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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the annual operating cost of the Benefits Agency in Newcastle was in the latest year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the annual operating cost of the Benefits Agency in Newcastle was in the latest year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2010, Official Report, column 1313W, on departmental consultants, what the monetary value of contracts was held by (a) her Department and (b) its (i) agencies and (ii) non-departmental public bodies with external recruitment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2010, Official Report, column 1313W, on departmental consultants, what the monetary value of contracts was held by (a) her Department and (b) its (i) agencies and (ii) non-departmental public bodies with external recruitment...
| Spend (£ million) | |||
| Period | DWP and agencies | NDPBs | Total |
| April 2009 to February 2010 (to date) | 10.0 | 2.7 | 12.7 |
| April 2008 to March 2009 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 5.6 |
| April 2007 to March 2008 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 2.8 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what disruption there has been to her Department's (a) Fraud Referral and Intervention Management System, (b) electronic records management and (c) Customer Information System since 22 January 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what disruption there has been to her Department's (a) Fraud Referral and Intervention Management System, (b) electronic records management and (c) Customer Information System since 22 January 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what account Jobcentre Plus took of the legislative provisions on the national minimum wage in advertising a job for an apprentice administrative assistant with Thurrock borough council, reference GRT 57556, for 37 hours a week at a weekly salary of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what account Jobcentre Plus took of the legislative provisions on the national minimum wage in advertising a job for an apprentice administrative assistant with Thurrock borough council, reference GRT 57556, for 37 hours a week at a weekly salary of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many jobs in each employment sector (a) were originally expected to be created by Future Job Fund funding and (b) are expected to be created as a result of successful bids for such funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many jobs in each employment sector (a) were originally expected to be created by Future Job Fund funding and (b) are expected to be created as a result of successful bids for such funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much funding in total has been received under New Deal programmes for (a) young people, (b) 25+, (c) 50+, (d) lone parents, (e) partners and (f) disabled people in Birmingham; and how many people in Birmingham have received assistance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much funding in total has been received under New Deal programmes for (a) young people, (b) 25+, (c) 50+, (d) lone parents, (e) partners and (f) disabled people in Birmingham; and how many people in Birmingham have received assistance...
| Programme funding and New Deal starters in Birmingham and Solihull district | ||
|---|---|---|
| Programme | 2008-09 Outturn (£ million) | 2008-09 Starts |
| New Deal for Young People | 5.004 | 7,150 |
| New Deal for 25 Plus | 1.866 | 2,200 |
| New Deal for Lone Parents | 1.590 | 5,400 |
| New Deal for Partners | — | 0 |
| New Deal for Disabled People | — | 0 |
| Total | 8.461 | 14,800 |
| Notes | ||
| 1. Figures may not sum due to rounding | ||
| 2. The figures only reflect provision costs and spend on in work training grants there is no estimation of the costs of Jobcentre Plus adviser time which is substantial for some programmes. | ||
| 3. New Deal for Young People and New Deal for 25 Plus figures for funding include New Deal for the Self Employed and New Deal for Musicians. | ||
| 4. New Deal for 50 Plus spend and starts are incorporated in the New Deal for 25 Plus figures. | ||
| 5. Funding for the New Deal for Disabled People is not available below national level. This figure is published in the Departmental Report 2009, which is available in the Library. | ||
| 6. Because of the small numbers involved, we do not have reliable data for the starts and spend for the New Deal for Partners in this district. National data are published in the Departmental Report 2009, which is available in the Library. | ||
| 7. Starts figures are rounded to the nearest 50. | ||
| 8. Latest data on starters are from the introduction of the New Deal programmes to August 2009. | ||
| 9. New Deal for Disabled People starters (individuals) data are not available; Job Broker Registrations (individuals) has been used instead. | ||
| 10. Spells (period of time spent on the programme) are not available for New Deal for 50 Plus and New Deal for Partners so individual level data are used instead. Spells data is used for New Deal for Young People, New Deal for 25 Plus and New Deal for Lone Parents. | ||
| Source: | ||
| Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of (a) early and (b) normal entrants to the New Deal for Young People left in order to take up employment in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of (a) early and (b) normal entrants to the New Deal for Young People left in order to take up employment in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
| Leavers from the new deal for young people (early entrants) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Destinations from 2004 up to August 2009 (latest data available) | ||
| Calendar year | Number to employment | Proportion of entrants (percentage) |
