Tag: Stephen Timms

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-03-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proposals he has to tackle worklessness among social housing tenants.

Esther McVey

Jobcentre Plus provides personalised support to help all unemployed people, including social housing tenants, into work. If claimants are at risk of long term unemployment, they are referred to tailored help offered by the Work Programme.

Where Jobcentre Plus District Managers identify gaps in skills or other provision they have discretion to work with partner organisations, like social landlords, to support the provision of extra help to meet particular needs.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-04-03.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people with (a) two, (b) three, (c) four and (d) five or more jobs; and how many of such people’s total earnings do not meet the lower earnings threshold.

Mr David Gauke

Estimates of the number of (a) people and (b) women who work in more than one job but do not pay national insurance, even though their total earnings are above the lower earnings threshold; and, of those, how many are women, are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-pension-coverage-lower-earnings-limit-and-multiple-jobs

The rest of the information requested is not available.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-04-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 66W, on the Work Programme, how many of the organisations listed with sub-contracts as at 30 September 2013 had received no referrals in the previous years.

Esther McVey

The Department does not hold the information requested.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-03-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current status is of the Border Systems Programme (BSP); what the timescale is for tendering and choosing suppliers; and when the BSP is expected to be developed and rolled out.

James Brokenshire

The e-Borders programme has been incorporated within the Border Systems’ scope
of work. Border Systems now assumes responsibility for the Warnings Index and
the wider Border Force portfolio of technology projects. Border Systems will
build on the foundations of the e-Borders programme, strengthening even further
our border security.

The procurement approach to replacing the primary border security elements of
the Border Systems Programme will reflect broader Government ICT and Commercial
strategy, and there will be no single, large supplier. The Home Office will
lead development, with services procured from a range of providers, potentially
including small and medium enterprises.

By March 2015 the Border Systems Programme aims to:

• Complete resilience of all current business critical systems;
• Develop replacement primary border security systems;
• Provide additional capability to support commitments on exit checks;
• Establish a programme for the next generation of Radiological and Nuclear
detection (Cyclamen);
• Continue the implementation of second generation e-Gates across the estate;
• Develop and implement new freight targeting capability for Sea Containers;
• Establish contracts to purchase new detection equipment;
• Continue to assure live operations of existing systems.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-03-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people and what proportion of the working population have been in receipt of incapacity benefit or employment and support allowance for over (a) two years, (b) five years and (c) 10 years in each region of England.

Esther McVey

The information requested is shown in the tables below.

Incapacity Benefit/Severe Disablement Allowance (IB/SDA) claimants in each Region in England by duration of claim and as a percentage of the working age population – as at August 2013

Region	All cases	%	Duration of 2 to 5 years	%	Duration of 5 to 10 years	%	Duration of over 10 years	%
North East	29,950	1.9	1,820	0.1	6,380	0.4	21,500	1.4
North West	77,400	1.8	3,250	0.1	17,650	0.4	55,980	1.3
Yorkshire and The Humber	47,770	1.5	1,980	0.1	10,700	0.3	34,760	1.1
East Midlands	39,600	1.4	1,370	–	9,020	0.3	28,820	1.0
West Midlands	55,560	1.6	2,130	0.1	13,770	0.4	39,260	1.2
East of England	45,960	1.3	1,730	–	12,710	0.4	31,030	0.9
London	87,890	1.6	4,420	0.1	26,990	0.5	55,570	1.0
South East	60,710	1.2	2,250	–	15,570	0.3	42,410	0.8
South West	51,240	1.6	1,960	0.1	13,200	0.4	35,620	1.1

Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants in each Region in England by duration of claim and as a percentage of the working age population – as at August 2013

Region	All	%	Duration of up to 5 years	%
North East	102,540	6.5	16,010	1.0
North West	284,580	6.6	49,000	1.1
Yorkshire and The Humber	170,050	5.2	29,980	0.9
East Midlands	130,210	4.7	23,430	0.8
West Midlands	166,670	4.9	30,220	0.9
East of England	133,560	3.8	26,410	0.7
London	227,650	4.1	48,070	0.9
South East	185,150	3.5	36,240	0.7
South West	135,980	4.3	26,390	0.8

Source: DWP IGS 100% WPLS and ONS Mid-2012 Population Estimates

Notes:

1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages are shown rounded to one decimal place. “ – “ denotes nil or negligible.
2. Working age population figures are defined as males aged 16-64 and females aged 16-59.
3. Incapacity Benefit was replaced by Employment Support Allowance (ESA) for new claims from October 2008.
4. Incapacity Benefit/Severe Disablement Allowance figures will include some people receiving National Insurance credits only.
5. The caseload data provided for IB/SDA and ESA is published and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-04-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on the Jobcentre Plus rapid response service in each year since 2003-04.

Esther McVey

Information requested can only be provided in part due to 7 year archive period for financials data.

Spend on Rapid Response Service has therefore been:

Period £

2007-08 579,853

2008-09 851,954

2009-10 9,963,293

2010-11 6,472,119

2011-12 3,432,793

2012-13 4,020,041