p> <\/p>