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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much funding his Department has provided to Work programme providers in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) County Durham and (d) North West Durham constituency since the inception of that programme.
[134617]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much funding his Department has provided to Work programme providers in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) County Durham and (d) North West Durham constituency since the inception of that programme.
[134617]
The total paid to Work programme providers in the UK is £337.9 million from the start of the programme through to 30 July 2012, i.e. the period covered by the Statistical Release. Due to commercial in confidence considerations we are not able to release financial data below the national level at this time.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he has made an assessment of the recommendation published on 29 November 2012 by the London Voluntary Service Council that the design of the Work programme should be modified so that it provides better support for harder-to-help customers, a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he has made an assessment of the recommendation published on 29 November 2012 by the London Voluntary Service Council that the design of the Work programme should be modified so that it provides better support for harder-to-help customers, a...
We are working to build understanding and expertise among Work programme providers, in particular with regards to dealing with harder to help claimants.
We also have the Merlin Standard in place to ensure good working relationships between providers and all their subcontractors. It is a requirement for prime providers to be accredited, and we have asked Michael O’Toole, the Crown Representative for the Voluntary and Community and Social Enterprise Sector, to join the Merlin Advisory Board.
With regards to transparency, we are committed to offering a transparent view of performance across all our contracted employment provision. A strategy covering the release of all statistics on employment programme support can be found via this link:
http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/work_programme/release_strategy.pdf?x=1
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the finding of the London Voluntary Service Council (VSC) published on 29 November 2012, that most VSC specialists are yet to have a single customer referred to them for support from their prime contractors, what assessment he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the finding of the London Voluntary Service Council (VSC) published on 29 November 2012, that most VSC specialists are yet to have a single customer referred to them for support from their prime contractors, what assessment he...
Up to October 2012, 20.5% of Work programme referrals were made to voluntary and community sector organisations (VCO). This figure includes referrals to VCOs acting as subcontractors to prime providers (tier one supply chain), but does not include those VCOs which are not acting as sub-contractors, but who deliver services for which payment is made on an ad hoc basis (tier two supply chain).
We have already taken a number of steps to increase volumes of referrals to specialist subcontractors who support the hardest to help. For example, we have recently extended eligibility to the Work programme to ESA claimants who did not previously have to join. This means that more people will receive the support they need to get back to work through the Work programme, and there will be higher volumes of ESA referrals from prime providers to specialist subcontractors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have come off benefits after joining the Work programme in (a) Haltemprice and Howden constituency and (b) Yorkshire and Humber to date.
[134720]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have come off benefits after joining the Work programme in (a) Haltemprice and Howden constituency and (b) Yorkshire and Humber to date.
[134720]
The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people resident in North West Durham constituency who were referred to the Work programme have secured a job as a result of that referral since the inception of that programme.
[134616]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people resident in North West Durham constituency who were referred to the Work programme have secured a job as a result of that referral since the inception of that programme.
[134616]
The information requested is not available.
Work Programme providers are not required to submit job start information until they claim a job outcome; only then are they requested to input a job start date which helps secure the job outcome payment. Therefore job starts lasting less than 13 or 26 weeks, dependent on the customer circumstances at the point of referral, will not be submitted.
Statistics on how many people resident in North West Durham constituency who have secured job outcomes through the Work Programme to date can be found at:
http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=tabtool
Guidance for users can be found at:
http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/tabtools/guidance.pdf
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 13 December 2012, Official Report, columns 426-27W, on departmental responsibilities, how his Department's Open Data Strategy is being applied to the Work programme; and if he will make a statement.
[134719]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 13 December 2012, Official Report, columns 426-27W, on departmental responsibilities, how his Department's Open Data Strategy is being applied to the Work programme; and if he will make a statement.
[134719]
The Department is committed to offering a transparent view of performance across all its contracted employment provision. In support of this, the DWP's Open Data Strategy includes a series of commitments to publish detailed Work programme statistics.
Official statistics on referrals and attachments to the Work programme were published for the first time on 21 February 2012 and outcome statistics on 27 November 2012.
The Official Statistics on the Work programme can be viewed on the Work programme landing page at:
http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=wp
Also available on the Work programme landing page are:
A background information note and a technical annex providing supplementary information on the processes involved in developing and releasing the statistics.
The Department's business case key data measure indicator providing information on the proportion of customers for whom providers achieved a job outcome at 12 months on the programme.
Analysis of the benefit status of Work programme participants.
