The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Gilbert on 2014-03-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in receipt of (a) income support, (b) jobseeker’s allowance and (c) employment and support allowance were subject to the benefit cap between 1 April 2013 and 31 January 2014.
Esther McVey
The information requested is not readily available and can only be be provided at a disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Gilbert on 2014-03-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many single parents with a child under the age of five years old were subject to the benefit cap between 1 April 2013 and 31 January 2014.
Esther McVey
The information requested is not readily available and can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Adrian Sanders on 2014-03-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the capability of the Work Programme to provide adequate support to jobseekers with long-term medical conditions.
Esther McVey
The Department has commissioned an independent evaluation of the Work Programme, and will publish findings once the evaluation is complete.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Teresa Pearce on 2014-03-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Edinburgh West of 10 February 2014, Official Report, column 515W, on Remploy: Edinburgh, how many former Remploy employees from the Edinburgh site are working (a) less than 16 hours per week in paid employment, (b) less than 30 hours per week in paid employment and (c) in voluntary and unpaid positions.
Mike Penning
Of the 28 workers made redundant as a result of the closure of Remploy in South Gyle, Edinburgh we are able to provide information on the 24 disabled former employees who have engaged with a Personal Case Worker.
As at 21 March 2014 Jobcentre Plus records show that 7 people are in paid employment over 16 hours and 17 have accessed Work Choice support. We have no records of people working a) less than 16 hours, b) less than 30 hours per week paid employment or c) in voluntary and unpaid work
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2014-03-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many refuges are not classed as supported exempt accommodation for the purposes of housing benefit.
Steve Webb
The information requested is not available. Designation as supported exempt accomodation is relevant only to claims by individuals for Housing Benefit and is not intrinsic to the definition or purpose of a refuge or other supported housing.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Frank Field on 2014-03-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2014, Official Report, column 233W, on vacancies: internet, what additional checks and safeguards for jobseekers have been introduced in each year since the launch of Universal Jobmatch.
Esther McVey
Since Universal Jobmatch was launched in November 2012, we have introduced additional checks on all new vacancies placed by new employer accounts.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dr William McCrea on 2014-03-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Health and Safety Executive has taken to recommend or mandate the use of automated traffic management technology to lift and lay cones on the motorway network in the last 10 years for which information is available.
Mike Penning
The Health and Safety Executive has not taken any action to mandate or recommend the use of automated traffic management equipment to lift and lay cones.
The highway maintenance industry has trialled cone laying machines and the decision to use such machines rests with them on a commercial operational basis
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Blenkinsop on 2014-03-26.
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 40W, how many offences charged under section 14(1) and 22 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 reached a first hearing in magistrates’ court in each year since 2008.
Oliver Heald
The number of offences charged under section 14(1) and 22 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 that reached a first hearing in magistrates’ courts in each year since 2008 are:
|
Make a counterfeit of a protected coin with intent |
Make a counterfeit of a currency note with intent |
Total |
|
|
2008 |
2 |
22 |
24 |
|
2009 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
2010 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
2011 |
3 |
17 |
20 |
|
2012 |
2 |
12 |
14 |
|
2013 |
2 |
13 |
15 |
|
Total |
9 |
72 |
81 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-03-26.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, with reference to the Answer of 19 June 2012, Official Report, columns 923-4W, on electoral register: fraud, how many successful prosecutions for electoral registration fraud there were in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014 to date.
Greg Clark
The Government does not collect this data.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2014-03-26.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
Mr Francis Maude
Arrangements of this sort are kept under review.