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 were also affected by the benefit cap in 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 branches of Jobcentre Plus employed at least one full-time equivalent (a) disability employment adviser and (b) income support adviser in each of the last five years.
Priti Patel
We are committed to doing all we can to ensure all those who can work into employment, including claimants of all backgrounds, lone parents and disabled people.
As part of our continuous improvement, we are rolling out the use of Work Coaches across Jobcentre Plus who are trained in all areas. This means that a claimant remains with the same adviser (Work Coach) regardless of their journey within the benefit system. As a result, the need for some specific advisers is reducing.
The number of Jobcentre Plus branches employing at least one full-time equivalent Disability Employment Adviser and Income Support Adviser in each of the last five years is in the table below.
|
Year |
Number of Jobcentres Employing at least One Full-Time Equivalent Disability Employment Advisor |
Number of Jobcentres Employing at least One Full-Time Equivalent Income Support Adviser |
|
2011/12 |
226 |
474 |
|
2012/13 |
190 |
384 |
|
2013//14 |
145 |
357 |
|
2014/15 |
118 |
443 |
|
2015/16 (part year) |
90 |
441 |
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 income support advisers were employed by Jobcentre Plus in each of the last five years.
Priti Patel
The number of Income Support Advisers that were employed by Jobcentre Plus in each of the last five years is in the table.
|
Period/Year |
Number of Income Support Advisors that were employed by Jobcentre Plus |
|
2011/12 |
1,305 |
|
2012/13 |
1,088 |
|
2013//14 |
983 |
|
2014/15 |
1,172 |
|
2015/16 (part year only) |
1,209 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-10-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Government plans to respond to the fourth Report of the Work and Pensions Committee of Session 2013-14, Support for housing costs in the reformed welfare system, HC 479.
Justin Tomlinson
Following the General Election the Work and Pensions Select Committee has a new membership and a new Chair. The treatment of any inquiries conducted by the Committee during the last Parliament is a matter for the new Committee to consider.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-10-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which employers who have provided work placements for participants in (a) help to work and (b) mandatory work activity since the start of programme in question.
Priti Patel
The Department does not disclose details of organisations who have provided work experience placements for participants in Help to Work and Mandatory Work Activity.
Contracted providers source work placements for individuals referred to Help to Work Community Work Placements and Mandatory Work Activity. The names of the contracted providers are published on Gov.uk.
Mandatory Work Activity contracted providers:
https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/166545/
Help to Work contracted providers:
https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/search/?q=Community+Work+Placements
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-10-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Government plans to respond to the fifth Report of the Work and Pensions Committee of Session 2014-15, Benefit sanctions policy beyond the Oakley review, HC 814.
Priti Patel
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 2 July 2015 to Question 3938
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-10-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish equality impact assessments for the proposals in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill.
Priti Patel
The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July. These are available on the Parliament website.
http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/welfarereformandwork/documents.html
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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, 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.