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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to page 92 of the pre-Budget report (1) how much money his Department accrued in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion each year's contribution made to the stock of money not spent in earlier years;
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to page 92 of the pre-Budget report (1) how much money his Department accrued in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion each year's contribution made to the stock of money not spent in earlier years;
(2) how much money was in his Department's stock of money not spent in earlier years, in each of the last six months.
(2) how much money was in his Department's stock of money not spent in earlier years, in each of the last six months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were receiving income support mortgage interest payments in each month in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were receiving income support mortgage interest payments in each month in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average payment was to people receiving income support mortgage interest payments in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average payment was to people receiving income support mortgage interest payments in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are receiving income support for mortgage interest payments; and how many received such payments in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are receiving income support for mortgage interest payments; and how many received such payments in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what changes have been made to (a) the conditions for claiming income support for mortgage interest payments and (b) the levels of income support mortgage interest payments since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what changes have been made to (a) the conditions for claiming income support for mortgage interest payments and (b) the levels of income support mortgage interest payments since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the rules are for eligibility for income support mortgage interest payments; and what changes to those rules the Government plans to introduce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the rules are for eligibility for income support mortgage interest payments; and what changes to those rules the Government plans to introduce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people claiming jobseeker's allowance have been claiming support for mortgage interest payments for two years or more.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people claiming jobseeker's allowance have been claiming support for mortgage interest payments for two years or more.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have been claiming support for mortgage interest payments for (a) less than six months, (b) between six months and one year, (c) between one and two years and (d) two or more years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have been claiming support for mortgage interest payments for (a) less than six months, (b) between six months and one year, (c) between one and two years and (d) two or more years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the two year time limit on claims for income support for mortgage interest for jobseeker's allowance claimants will apply to new claimants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the two year time limit on claims for income support for mortgage interest for jobseeker's allowance claimants will apply to new claimants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which (a) external and (b) internal programmes of his Department and its agencies cost between £1 million and £50 million; and what the (i) purpose and (ii) expected completion date of each is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which (a) external and (b) internal programmes of his Department and its agencies cost between £1 million and £50 million; and what the (i) purpose and (ii) expected completion date of each is.
| Project | (i) Purpose | (ii) Expected completion date |
| Document Repository Service¹ | This project seeks to support the Department's modernisation programmes through the provision of a document repository to store digitised images of documents received from customers (letters, faxes, e-mails etc.), cutting down paper in the organisation | March 2009 |
| On Time Solution | Provide a range of improved information services to DWP businesses, including improved quicker management information, fraud and error intervention and analysis | March 2011 |
| Provider Referrals and Payment Project | Deploy an IT system to automate and e-enable transactions between Jobcentre Plus and training providers | June 2010 |
| Local Services Integration Programme | To provide local services with an IT solution that supports the end to end process | December 2011 |
| Government Connect | To roll out a secure data network connecting Government and local authorities, including secure file transfer, e-mail and web-browser capability | March 2011 |
| Method of Payment Reform | MPRP will develop modern, electronic, secure and efficient methods of payments for customers who require payment by an alternate means other than direct payment to bank accounts. | March 2011 |
| Tell Us Once | TUO is a major cross Government initiative, led by DWP, to transform the way in which people can tell Government (central and local) about changes to their circumstances | April 2009 |
