Tag: Frank Field

  • Frank Field – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Frank Field – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2014-06-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) computers, (b) job-search stations and (c) telephones were available for jobseekers to use in Jobcentre Plus offices in the United Kingdom in each financial year since 2008-09; and whether these will be available in every Jobcentre Plus in 2015-16.

    Esther McVey

    We are changing the way we provide our service, moving from a telephone and Jobpoint based service to one which is making use of the latest technologies.From now until the end of October, we will be installing WIFI and new Web Access Devices across the Jobcentre network. This will enable claimants to access Universal Jobmatch and other job sites, as well as allowing them to apply directly for vacancies that they find.

    Equipment Available for Jobseekers to use in Jobcentres in Great Britain* from 2008 to 2016

    a) Computers

    b) Jobsearch stations (Jobpoints)

    c) telephones (Customer Access Phones)

    2008-09

    0

    6860

    3790

    2009-10

    0

    6967

    3790

    2010-11

    0

    6933

    3790

    2011-12

    0

    6647

    3790

    2012-13

    2176

    6079

    3730

    2013-14

    2411

    6079

    2384

    2014-15

    8307

    0

    0**

    2015-16***

    8307

    0

    0**

    All figures are as of financial year end

    *Figures for Northern Ireland not available.

    **Assisted service available to vulnerable claimants who are unable to access DWP services without our help. The Assisted Service is face-to-face and includes use of a telephone for claimants who need support to resolve their enquiry. Support is tailored to the individual’s needs.

    ***Estimated figures

    The figures for 2013-14 were provided by Operations to the Digital Jobcentre Project as part of an audit undertaken at the start of the Project and have not been properly checked and verified.

  • Frank Field – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Frank Field – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2014-06-18.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many decisions on applications for personal independence payments from individuals diagnosed with a terminal illness were made in each of the three months to June 2014.

    Mike Penning

    I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the Written Answer I gave him on 18 June, Official Report, column 629W. Information on clearance times is not currently available. Statistics on clearance times are intended for future publication.

  • Frank Field – 2020 Comments on Jeremy Corbyn’s Suspension from the Labour Party

    Frank Field – 2020 Comments on Jeremy Corbyn’s Suspension from the Labour Party

    The comments made by Frank Field, the former Labour MP for Birkenhead, on 29 October 2020.

    Corbyn had me expelled from the Labour Party for objecting to thuggery and anti-Semitism. Now he knows what it’s like to have the party machine which one’s contributed to for decades to sling one out.