The information requested is not available.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4084", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Esther McVey"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wirral West"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Esther McVey"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-12-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-12-16T11:34:38.61Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-12-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Work Programme"} , "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 estimate he has made of the number of unemployed people with mental health problems who are currently on the Work Programme.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4243", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dan Jarvis"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Barnsley Central"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dan Jarvis"} ], "uin" : "218425"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/168738", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/168738/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Since April 2012 six cases have progressed as appropriate through the mediation process to conclusion. There are currently no cases in the mediation process.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4084", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Esther McVey"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wirral West"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Esther McVey"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-12-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-12-11T17:30:20.757Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-12-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Work Programme"} , "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 complaints have been made to the Merlin Mediation Service about non-compliance with the Merlin Standard since April 2012; and what the outcome was of each such complaint.", "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" : "217672"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/168390", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/168390/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The information requested to answer both questions in relation to the Work Programme referrals and job outcomes by ethnicity and current Work Programme status, up to June 2014, can be found at:<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>
http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html<\/a><\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Guidance for users is available at:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance<\/a><\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people who had achieved sustained employment through the Work Programme at the latest date for which figures are available were identified as (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic group.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people referred to the Work Programme at the latest date for which figures are available were identified as (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic group.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has recouped in Work Programme payments claimed fraudulently by providers since June 2011.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the value of Work Programme payments claimed fraudulently by providers since June 2011.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/167162/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Department's contracts for delivering the Work Programme are with the prime contractors and we do not get involved in the contractual relationships prime providers have with their sub-contractors.<\/p> <\/p> The Department expects sub-contractors to be treated fairly. That\u2019s why we have launched the Merlin Standard, a set of behaviours prime providers are expected to live up to in their relationships with their sub-contractors.<\/p> <\/p> The Merlin Mediation Service delivered by the Independent Case Examiner is available for complaints of non-compliance with the Merlin Standard, relating to DWP contracts.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department gives to a Work Programme sub-contractor to which a prime provider has refused to make a contractual payment; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Timms"}
], "uin" : "216535"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/166445", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/166445/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " I refer my Rt.Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 20 November 2014 to Question UIN 214804<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> We have already published our response to the Oakley Report and a copy can be found here:<\/p> <\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/332137/jsa-sanctions-independent-review-government-response.pdf<\/a><\/p> <\/p> We have accepted all recommendations made by the Oakley Report and we have already implemented a number of improvements. Our response sets out a number of target completion dates for recommendations made by the Oakley Report.<\/p> <\/p> We will look at the remaining recommendations and will keep the House informed on progress and implementation.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2014-11-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made in implementing the recommendation in the Oakley Review that the Department should work with providers to pilot a new approach using warnings and non-financial sanctions following a first failure to comply with conditionality on the Work Programme.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/166449/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The number of people who returned to Jobcentre Plus from the Work Programme in May 2014 is published and can be found at:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>