| Data Centre Strategy | The project is addressing the ongoing continued threat of business service continuity at Washington Data Centre with a replacement strategy to be complete by the end of 2010 | 2010 |
| Lone Parent Obligations | LPO is part of welfare reform and intends increasing the lone parent employment rate. Currently lone parents are not required to seek employment until their youngest child reaches 16. Under new proposals to be phased in (starting with youngest child aged 12), lone parents will no longer be entitled to income support solely for being a lone parent if their youngest child is above seven. In the last year before entitlement ceases, work-focused interviews will take place to encourage lone parents to take up training opportunities, leading to employment | February 2011 |
| Provider Led Pathways to Work (PL Pathways) | Central to the welfare reform agenda, this project will contract the private and voluntary sector to provide additional help and support for all but the most severely ill or disabled incapacity benefit customers gaining employment. Additional help will be provided through additional mandatory monthly work-focused interviews and tailored, job-focused support, including help to manage customer's health condition, especially in relation to work | April 2008 |
| Jobseekers Regime and Flexible New Deal | This programme will replace and streamline the current new deal programmes and will concentrate on tackling the challenging problems of those who remain unemployed despite a strong economy and historically low unemployment. The programme will include provision of obtaining skills and mandatory work experience for customers | October 2010 |
| Periodicity and Payday | This project forms part of the Working Age (WA) Benefit Simplification Programme to align and extend payment periods for all WA benefits on an incremental basis so that they would over time be paid on a fortnightly basis, wholly in arrears. A single payday will be assigned to each individual, regardless of the benefits they receive | July 2009 |
| ¹ Document Repository System: The date shown for the expected completion date (March 2009) is the End Project Review (EPR) date. A completion date of November 2008 has been previously quoted; this refers to the 1st ““Go Live Date”” which was delivered to the original planned deadline. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of the headcount reduction in his Department in each year since 2004 were (a) redeployed within his Department including its business units, (b) redeployed elsewhere within the Civil Service, including the names of the destination...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of the headcount reduction in his Department in each year since 2004 were (a) redeployed within his Department including its business units, (b) redeployed elsewhere within the Civil Service, including the names of the destination...
| Surplus staff redeployed within DWP | Proportion of reduction in staffing (percentage) | Surplus staff who transferred to other Departments | Proportion of reduction in staffing (percentage) | |
| 2004-05 | Information not held. | n/a | Information not held | n/a |
| 2005-06 | 1,896 | 30 | 254 | 4 |
| 2006-07 | 2,830 | 45 | 147 | 2 |
| 2007-08 | 1,881 | 30 | 182 | 3 |
| Total | 6,607 | 35 | 583 | 3 |
| Note: | ||||
| Proportions are approximate as headcount reductions were measured on a full-time equivalent basis and surplus/redeployments on an individual member of staff basis. |
| Staff transferring to other Government Department | Proportion of reduction in staffing(percentage) | |
| 2004-05 | 1,128 | 11 |
| 2005-06 | 826 | 13 |
| 2006-07 | 618 | 10 |
| 2007-08 | 700 | 11 |
| Total | 3,272 | 11 |
| Note: | ||
| Proportions are approximate as headcount reductions were measured on a full-time equivalent basis and surplus-redeployments on an individual member of staff member. |
| Department | Number of staff transferring from DWP |
| Home Office | 435 |
| Ministry of Justice | 137 |
| Department for Transport | 116 |
| Ministry of Defence | 68 |
| Department for Trade and Industry | 64 |
| Scottish Executive | 64 |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 62 |
| HM Revenue and Customs | 55 |
| Department of Health | 39 |
| HM Treasury and Treasury Solicitor | 36 |
| Department for Education and Skills | 34 |
| HM Land Registry | 31 |
| Crown Prosecution Service | 27 |
| Department for Communities and Local Government | 21 |
| Cabinet Office | 20 |
| Health and Safety Executive | 10 |
| Others | 75 |
| Total | 1,294 |
| Note. | |
| Departmental names shown as at the time staff member transferred. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the initial traffic light status of each project in his Department and its agencies which has been the subject of a gateway review was.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the initial traffic light status of each project in his Department and its agencies which has been the subject of a gateway review was.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the proportion of support group employment and support allowance claims which last for (a) less than three months, (b) between three months and one year, (c) between one and two years, (d) between two...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the proportion of support group employment and support allowance claims which last for (a) less than three months, (b) between three months and one year, (c) between one and two years, (d) between two...
