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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) in which Work Programme contract package areas will market shift take place as a result of providers' underperformance;
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) in which Work Programme contract package areas will market shift take place as a result of providers' underperformance;
Full details on the market share shift were published on the Department's website on 26 September 2013.
The contract package areas where market share shift has taken place are:
| Contract
Package Area
Number | Name |
| CPA1 | Bedfordshire,
Hertfordshire, Cambridge and Suffolk, Essex,
Norfolk |
| CPA2 | Nottinghamshire,
Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Rutland, Leicestershire and
Northamptonshire |
| CPA3 | West
London |
| CPA6 | Merseyside,
Halton, Cumbria and
Lancashire |
| CPA7 | Greater
Manchester, Cheshire and
Warrington |
| CPA10 | Surrey,
Sussex and
Kent |
| CPA14 | Birmingham,
Solihull and the Black
Country |
| CPA16 | West
Yorkshire |
| CPA17 | South
Yorkshire |
| CPA18 | North
East Yorkshire and the
Humber |
[Continued in Column 189W]
(2) when he will announce further details of the market share shift in Work Programme contract package areas.
Mr Byrne:
(2) when he will announce further details of the market share shift in Work Programme contract package areas.
Mr Byrne:
Full details on the market share shift were published on the Department's website on 26 September 2013.
The contract package areas where market share shift has taken place are:
| Contract
Package Area
Number | Name |
| CPA1 | Bedfordshire,
Hertfordshire, Cambridge and Suffolk, Essex,
Norfolk |
| CPA2 | Nottinghamshire,
Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Rutland, Leicestershire and
Northamptonshire |
| CPA3 | West
London |
| CPA6 | Merseyside,
Halton, Cumbria and
Lancashire |
| CPA7 | Greater
Manchester, Cheshire and
Warrington |
| CPA10 | Surrey,
Sussex and
Kent |
| CPA14 | Birmingham,
Solihull and the Black
Country |
| CPA16 | West
Yorkshire |
| CPA17 | South
Yorkshire |
| CPA18 | North
East Yorkshire and the
Humber |
[Continued in Column 189W]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when data on the number of people receiving post-Work Programme support will be made available.
[165862]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when data on the number of people receiving post-Work Programme support will be made available.
[165862]
The Department for Work and Pensions intend to open a consultation in summer 2013 on proposals for Work programme official statistics beyond June 2013, including plans for presenting figures on those who complete the programme. The September statistics publication will include initial limited statistics on those completing the Work programme. However because the consultation will not close until after the September release, proposals resulting from the consultation will not begin to be implemented until the December 2013 release.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people received post-Work Programme support in June 2013.
[164014]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people received post-Work Programme support in June 2013.
[164014]
The number of claimants who received post-Work Programme support in June 2013 would be based on data the Department plans to release as official statistics. We are therefore unable to provide estimates without compromising the integrity of the statistical release.
(2) in which Work programme contract package areas market shift will be taking place as a result of providers' underperformance.
(2) in which Work programme contract package areas market shift will be taking place as a result of providers' underperformance.
[holding answer 4 July 2013]: The market share shift mechanism will operate in all contract package areas where there is a gap of three percentage points or more between the higher and lower performing prime providers, provided the higher performer has achieved the required standards in assurance reviews and has achieved accreditation in the Merlin Standard for supply chain management. The mechanism will apply whether or not minimum performance levels have been achieved. This will ensure that there is continued competition to drive up overall performance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the criteria are for a work programme provider to be eligible for market share shift.
[163681]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the criteria are for a work programme provider to be eligible for market share shift.
[163681]
To be eligible to receive additional referrals the better performing prime provider in a contract package area must have achieved a job outcome rate three percentage points or more higher than the lower performing prime provider in year 2 of the programme, ending March 2013. They must also have achieved a satisfactory rating in their most recent assurance review and in the most recent Merlin Standard assessment of their supply chain management. Assessments of performance and decisions on market share shifts will be applied separately (and only) to the three main payment groups—JSA claimants aged 18-24 , JSA claimants aged 25 and over, and new ESA claimants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people who were referred on to the Work programme in June 2011 have had (a) no job start and (b) no job outcome to date;
[163276]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people who were referred on to the Work programme in June 2011 have had (a) no job start and (b) no job outcome to date;
[163276]
Information on job starts from the Work programme is not available.
