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We have heard from this Government for some time that we are all in this together, but with Budgets such as this one we are not getting out of it all together, as it would seem that the coalition Government are determined to fast-track the wealthiest. I say that because...
We have heard from this Government for some time that we are all in this together, but with Budgets such as this one we are not getting out of it all together, as it would seem that the coalition Government are determined to fast-track the wealthiest. I say that because...
I will not give way, as I am just about to finish. We will also introduce a Budget that recognises and addresses the cost of living crisis that people up and down this country face.
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I will not give way, as I am just about to finish. We will also introduce a Budget that recognises and addresses the cost of living crisis that people up and down this country face.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2014, Official Report, column 171W, on work programme, how many people on the work programme found work lasting longer than one year in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2014, Official Report, column 171W, on work programme, how many people on the work programme found work lasting longer than one year in each of the last three years.
Statistics on how many people on the Work programme who found work lasting longer than one year in each year for which figures are available are shown in the following table.
The latest Official Statistics on the Work programme cover the period 1 June 2011 to 30 September 2013. The figures provided in the table are up to and including 30 September 2012. This is the latest date for which an individual could have spent enough time on the programme to have been in employment for over a year.
| Number
of people referred to the Work programme who found work lasting more
than a year by referral date: 1 June 2011 to 30 September
2012 | |
| Referral
date | Total |
| Total | 87,960 |
| June
2011 to December
2011 | 61,530 |
| January
2012 to September
2012 | 26,430 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the current performance of the Work Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the current performance of the Work Programme.
The Work programme is working and is getting people into sustained jobs.
Assessment of the Work programme performance has shown great improvements since the programme was launched in June 2011. Up until the end of September 2012, over 54,000 had found lasting work (normally at least six months); by the end of September 2013, this has almost quadrupled to 208,000 people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people on the Work Programme have (a) received one-to-one support and (b) attended group sessions to date.
[157694]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people on the Work Programme have (a) received one-to-one support and (b) attended group sessions to date.
[157694]
The data requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what amount of government funding was allocated to companies delivering the Work programme in (a) 2012-13 and (b) all previous years.
[157951]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what amount of government funding was allocated to companies delivering the Work programme in (a) 2012-13 and (b) all previous years.
[157951]
The total paid to Work programme providers in the UK is £377.9 million from the start of the programme through to 30th July 2012, i.e. the period covered by the first Statistical Release.
Further information on spend up to the end of March 2013 is scheduled to be available to coincide with the next planned Statistical Release on 27 June 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many companies are involved in delivering the Work programme as (a) prime contractors and (b) sub-contractors.
[157952]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many companies are involved in delivering the Work programme as (a) prime contractors and (b) sub-contractors.
[157952]
There are 18 prime providers delivering the Work programme, and according to the Department's most recent records there are 785 subcontractors. A list of Work programme prime providers and their subcontractors is available on the GOV.UK website via:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/organisations-that-supply-services-to-the-work-programme-providers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people on the Work programme have been placed in employment lasting over six months.
[158055]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people on the Work programme have been placed in employment lasting over six months.
[158055]
Statistics on how many people in on the Work programme have been placed in employment lasting over six months are shown in the following
tables. Statistics covering referrals, attachments and job outcomes to March 2013 will be published on 27 June 2013.