| Estimated proportion of employment and support allowance support group claimants remaining on benefit after a particular period of time | |
|---|---|
| Percentage | |
| Up to 13 weeks | 99.8 |
| Up to 6 months | 98.4 |
| Up to 12 months | 92.5 |
| Up to 24 months | 80.7 |
| Up to 30 months | 78.8 |
| 30 months+ | 76.4 |
| Notes: | |
| 1. Employment and support allowance was introduced on 27 October 2008 and replaces incapacity benefit and income support on the grounds of sickness or disability for new claimants. | |
| 2. Estimates do not take into account new or planned policies where evidence is more limited. | |
| 3. Estimates are based on the latest available data and are subject to revision as new data becomes available. | |
| 4. Estimates relate to employment and support allowance support group awards for adults of working-age. | |
| 5. Estimates are extrapolated from the historic administrative data on survival of the most severely disabled on incapacity benefits. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the proportion of main phase employment and support allowance claims which last for (a) less than 13 weeks, (b) between 13 and 28 weeks, (c) between 28 weeks and one year, (d) between one...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the proportion of main phase employment and support allowance claims which last for (a) less than 13 weeks, (b) between 13 and 28 weeks, (c) between 28 weeks and one year, (d) between one...
| Estimated proportions of employment and support allowance claimants remaining on benefit after a particular period of time | |
|---|---|
| Claimants remaining on benefit (percentage) | |
| Up to 13 weeks | 61.3 |
| Up to 6 months | 49.4 |
| Up to 12 months | 33.3 |
| Up to 24 months | 28.0 |
| Up to 30 months | 26.0 |
| 30 months + | 25.2 |
| Notes: | |
| 1. Employment and support allowance was introduced on 27 October 2008 and replaced incapacity benefit and income support on the grounds of sickness or disability for new claimants. | |
| 2. Estimates do not take into account new or planned policies where evidence is more limited. | |
| 3. Estimates are based on the latest available data and are subject to revision as new data become available. | |
| 4. Estimates relate to all employment and support allowance awards for adults of working-age. | |
| 5. Estimates are extrapolated from the historic incapacity benefits data from the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study with adjustments made to allow for the impact of Pathways to Work and employment and support allowance. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people began a claim for (a) incapacity benefit and (b) disability living allowance in each of the last 12 months, broken down by category of incapacity;
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people began a claim for (a) incapacity benefit and (b) disability living allowance in each of the last 12 months, broken down by category of incapacity;
(2) how many people began to claim disability living allowance in each of the last 60 months, broken down by disability.
(2) how many people began to claim disability living allowance in each of the last 60 months, broken down by disability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of non-means tested awards of incapacity benefit had a duration of (a) less than 13 weeks, (b) between 13 weeks and 28 weeks, (c) between 28 weeks and one year, (d) between one and two years, (e) between...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of non-means tested awards of incapacity benefit had a duration of (a) less than 13 weeks, (b) between 13 weeks and 28 weeks, (c) between 28 weeks and one year, (d) between one and two years, (e) between...
| Proportions of incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance claims by duration | |
|---|---|
| February 2008 (percentage) | |
| Below 13 weeks | 4.8 |
| 13 to 28 weeks | 4.9 |
| 28 weeks to one year | 5.6 |
| One to two years | 8.9 |
| Two to three years | 7.1 |
| Three years and over | 68.7 |
| Notes: | |
| 1. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place. | |
| 2. Durations refer to the latest award only. | |
| Source: | |
| DWP Information Directorate100 per cent. WPLS |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff in his Department were dismissed for gross misconduct in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff in his Department were dismissed for gross misconduct in each of the last five years.
| Employees dismissed in Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for gross misconduct | |
|---|---|
| Number | |
| April 2004 to March 2005 | 223 |
| April 2005 to March 2006 | 227 |
| April 2006 to March 2007 | 121 |
| April 2007 to March 2008 | 202 |
| April 2008 to September 2008 | 126 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how frequently claimants of disability living allowance are assessed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how frequently claimants of disability living allowance are assessed.