Tag: Emily Thornberry

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-11-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of universal credit lost their entire entitlement as a result of (a) taking up paid work and (b) increasing the number of hours they worked in the most recent month for which figures are available.

Priti Patel

The information you have requested is not currently available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit (UC) in September 2013. As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently quality assuring data for UC therefore it is not yet possible to give a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future. These statistics however will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for official statistics.

The latest official experimental statistics on UC and the Departments release strategy can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-11-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of claims for (a) support for mortgage interest and (b) housing benefit was in each of the last five years.

Justin Tomlinson

The information requested regarding the average length of claims for support for mortgage interest and housing benefit in each of the last five years is not available.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-11-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of sanctions on employment outcomes for people with disabilities.

Priti Patel

Claimants are only asked to meet reasonable requirements taking into account their circumstances and capability, including mental health conditions, disability and caring responsibilities.

International evidence is clear that benefit systems supported by conditionality are effective at moving people into work.

Sanctions encourage claimants to comply with reasonable requirements. These requirements are developed and agreed by claimants with their Work Coach to help them move into/prepare for work. Evidence shows that sanctions have a positive impact on behaviour – over 70% of JSA and over 60% of ESA claimants say that sanctions make it more likely they will follow the rules.

The Department has not undertaken a specific assessment of the effects sanctions have on the employment outcomes of people with disabilities

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-11-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people referred to the Work Programme since 2011 who had no classable qualifications at the time of their referral achieved a job outcome at any stage during their time on the Work Programme.

Priti Patel

The information requested, in the above three questions, is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-11-18.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers were identified as being paid less than the national minimum wage in each of the last five years; how many and what proportion of such employers were issued with a formal notice of underpayment; how many and what proportion of those employers issued with such a formal notice (a) paid arrears in full on receipt of that notice and (b) were pursued by HM Revenue and Customs in the civil courts.

Mr David Gauke

In 2014/15, HM Revenue and Customs identified 735 incidences of non-compliance and issued penalties of £934,660. They recovered arrears for 26,318 workers.

I refer the honourable member to the answer provided at UIN 218083 for numbers of workers for the previous years, to the answer provided to her on 6 May 2014 at Hansard Column 110W for information on arrears, and to the answer provided to her at UIN 205613 with regard to penalties.

I further refer the honourable member to the answer provided at UIN 211605 for information on recovery of arrears.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-12-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of lone parents in receipt of (a) jobseeker’s allowance and (b) income support moved into work after successfully applying for a vacancy advertised on Universal Jobmatch in the most recent month for which figures are available.

Priti Patel

The information requested is not available.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-12-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2015 to Question 17164, which employers have been sub-contracted to deliver community work placements by each of those prime providers.

Priti Patel

Prime Providers may use subcontractors to help source Community Work Placements. The current Community Work Placement sub-contractors working for prime providers are as follows:

G4S Regional Management (UK&I) Limited: CPA2 – East Midlands

Acorn Training

Acorn Training Consultants

Babington

Framework Housing

Learn Direct

Work Pays

Cygnus Consulting Limited

JJ Training (UK) Limited

G4S Regional Management (UK&I) Limited: CPA3 – London West

ATN

Cygnus Consulting Limited

Urban Futures

Ixion

Pinnacle People

G4S Regional Management (UK&I) Limited: CPA4 – London East

ATN

Ixion

Faith Regen

Resources Plus (Bexley)

Urban Futures

Pinnacle People

Advanced Personnel Management Group (UK) Limited: CPA5 – North East

Acumen

DISC

Escape Family Support

Groundwork North East and Cumbria

Groundwork South Tyneside and Newcastle

Sunderland North Community Business Centre

Tyne Metropolitan College

Training and Advice Services Ltd

G4S Regional Management (UK&I) Limited: CPA6 – North West

Bootstrap

The Work Company

Learn Direct

Groundwork

Learndirect Limited: CPA8 – Scotland

Aberdeen Foyer

Argyll & Bute Council

Argyll Training

CEIS Ayrshire

Dundee & Angus College

Fife College

Midlothian Council

Ironworks

Pulteneytown Peoples Project

Lifeskills Central Limited

Connect Community Trust

G4S Regional Management (UK&I) Limited: CPA9 – South East

Learn Direct

PCMI

Cygnus Consulting Limited

Working Links (Employment) Limited: CPA13 – Wales

Groundwork

ACT Learnabout

Bethany Training

Tai Calon

Grow Enterprise Wales (RCT Homes)

North Wales Training

Newport City Council

Cornelly and District Development Trust

Whitehead Ross

Crest Cooperative

Melin Homes

Advanced Personnel Management Group (UK) Limited: CPA15 – West Midlands

Sarina Russo Job Action

Shropshire Council

Stoke College

Stoke Council

Interserve Working Futures Limited: CPA16 – Yorkshire and the Humber

Halifax Opportunities Trust

Aim 2 Learn

Interserve Working Futures Limited: CPA17 – Yorkshire and the Humber

Groundwork Sheffield

Phoenix Enterprises

G4S Regional Management (UK&I) Limited: CPA18 – Yorkshire and the Humber

Pinnacle People

JJ Training

Work Company

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-12-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations that have charged rents in excess of local housing allowance rates in each of the last six years.

Justin Tomlinson

The information requested can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-12-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of his Department’s employees were paid (a) at the national minimum wage and (b) above the national minimum wage but below the voluntary living wage in each of the last five years.

Justin Tomlinson

DWP has paid its employees above the National Minimum Wage throughout the last five years.

DWP has paid its employees above the voluntary living wage with the following exceptions:

– A short period from October 2013 to June 2014, following the October 2013 uprating of the voluntary living wage rate. During that time 229 (less than 0.3%) DWP employees earned 1p per hour below the figure.

– From November 2015 when the voluntary living wage rate was increased by 5.1%. Currently 1,145 (1.4%) employees earn between 4-21p less per hour than the uprated voluntary living wage figure.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-12-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is provided to case managers employed by the Fit for Work service.

Justin Tomlinson

Case managers receive comprehensive training relevant to the duties they are required to deliver through the Fit for Work service. Health professionals have supervision from experienced professionals from whom they can seek advice. Fit for Work has in place a clinical governance framework to provide oversight of all aspects of clinical service delivery. Fit for Work also ensures health professionals participate in a programme of continuing professional development.

Continuous training and development occurs on a one to one basis as part of quality assurance.