Information about people on the Work programme and job outcomes can be found in the latest statistical summary available through the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210226/work-programme-stats-summary-june-2013_v2_020713.pdf
(2) how many people who have been in the Work programme for more than 12 months have had (a) no job start and (b) no job outcome to date.
[163277]
Mr Byrne:
(2) how many people who have been in the Work programme for more than 12 months have had (a) no job start and (b) no job outcome to date.
[163277]
Mr Byrne:
Information on job starts from the Work programme is not available.
Information about people on the Work programme and job outcomes can be found in the latest statistical summary available through the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210226/work-programme-stats-summary-june-2013_v2_020713.pdf
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Work programme providers have been put on special measures as a result of poor performance in each of the last two years.
[161497]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Work programme providers have been put on special measures as a result of poor performance in each of the last two years.
[161497]
Seven formal contract letters requiring Work programme providers to improve performance were issued in November 2012 to the five providers responsible for delivering those contracts.
To tie in with the release of Work programme statistics on 27 June 2013 I will inform the House of further steps we are taking to drive up provider performance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are expected to take up post-Work programme support in each of the next three years.
[158817]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are expected to take up post-Work programme support in each of the next three years.
[158817]
Projections of people expected to take up post-Work programme support would be based on data the Department plans to release as official statistics. We are therefore unable to provide estimates in response to this PQ without compromising the integrity of the statistical release.
[Continued in column 201W]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he has taken to support people leaving the Work Programme after two years without a successful job sustainment.
[158211]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he has taken to support people leaving the Work Programme after two years without a successful job sustainment.
[158211]
Jobseeker's allowance and employment and support allowance claimants returning from the Work programme will have a thorough assessment interview with Jobcentre Plus to understand how best to build on their time on the Work programme, and continue to move them closer to the labour market and towards
long-term sustainable employment. At their first appointment they will have to agree a back-to-work plan laying out what they are required to do.
All claimants will receive flexible support tailored to their individual needs. This is underpinned by a core regime of face to face meetings and a tough sanctions regime for those who do not take necessary steps to prepare for work.
Jobseeker's allowance claimants who need it will be subject to a more intensive regime. Jobcentre Plus will be able to provide this intensive support, which will involve more frequent meetings with advisers and increased use of mandation, to the vast majority of jobseeker's allowance claimants returning from the Work programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many participants in their second year of the Work Programme have not had a job outcome to date.
[156762]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many participants in their second year of the Work Programme have not had a job outcome to date.
[156762]
Once referred by Jobcentre Plus, individuals can remain on the Work programme for two years. Statistics on those having spent 24 months on the programme will be published for the first time in September 2013, for those referred in June 2011.
The statistics will be published here:
http://statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=wp
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what support he has put in place for those people who will complete two years on the Work programme without having achieved a job sustainment.
[155474]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what support he has put in place for those people who will complete two years on the Work programme without having achieved a job sustainment.
[155474]
I refer the right hon. Member to the reply I gave previously to the hon. Member for Coventry South (Mr Cunningham) on 12 March 2013, Official Report, column 206W (PQ 147545).
(2) what the off flows from the (a) work related activity and (b) support groups have been to date, by reasons for leaving.
[155219]
Mr Byrne:
(2) what the off flows from the (a) work related activity and (b) support groups have been to date, by reasons for leaving.
[155219]
Mr Byrne:
The information requested on off-flows from ESA claimants in (a) work related activity and (b) support groups 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
The information requested on the reasons for leaving employment and support allowance (ESA) is not available but in 2012 the Department published research on the destinations of a sample of claimants leaving jobseeker's allowance, income support and employment and support allowance. The research report is available here:
http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2011-2012/rrep791.pdf
Section 4.4 looks at the outcomes of claimants leaving ESA in this sample, including the proportion going into paid work.
