Tag: Emily Thornberry

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department’s press release Hancock: Every young person should be earning or learning from April 2017, published 17 August 2015, (a) what the evidential basis is for the effectiveness of each of the proposals of the Earn or Learn taskforce referred to in that press notice; (b) what he plans the criteria for referral to the three-week programme referred to in that press notice to be; (c) by what measures the success of that programme will be assessed; (d) when he plans for contracts for that programme to be put out to tender; (e) if he will launch a consultation on the design of such contracts; (f) what additional funding he plans to make available for skills training for programme participants lacking basic qualifications; (g) how much his Department has set aside to fund that programme; and (h) whether he plans for funding for skills training to be ring-fenced within the overall grant made to providers.

Priti Patel

The Youth Obligationfor 18-21 year olds includes a 3 week intensive activity programme at the start of the claim to Universal Credit. The detailed policy design is still under development.

All spending decisions on skills training for 2016-17 and beyond will be taken as part of the Spending Review, which is due to be concluded in November.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of its total budget each local authority Adult Social Services department in England spent on employment support services in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Mr Marcus Jones

Information on expenditure by local authorities in England on employment support services is not held centrally.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-10-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2015 to Question 228756, when his Department plans to publish statistics on the performance of the Help to Work scheme.

Priti Patel

Statistics on Help to Work will be published on 22nd October 2015.

The first release covers the number of referrals to each of the three interventions in the Help to Work programme and starts to the Community Work Placement element of Help to Work. The statistics can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/help-to-work-quarterly-statistics

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-10-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were affected by the benefit cap between May 2015 and August 2015 normally carried out paid work between one hour and 16 hours per week during this period.

Justin Tomlinson

The information requested is not available.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-10-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have been affected by the benefit cap at any point since September 2013, and are no longer affected, started a claim for working tax credit after becoming self-employed.

Justin Tomlinson

The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-10-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have been affected by the benefit cap at any point since September 2013, and are no longer affected, are in receipt of (a) disability living allowance, (b) personal independence payment and (c) the support component of employment support allowance.

Justin Tomlinson

The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-10-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were affected by the benefit cap in August 2015 have been affected by the benefit cap at any point since September 2013.

Justin Tomlinson

Benefit cap statistics for the period to August 2015 have been pre-announced for publication on 5th November 2015.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-10-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people claiming (a) jobseeker’s allowance, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) income support who were sanctioned in the last 12 months moved into work within one month of being sanctioned.

Priti Patel

The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-10-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people claiming income support (a) are pregnant and (b) gave birth within the last 15 weeks.

Priti Patel

The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-10-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people claiming income support work between one and 16 hours per week.

Priti Patel

The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.