A strategy covering the release of all statistics on employment programme support which can be found at:
http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/work_programme/release_strategy.pdf?x=1
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have been referred to the Work Programme.
[132671]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have been referred to the Work Programme.
[132671]
Official statistics on Work Programme referrals can be found on the Department's website via the DWP Tabulation Tool:
http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=tabtool
Guidance on use of the tabulation tool can be found at:
http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/tabtools/guidance.pdf
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency have completed the Work programme since its inception;
[131933]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency have completed the Work programme since its inception;
[131933]
The Work programme is a two-year programme for each participant so this information is not available at this stage.
(2) how many people in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency who have undertaken the Work programme were in work six months after completing the programme.
[131938]
Cathy Jamieson:
(2) how many people in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency who have undertaken the Work programme were in work six months after completing the programme.
[131938]
Cathy Jamieson:
The Work programme is a two-year programme for each participant so this information is not available at this stage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what assessment he has made of the reasons why the Work programme key performance measure did not achieve the minimum performance standard in the first 14 months of the programme; and if he will make a statement;
[134401]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what assessment he has made of the reasons why the Work programme key performance measure did not achieve the minimum performance standard in the first 14 months of the programme; and if he will make a statement;
[134401]
Job outcome performance has built up more slowly than our initial assumptions suggested, partly because Work programme providers are taking longer than expected to track and claim outcomes. Job entry data released by the Employment Related Services Association (ERSA) shows the number of job entries per month has been rising and we would expect this to lead to increased job outcomes in the future. In addition we are working with all providers to improve performance and have issued formal contractual letters to those providers delivering contracts where performance is poorest. Our aspiration for the total levels of job outcomes to be achieved by providers remains the same.
(2) whether he expects the Work programme to achieve the minimum performance standard in its first two years.
[134450]
Stephen Timms:
(2) whether he expects the Work programme to achieve the minimum performance standard in its first two years.
[134450]
Stephen Timms:
Job outcome performance has built up more slowly than our initial assumptions suggested, partly because Work programme providers are taking longer than expected to track and claim outcomes. Job entry data released by the Employment Related Services Association (ERSA) shows the number of job entries per month has been rising and we would expect this to lead to increased job outcomes in the future. In addition we are working with all providers to improve performance and have issued formal contractual letters to those providers delivering contracts where performance is poorest. Our aspiration for the total levels of job outcomes to be achieved by providers remains the same.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people successfully completed the Work programme in the Greater Manchester area in the last year.
[132411]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people successfully completed the Work programme in the Greater Manchester area in the last year.
[132411]
The Work programme is a two-year programme for each participant so this information is not available at this stage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what guidance his Department gives to Work programme placement providers which wish to refer a customer for sanctions.
[131978]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what guidance his Department gives to Work programme placement providers which wish to refer a customer for sanctions.
[131978]
The 'Work Programme Provider Guidance' Chapter 6 'Raising a Compliance Doubt' is available to providers on the Department's website at:
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/supplying-dwp/what-we-buy/welfare-to-work-services/provider-guidance/work-programme-provider.shtml
Providers follow this guidance when a Work programme participant fails to comply with a mandated activity, referring cases where appropriate to Jobcentre Plus where a decision maker will consider whether imposing a sanction is appropriate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 10 December 2012, Official Report, column 55W, on the Work programme, whether he requires all Work programme providers to develop plans for improving performance.
[133768]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 10 December 2012, Official Report, column 55W, on the Work programme, whether he requires all Work programme providers to develop plans for improving performance.
[133768]
All Work programme providers have been required to develop and put in place performance development plans for each of their Work programme contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 10 December 2012, Official Report, column 56W, on the Work programme, how many former incapacity benefit claimants have participated in the Work programme in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) each local authority.
[133593]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 10 December 2012, Official Report, column 56W, on the Work programme, how many former incapacity benefit claimants have participated in the Work programme in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) each local authority.
[133593]
Statistics on how many former incapacity benefit claimants have participated in the Work programme in (a) Great Britain, (b) Scotland and (c) each local authority can be found at:
http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=tabtool
Guidance for users is available at:
http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/tabtools/guidance.pdf
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK who have been referred to the Work programme have found (i) employment and (ii) full-time employment.
[132846]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK who have been referred to the Work programme have found (i) employment and (ii) full-time employment.
[132846]
Official Work programme statistics count sustained job outcomes only, i.e. when participants have been in work for 13 or 26 weeks. Statistics on all Work programme participants who have found employment and full-time employment are therefore not available.