| 2004 | 17,000 | 45.6 |
| 2005 | 13,690 | 40.3 |
| 2006 | 11,140 | 36.0 |
| 2007 | 12,030 | 35.8 |
| 2008 | 11,110 | 34.1 |
| 2009¹ | 7,680 | 24.8 |
| Leavers from the new deal for young people (other than early entrants) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Destinations from 2004 up to August 2009 (latest data available)—number | ||
| Calendar year | Number to employment | Proportion of entrants (percentage) |
| 2004 | 53,730 | 40.8 |
| 2005 | 43,830 | 36.7 |
| 2006 | 51,560 | 35.4 |
| 2007 | 57,490 | 35.8 |
| 2008 | 41,920 | 33.1 |
| 2009¹ | 33,360 | 24.8 |
| ¹ The 2009 figures are to August 2009 only, the last month for which figures are available. | ||
| Notes: | ||
| 1. Definitions and conventions: Case load figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages are rounded to one decimal point. | ||
| 2. Those not recorded as leaving the new deal programmes to take up employment include those leaving to benefits, people who have gone abroad, people who have taken up jobs without notifying the jobcentre, or those who have left and not notified Jobcentre Plus of their destination. | ||
| 3. The employment category includes leavers for whom information indicated that they had both a job start and a new benefit claim within two weeks of leaving new deal. | ||
| Source: | ||
| Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 15 March 2010, Official Report, column 605, if she will estimate the savings in unemployment benefits and other benefits from unemployment being 650,000 lower in 2010 than the average predicted by independent forecasts; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 15 March 2010, Official Report, column 605, if she will estimate the savings in unemployment benefits and other benefits from unemployment being 650,000 lower in 2010 than the average predicted by independent forecasts; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average processing time of incapacity benefit applications was in (a) the UK and (b) each of the smallest geographical areas for which figures are available in each quarter of the last five years; and if she will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average processing time of incapacity benefit applications was in (a) the UK and (b) each of the smallest geographical areas for which figures are available in each quarter of the last five years; and if she will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 2 March 2010, Official Report, column 1023W, on departmental internet, what the cost was of the website redesign.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 2 March 2010, Official Report, column 1023W, on departmental internet, what the cost was of the website redesign.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department's most recent monthly summary report on the performance of all welfare-to-work providers against agreed targets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department's most recent monthly summary report on the performance of all welfare-to-work providers against agreed targets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many persons with a national insurance number who are (a) 21 or under and (b) over 21 years old claim all means-tested benefits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many persons with a national insurance number who are (a) 21 or under and (b) over 21 years old claim all means-tested benefits.
| Income support (IS) and income-based jobseeker's allowance (JSA (IB)) claimants by age, Great Britain, August 2009 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | Aged 21 years and under | Aged over 21 years | |
| IS | 1,955,330 | 145,310 | 1,810,010 |
| JSA (IB) | 1,055,700 | 262,000 | 793,700 |
| Notes: | |||
| 1. Figures for JSA (IB) have been uprated using 5 per cent. proportions against 100 per cent. WPLS totals and rounded to the nearest 100. | |||
| 2. Figures for IS are taken from 100 per cent. data and rounded to the nearest 10. | |||
| 3. Totals may not sum due to rounding. | |||
| 4. JSA (IB) benefit type: The benefit type is defined as pay status at the case load date—this may differ to the status at the start or end of the claim. | |||
| 5. JSA (IB) includes a small number of claimants with both contributory-based and income-based entitlement. | |||
| Source: | |||
| DWP Information Directorate Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS) Information Directorate, 100 per cent., 5 per cent. samples. |
| Employment and support allowance (income-based) claimants by age, Great Britain, August 2009 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | Aged 21 years and under | Aged over 21 years | |
| Number | 190,380 | 29,840 | 160,540 |
| Notes: | |||
| 1. Case load figures are rounded to the nearest 10; some additional disclosure control has also been applied. | |||
| 2. Totals may not sum due to rounding. | |||
| 3. Employment and support allowance (ESA) replaced incapacity benefit and income support paid on the grounds of incapacity for new claims from 27 October 2008. | |||
| 4. ESA, income-based benefit type: The benefit type is defined as pay status at the case load date—this may differ to the status at the start or end of the claim. | |||
| 5. Income-based ESA includes a small number of claimants with both contributory-based and income-based entitlement. | |||
| Source: | |||
| DWP Information Directorate Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS). |
| Pension credit claimants, Great Britain, August 2009 | |
|---|---|
| Number | |
| Total | 2,737,290 |
| Notes: | |
| 1. Case load figures are rounded to the nearest 10; some additional disclosure control has also been applied. | |
