Tag: Stephen Timms

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2015-01-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his strategy for testing approaches to universal credit in work conditionality includes testing of a requirement to leave one job and start another in order to increase pay; and if he will make a statement.

Esther McVey

Each claimant will discuss their personal circumstances with a Work Coach and requirements will be personalised to take account of a claimant’s individual capability and circumstances. In some circumstances it may be reasonable to expect a claimant to apply for and take up new employment which will enable them to increase their earnings.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2015-02-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what criteria his Department compiled the list of people and organisations to whom his Department’s consultation, Universal Credit data sharing between his Department and local support providers, published on 10 December 2014, was initially sent.

Mr Mark Harper

This was an open consultation hosted on GOV.UK, to which anyone, individual or organisation could respond. DWP also sent it to organisations with whom we have been working to develop proposals for local support.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-06-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants have become ineligible for the benefit as a consequence of increased income since October 2013.

Esther McVey

The information requested is not currently available.

The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit (UC) in September 2013 which can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2015-01-13.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s guidance on delivering public value from spending proposals, under what circumstances procuring a system precedes completion of the full business case.

Danny Alexander

As set out in HM Treasury’s “The Green Book — appraisal and evaluation in Central Government”, all new policies, programmes and projects should be subject to comprehensive but proportionate assessment, where it is practicable, so as best to promote the public interest. The nature of this assessment will vary according to the nature of the proposal, and is likely to be influenced by factors such as the scale and complexity of the proposed procurement.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-07-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people for whom Youth Contract wage incentives have been paid since April 2012 have been (a) male, (b) female, (c) disabled and (d) Black and minority ethnic.

Esther McVey

The information is not available.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 345W, on employment and support allowance (ESA), how many work programme job outcome payments there were in each ESA prognosis customer group in Great Britain between 1 June 2011 and 31 December 2013.

Esther McVey

The information held in respect of job outcomes by Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) prognosis group, is given in the table below:

Number of Work Programme Job Outcomes by ESA prognosis Customer Groups, Great Britain: 1 June 2011 – 31 December 2013:

ESA Prognosis Customer Group	Job Outcomes
All ESA WRAG	11,900
ESA (c) WRAG Mandatory	810
ESA (c) WRAG Voluntary	240
ESA (IR) WRAG 12Mth Mandatory	1,060
ESA (IR) WRAG 12Mth Voluntary	170
ESA (IR) WRAG 3/6Mth Stock	370
ESA (IR) WRAG 3/6 Mth Mandatory	7,750
ESA (IR) WRAG 3/6 Mth Voluntary	120
ESA (IR) WRAG 3/6 Mth Mandatory ExIB	560
ESA (IR) WRAG 3/6 Mth Voluntary ExIB	20
ESA Mandatory (IR) WRAG 12m	650
ESA (IR) WRAG 12m Mandatory EXIB	140
ESA Credit Only	40
ESA (IR) Support Group	50
ESA (c) Support Group	20
ESA (IR) Support Group ExIB	10
ESA (c) Support Group ExIB	20

In addition to the 296,000 jobseekers where the Work Programme provider has claimed a Job Outcome payment, there are a further 26,000 people who we have identified, who have spent at least six months in work (or three for the hardest to help), but where the provider has not claimed a Job Outcome.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2015-01-13.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has made to the European Court of Justice in response to its consideration of the VAT treatment of bitcoin transactions; and if he will make a statement.

Mr David Gauke

No representations have been made to the EU Court of Justice regarding the VAT treatment of Bitcoin transactions.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-07-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus workclub schemes are in operation; and how many such clubs were established in each year since 2010.

Esther McVey

The information is not available.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people currently claiming jobseeker’s allowance are aged (a) 16, (b) 17, (c) 18, (d) 19, (e) 20, (f) 21, (g) 22, (h) 23, (i) 24 and (j) 25 years.

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 Stephen Timms on 2015-02-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons his Department and the Skills Funding Agency have not agreed a data sharing protocol with the Work Programme contractors delivering the Skills Support for Work Programme participants in employment project in partnership with Newham College of Further Education.

Esther McVey

The department has established an information sharing protocol enabling relevant data to be shared by Work Programme providers with all Skills Support for Work Programme providers. This involves providers first obtaining the participants’ consent, so their information can be shared.