| Number
of Work programme job outcomes for payment groups 1, 2 and 9 by
employment duration as at 31 July
2012 | |||
| Area | Total | 26
weeks up to 50
weeks | 50
weeks or
over |
| Great
Britain | 19,340 | 18,980 | 360 |
| Number
of Work programme job outcomes for payment groups 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8
by employment duration as at 31 July
2012 | |||
| Area | Total | 25
weeks up to 49
weeks | 49
weeks or
over |
| Great
Britain | 4,190 | 4,060 | 130 |
| Notes: 1. Figures are cumulative and are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Job Outcomes: The Work Programme IT payment system update went live in April 2012. All outcomes prior to this were recorded clerically and uploaded to the system during April and May 2012. The outcome date for these is based on the date the information was uploaded to the system. For job outcomes recorded after this, outcome dates are based on the date that payments were made to providers following pre-payment validation processes to confirm job outcomes. The manual pre-payment validation checks may take time to conduct resulting in a delay between the job outcome being claimed and the date the payment is made to providers, and hence recorded in the statistics. Validation procedures continue to improve to streamline the process as issues are identified. For further details around issues and delays to job outcome payments please see the information note available on the WP landing page: http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=wp 3. Payment groups are assigned by Jobcentre Plus, on the basis of a claimant's circumstances, and benefit they receive. A small number of claimants appear in an incorrect group caused by the way information is recorded on the administrative system. Details of the payment groups 1-8 can be found at Annex 1 of the following document: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/wp-pg-chapter-9.pdf 4. Payment group 9 is the JSA Ex-Offender Day 1 Mandation group and a Job Outcome payment can be claimed at 26 weeks. 5. Employment duration is defined as the number of weeks required to claim a Job Outcome plus the number of weeks for which sustainment payments have been made. For example a job outcome paid for a customer in Payment Group 1 with one additional sustainment payment will have been in employment for 30 weeks up to 34 weeks. 6. A Job Outcome payment can be claimed when: There has been a either continuous or cumulative period of employment (Job Outcome payment trigger point) of 13 weeks for Payment Groups 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 and 26 weeks for Payment Groups 1, 2 and 9; A participant has been in employment and off benefit in each week of the period (a week is defined as a seven-day period); and The Job Outcome is after the Job Start date, i.e. a Job Outcome payment can only be claimed when a participant starts a job after Attachment Activity has been recorded on DWP prescribed IT or clerical system. 7. Sustainment payments: Providers can only claim a Sustainment payment where: A Job Outcome has been reported; Four continuous weeks in employment have elapsed between the Job Outcome payment date and the Sustainment payment date, or between the previous Sustainment payment date and the current Sustainment payment date. A participant has been in employment and off benefit each week (a week is defined as a seven-day period) in the four-week period; and 15 working days have passed since the last date of the period being claimed. Following a break in employment after the 104 weeks Allotted Time providers will no longer be eligible to receive a Sustainment payment (a break is defined as when a participant leaves employment for two days or more, even if they remain off benefit). Source: DWP Information, Governance and Security Directorate (IGS) |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what measures his Department used to evaluate the performance success of companies delivering the Work Programme in 2012-13.
[157950]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what measures his Department used to evaluate the performance success of companies delivering the Work Programme in 2012-13.
[157950]
The prime measures of success are the proportions of participants in each contract area who secure sustained employment and leave benefit. There are various ways in which these proportions can be measured, for example in-year, by cohort or over the life of the programme, and the Department has been considering advice on the most appropriate and meaningful. Statistics covering referrals, attachments and job outcomes to March 2013 will be published on 27 June 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what criteria are used to evaluate companies involved in the Work Programme.
[157137]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what criteria are used to evaluate companies involved in the Work Programme.
[157137]
The Department evaluates Work programme providers against delivery of their minimum service standards and contractual performance levels. Minimum service standards are published on the gov.uk website and can be viewed via:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/minimum-service-delivery-standards-for-work-programme-providers
Individual provider contracts are available on the Contracts Finder pages of the gov.uk website at:
https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder
In addition the Department has commissioned an independent evaluation of the Work programme which includes a study of providers' delivery models, aiming to understand the success, or otherwise, of different ways of delivering the programme, as chosen by providers under our minimum prescription framework.
Written Answers to Questions
Tuesday 4 June 2013
Thank you, Ms Dorries. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for West Dunbartonshire (Gemma Doyle) on securing this important debate.
I would love to be here debating employment levels in Scotland, but, unfortunately, we are here to debate Scotland’s unemployment figures,...
Thank you, Ms Dorries. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for West Dunbartonshire (Gemma Doyle) on securing this important debate.
I would love to be here debating employment levels in Scotland, but, unfortunately, we are here to debate Scotland’s unemployment figures,...
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