The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Eames on 2014-06-25.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current numerical strength of the UK Border Force; and whether they consider that the present strength is sufficient to meet the demands placed upon it.
Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Border Force has a full time equivalent workforce of 7,907 and we believe this is sufficient to meet demand.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Eames on 2014-06-25.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to encourage the devolved administrations of Wales and Northern Ireland to consider the effect on them of an affirmative vote in the forthcoming referendum on Scottish independence.
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
The Government has no such plans. The Government has been clear that it is the Government for all of the United Kingdom including Scotland. It continues to act in the interests of all of the people of the UK, including people in Scotland.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Falkner of Margravine on 2014-06-25.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to complete their inquiry into the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood; and whether they intend to publish their complete findings.
Baroness Warsi
The Prime Minister, my Rt Hon Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), asked Sir John Jenkins to complete the review of the Muslim Brotherhood before Parliament rises and will make public its findings after the Government has considered them.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2014-06-25.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the charitable status of fee-charging educational foundations with more than 75 per cent of pupils from outside the United Kingdom.
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Charity Commission. I have asked the Commission’s Head of Policy to reply.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-06-25.
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.
Esther McVey
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.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-06-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants telephoned 0843 515 8650 in the first quarter of 2014; what the average cost of such calls has been to claimants; and what the average length of each such call has been.
Mike Penning
DWP does not operate any telephone lines starting 0843, and therefore receives no revenue from 0843 515 8650.
Similarly, DWP is unable to provide any information on the number of employment and support allowance claimants who call 0843 515 8650
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-06-25.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many jobseeker’s allowance claimants aged 18 to 24 years have home addresses in each region of the UK; and what proportion of all young people in each such region that figure represents.
Mr Nick Hurd
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Adrian Sanders on 2014-06-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the risk register for the universal credit programme.
Esther McVey
In line with standard practice, as the Universal Credit risk register includes details of a sensitive nature the Department will not be putting the risk register into the public domain.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Adrian Sanders on 2014-06-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what reforms his Department plans to make to the Work Programme following the downgrading of the project’s rating from green to amber by the Major Projects Authority.
Esther McVey
The Major Projects Authority has not downgraded the Work Programmes project rating. The rating was amber in 2012/13 and has remained amber in 2013/14.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-06-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for employment and support allowance submitted by people in Preston in 2013 have yet to be determined.
Mike Penning
We have interpreted the question to be for the number of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Incapacity Benefits Reassessments (IBR), Work Capability Assessments (WCA) which are still to be decided in 2013, for Preston Local Authority and this information is shown in the table below.
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ESA WCA assessments still in progress in Preston Local Authority January 2013 to September 2013 |
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New claims – Initial assessments |
200 |
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New claims – Repeat assessments |
100 |
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Incapacity Benefit re-assessments |
– |
Source: Data in the tables above is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by Atos Healthcare.
Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. “-“ denotes nil or fewer than 50.
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