| 2. Pension credit was introduced on 6 October 2003 and replaced minimum income guarantee (income support for people aged 60 or over). The vast majority of people who were previously in receipt of the minimum income guarantee transferred to pension credit in October 2003. These pension credit statistics are produced on a different basis to the early estimates. The latter are more timely but operational processing times mean that a number of claim commencements and terminations are not reflected in them. | |
| 3. This data represents all claimants as this benefit is not paid to anyone aged under 60. | |
| Source: | |
| DWP Information Directorate Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS). |
| Housing benefit and council tax benefit claimants by age, Great Britain, November 2009 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | Aged 21 years and under | Aged over 21 years | |
| Housing benefit | 4,579,180 | 184,370 | 4,394,520 |
| Council tax benefit | 5,600,830 | 137,200 | 5,463,300 |
| Notes: | |||
| 1. The figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. | |||
| 2. Totals may not sum due to rounding. | |||
| 3. The data refers to benefit units, which may be a single person or a couple. | |||
| 4. Council tax benefit figures exclude any single adult rebate cases. | |||
| 5. SHBE is a monthly electronic scan of claimant level data direct from local authority computer systems. It replaces quarterly aggregate clerical returns. The data is available monthly from November 2008 and November 2009 is the most recent available. | |||
| 6. There will be overlaps in data between housing benefit (HB) and council tax benefit (CTB) and between HB/CTB and the other benefits shown in the preceding tables. | |||
| Source: | |||
| Single Housing Benefit Extract (SHBE). |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much her Department spent on external website design consultants in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much her Department spent on external website design consultants in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
| Website | Cost (£000) | |
| 2009 | DWP Corporate | 112 |
| 2008 | Office for Disability Issues | 98 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many complaints her Department received regarding difficulties using its website in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many complaints her Department received regarding difficulties using its website in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will issue guidance on her Department's policy on the relocation offshore of departmental jobs to companies bidding for contracts let by her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will issue guidance on her Department's policy on the relocation offshore of departmental jobs to companies bidding for contracts let by her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether service level agreements between Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services and her Department have been breached since 22 January 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether service level agreements between Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services and her Department have been breached since 22 January 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have been claiming (a) an out of work benefit and (b) a combination of different out of work benefits continuously since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have been claiming (a) an out of work benefit and (b) a combination of different out of work benefits continuously since 1997.
| Number claiming jobseeker's allowance, incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance, or income support for 12 years and over, as at August 2009 | |
|---|---|
| Number | |
| Jobseeker | 370 |
| Incapacity benefits | 661,190 |
| All other income support | 77,070 |
| Notes: | |
| 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. | |
| 2. Benefits are arranged hierarchically and claimants are assigned to the topmost benefit which they receive. | |
| 3. For this analysis the claim start date has been used. | |
| 4. Job seeker—claimant of job seeker's allowance. | |
| 5. Incapacity benefits—claimant of either incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance. | |
| 6. Income support—claimants of income support not included in the incapacity benefits figure. | |
| Source: | |
| DWP Information Directorate: Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study |
(2) what change there has been in the number of jobs to be created by successful bidders for Future Jobs Fund funding compared to the number of jobs contained in those bidders' original bids.
(2) what change there has been in the number of jobs to be created by successful bidders for Future Jobs Fund funding compared to the number of jobs contained in those bidders' original bids.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many successful bidders for Future Jobs Fund funding have (a) reduced the number of jobs to be created from the number of the original bid and (b) withdrawn from the scheme;
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many successful bidders for Future Jobs Fund funding have (a) reduced the number of jobs to be created from the number of the original bid and (b) withdrawn from the scheme;
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when she plans to answer question (a) 302791, on the Social Security Advisory Committee, tabled on 25 November 2009, (b) 307546 on parliamentary questions, tabled on 10 December 2009, (c) 314731, on employment and support allowance, tabled on 27 January...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when she plans to answer question (a) 302791, on the Social Security Advisory Committee, tabled on 25 November 2009, (b) 307546 on parliamentary questions, tabled on 10 December 2009, (c) 314731, on employment and support allowance, tabled on 27 January...