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May I start by thanking the Secretary of State for briefing me and my right hon. Friend the Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms) on his plans for urgent legislation, about which his Department has commented in The Daily Telegraph this morning? Both he and I believe that sanctions are vital to give back-to-work programmes their bite. However, when he signed off the 2011 regulations that created sanctions for the Work programme, why did he not check that they were legally bullet proof?
May I start by thanking the Secretary of State for briefing me and my right hon. Friend the Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms) on his plans for urgent legislation, about which his Department has commented in The Daily Telegraph this morning? Both he and I believe that sanctions are vital to give back-to-work programmes their bite. However, when he signed off the 2011 regulations that created sanctions for the Work programme, why did he not check that they were legally bullet proof?
The right hon. Gentleman knows that the advice that we received made it very clear that the regulations would survive a challenge, and that was the view that we took. As he knows, the High Court upheld our position. It was the Court of Appeal that decided, on quite a technical line, to change that position. The position on human rights was upheld, as was the main point of our direction of travel.
I do not think that it is a technical challenge when three Court of Appeal judges unanimously quash the 2011 regulations because they are not in line with the law. That mistake puts in jeopardy about £100 million of sanctions that have been issued. I did not think that the Work programme could get any worse, but it has. We will support wise and sensible legislation that will fix the problem, but will the Secretary of State take personal responsibility and apologise for this mess, which may cost twice as much as the west coast main line fiasco?
I do not think that it is a technical challenge when three Court of Appeal judges unanimously quash the 2011 regulations because they are not in line with the law. That mistake puts in jeopardy about £100 million of sanctions that have been issued. I did not think that the Work programme could get any worse, but it has. We will support wise and sensible legislation that will fix the problem, but will the Secretary of State take personal responsibility and apologise for this mess, which may cost twice as much as the west coast main line fiasco?
I am grateful to my hon. Friend. I have no issue whatever with the Church of England and the bishops saying whatever they believe. It is right and proper that they should argue with us and put pressure on us on a variety of issues. However, I do not agree that the way to get children out of poverty is to keep transferring more and more money to keeping people out of work. The reality is that we are having to reform a system that became completely out of control under the last Government and get in place a system that gets people back to work, because being in work is how people get their children out of poverty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the Work Programme referrals and attachments data will be published; and when outcomes figures will next be released.
[146748]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the Work Programme referrals and attachments data will be published; and when outcomes figures will next be released.
[146748]
From November 2012 the next release of official statistics on work programme referrals and attachments has changed and will now align with the release of official statistics on job outcomes. This change was announced alongside the first release of job outcome statistics on 27 November 2012 when users were informed that future releases of referrals, attachments and outcomes would be aligned, initially on a six monthly basis, and the scope and need to produce more frequent statistics would be reviewed.
The next release of work programme statistics will be in May 2013. The future release frequency is under review, and we aim to release complete end of year figures (to the end of March 2013) sooner than November 2013.
When a final date has been decided it will be announced on the ONS release calendar found via this link:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/hub/release-calendar/index.html
and the work programme landing page:
http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=wp
The provisional release date for referral and attachment official statistics of February to March 2013 on the ONS release calendar has been updated to reflect this change.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how frequently Work programme referrals and outcomes statistics will be published in 2013; who decides on the frequency and dates of publication of those statistics; and what the next release dates are for (a) referrals and (b) outcomes data.
[142085]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how frequently Work programme referrals and outcomes statistics will be published in 2013; who decides on the frequency and dates of publication of those statistics; and what the next release dates are for (a) referrals and (b) outcomes data.
[142085]
The frequency of publication and release dates of Work programme referrals and outcome statistics are currently under consideration. Decisions are ultimately for Ministers.
I beg to move,
That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill because it fails to address the reasons why the cost of benefits is exceeding the Government’s plans; notes that the Resolution Foundation has calculated that 68 per cent of households affected by...
I beg to move,
That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill because it fails to address the reasons why the cost of benefits is exceeding the Government’s plans; notes that the Resolution Foundation has calculated that 68 per cent of households affected by...