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The £183.8m allocation referred to in the Answer of 2 July 2014, Official Report, column 639W on employment schemes: young people, was for the entire Youth Contract initiative as announced at the 2011 Autumn Statement. Wage Incentives are one aspect of the overall Youth Contract that also includes Sector Based Work Academies, a more intensive Jobcentre Plus regime, New Enterprise Allowance and a number of pilots.<\/p>

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The Department does not publish financial forecast information as it is indicative, for internal management purposes only and is subject to change during the financial year.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/220", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve Webb"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Thornbury and Yate"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Steve Webb"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-09-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-09-10T11:23:02.4506285Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-09-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Employment Schemes: Young People"} , "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, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2014, Official Report, column 639W on employment schemes: young people, what estimate he has made of how much of the £183.8 million allocated for the Youth Contract wage incentive scheme in this financial year will be used by that scheme.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/163", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Ham"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Timms"} ], "uin" : "208412"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90884", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90884/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

As with all Cabinet Committees, the membership list for the Growth and Enterprise Committee is published on the Gov.uk website. It can currently be accessed at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-cabinet-committees-system-and-list-of-cabinet-committees<\/a>.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/220", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve Webb"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Thornbury and Yate"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Steve Webb"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-09-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-09-10T11:27:50.1681947Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-09-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Growth and Enterprise Committee"} , "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, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2014, Official Report, column 327W on employment schemes: young people, who represents his Department on the Growth and Enterprise Committee.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/163", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Ham"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Timms"} ], "uin" : "208413"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90885", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90885/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

There are 14 Work Clubs being run from Jobcentre Plus offices. The role of Jobcentre Plus is to encourage partnership working to set up Work Clubs and to signpost claimants to them where they exist and where work coaches believe the support offered will help the claimant find work.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/220", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve Webb"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Thornbury and Yate"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Steve Webb"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-09-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-09-10T11:32:27.1561913Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-09-05", "_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, how many work clubs are being run from Jobcentre Plus offices.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/163", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Ham"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Timms"} ], "uin" : "208414"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90886", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90886/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The median length of service of Jobcentre Plus staff in 2009/10 and 2010/11 is recorded in the table below.<\/p>

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Year<\/p><\/td>

Median Length of Service<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009/10<\/p><\/td>

11 years, 8 months<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010/11<\/p><\/td>

15 years, 1 month<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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Jobcentre Plus was re-structured and absorbed into a revised Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Operations structure in October 2011. Since that point, it has no longer existed as a separate organisation. This means the information beyond September 2011 is not available.<\/p>

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For completeness, I have included the median length of service of all Department for Work and Pensions staff for the past 5 years.<\/p>

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Year<\/p><\/td>

Median Length of Service<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009/10<\/p><\/td>

12 years, 3 months<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010/11<\/p><\/td>

15 years, 5 months<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

18 years, 1 month<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

17 years, 3 months<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013/14<\/p><\/td>

18 years, 7 months<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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Length of service is measured as length of service within the Civil Service rather than the Department. The Department\u2019s personnel systems record when an employee joined the Civil Service rather than an individual department or agency.<\/p>

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The increase in the median length of service between 2009/10 to 2011/12 is consistent with the ending of a significant number of temporary contracts in this period. The removal of their low duration of service caused an increase in the median length of service for the Department.<\/p>

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The decrease in median length of service between 2011/12 to 2012/13 was caused by the incorporation of the Child Maintenance Enforcement Commission in August 2012 - who had a lower median length of service than the rest of the Department.<\/p>

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Holding reply issued on 9th September 2014.<\/p>

The Minister for Employment discussed ending the Youth Contract Wage Incentive Scheme and identified opportunities to help the most disadvantaged young people with the Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/220", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve Webb"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Thornbury and Yate"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Steve Webb"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-09-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90802/answer/previousversion/19211", "answeringMember" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1520", "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Forest of Dean"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Mark Harper"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-09-10T11:55:12.5575375Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-09-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Employment Schemes: Young People"} , "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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education about ending the Youth Contract Wage Incentive scheme.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/163", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Ham"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Timms"} ], "uin" : "208358"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 5, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }