1-20 of 38 results for subject:"Employment schemes"
Librarians' tools
- Search time
- 0.195 seconds
- Solr query time
- 0.008 seconds
- Search query
- subject:"Employment schemes"
- We searched for
- subject_t:"Employment schemes" OR subject_t:"Employment services" OR subject_t:"Special employment and training measures" OR subject_ses:91119
Type
House
Session
Year
Department
Member
Primary member
More
Answering member
Legislative stage
Legislation
Subject
More
Publisher
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to announce that flexibility will be agreed to the European Structural Fund conditions for the unspent portion of Birmingham City Council's £42 million project Youth Promise Plus programme to allow (a) easement of targets to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to announce that flexibility will be agreed to the European Structural Fund conditions for the unspent portion of Birmingham City Council's £42 million project Youth Promise Plus programme to allow (a) easement of targets to...
The European Social Fund (ESF) Managing Authority recognises the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and how this may significantly impact on an organisation’s ability to deliver against agreed targets. Officials are working with project leaders to understand this impact and will discuss this with them on a case by case basis.
The European Structural and Investment Funds Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response was announced via Action Note 047/20 on 26 March 2020, with a Question and Answer document published on gov.uk. The detail within these announcements highlights how the Managing Authority has the ability to consider requests from existing projects to refocus their funding provision to respond directly to local challenges caused by COVID-19.
The Government fully recognises the potential impact of the current situation on young people and is considering the gains which could be achieved from increasing the scope of existing projects aimed at supporting young people who may be at risk of becoming not in employment, education or training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to publish figures for the number of wage incentive payments being made to employers through the Youth Contract.
[161495]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to publish figures for the number of wage incentive payments being made to employers through the Youth Contract.
[161495]
The first set of figures for the number of wage incentive payments being made to employers through the Youth Contract will be published on 22 July 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the extent to which Youth Contract wage incentive payments are made to employers who would not have otherwise taken on a young employee.
[161498]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the extent to which Youth Contract wage incentive payments are made to employers who would not have otherwise taken on a young employee.
[161498]
Jobcentres and Work programme providers distribute claim forms to employers when an eligible young person starts in an eligible job and it is clear the wage incentive influenced the decision to hire. When employers claim the funding they must agree to the terms and conditions of the scheme which stipulate they would not have been in a position to hire the young person without the incentive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many wage incentives have been taken up under the Youth Contract since April 2012.
[158208]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many wage incentives have been taken up under the Youth Contract since April 2012.
[158208]
I refer the right hon. Member to the reply I previously gave to him, question numbers 155473 and 155478 on 16 May 2013, Official Report, column 349W.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) when statistics for the Youth Contract wage subsidy scheme will be released;
[155473]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) when statistics for the Youth Contract wage subsidy scheme will be released;
[155473]
In most cases the wage incentive element of the Youth Contract is paid after a young person has been in work continuously for 26 weeks. Following the collection and quality assurance of this data, the first set of Official Statistics on the wage incentive should be available in the next few months.
The Department is working to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity.
(2) how many employers have received wage subsidy payments under the Youth Contract since April 2012.
[155478]
Mr Byrne:
(2) how many employers have received wage subsidy payments under the Youth Contract since April 2012.
[155478]
Mr Byrne:
In most cases the wage incentive element of the Youth Contract is paid after a young person has been in work continuously for 26 weeks. Following the collection and quality assurance of this data, the first set of Official Statistics on the wage incentive should be available in the next few months.
The Department is working to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many individuals have received youth contract wage subsidies since the launch of the scheme.
[137490]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many individuals have received youth contract wage subsidies since the launch of the scheme.
[137490]
Following the collection and quality assurance of this data, I expect the first set of Official Statistics on the wage incentive to be available in the early part of 2013. The Department is working to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent guidance he has given to Work programme providers on youth contract wage incentives; and if he will place a copy of any such guidance in the Library.
[125253]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent guidance he has given to Work programme providers on youth contract wage incentives; and if he will place a copy of any such guidance in the Library.
[125253]
Guidance on the Youth Contract Wage Incentive Scheme is available in chapter 20 of the Work Programme Provider Guidance. A copy of chapter 20 (part of a large document) will be placed in the Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have received youth contract wage subsidies since the launch of that scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have received youth contract wage subsidies since the launch of that scheme.
The Youth Contract, including wage incentives, went live on April 2012. From this point any young person attached to the Work programme could be placed into work with a wage incentive being offered to the employer. In most cases wage incentives are paid after a young person has been in work continuously for 26 weeks.
Following the collection and quality assurance of this data, I expect the first set of Official Statistics on the wage incentive to be available from early 2013. The Department is working to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will institute systematic, independent checks with placement hosts before payments are made under the Mandatory Work Activity scheme.
[110153]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will institute systematic, independent checks with placement hosts before payments are made under the Mandatory Work Activity scheme.
[110153]
Our Mandatory Work Activity providers are contractually obliged to protect DWP from exposure to over-claiming payments and fraud, and to notify the DWP immediately if it has reason to suspect that any fraud or irregularity has occurred or is occurring or is likely to occur. Specifically, they are required to
have an established system that enables staff to report inappropriate behaviour by colleagues in respect of any claims for payment;
ensure that the performance management systems do not encourage individual staff to make false claims for payment under the contract;
ensure a segregation of duties between those staff directly involved in delivering the services and those making claims for payment; and
establish an audit system to provide periodic checks, at a minimum of six (6) monthly intervals, to ensure effective and accurate recording and reporting of performance.
Additionally, providers are required to have systems in place to:
detect and prevent duplicate claims;
prepare and submit accurate, valid, supported, timely claims;
monitor, record and manage lateness and all absences;
support claims for payments through an effective customer attendance recording procedure;
ensure that all the required evidence is collected (and submitted, where appropriate) to support the claim;
identify customers who have left placement early, to prevent over claiming;
carry out effective monitoring of sub-contractors; and
respond to provider assurance reports with an appropriate action plan.
We routinely inspect providers' systems to ensure they are adequate and effective and are continually reviewing whether there are additional checks that we should perform to minimise the risk of fraud and error.
In the case of Mandatory Work Activity, there is an opportunity to further enhance the control environment and, in line with the recent NAO recommendation, we will introduce proportionate checks at placement hosts to validate that clients placed under the Mandatory Work Activity scheme receive their placement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department has advised job centres to prioritise new claimants for entry into the Work Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department has advised job centres to prioritise new claimants for entry into the Work Programme.
| Claimant group | Referral point |
| JSA claimants aged 18 to 24 | Required from nine months into their claim |
| JSA claimants aged 25 and over | Required from 12 months into their claim |
| JSA claimants facing significant disadvantages in the labour market | Required or optional from three months into their claim (depending on claimant's circumstances) |
| JSA claimants who are prison leavers | Required from the first day of a claim to JSA within three months of release from prison |
| New income related ESA claimants with a prognosis of three or six months | Required from date of WCA outcome |
| All other ESA claimants | Optional from date of WCA outcome |
| Income Support and Incapacity Benefit claimants | Optional from benefit entitlement (in England only) |
| Pension Credit claimants | Optional from 12 months from start of benefit claim or from day one if claimant has a health condition |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which job centres have a policy of only referring new claimants to the Youth Contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which job centres have a policy of only referring new claimants to the Youth Contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish all guidance given to Jobcentre Plus centres by his Department on the Youth Contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish all guidance given to Jobcentre Plus centres by his Department on the Youth Contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff in his Department are working on the investigation of reports of fraud relating to the Work programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff in his Department are working on the investigation of reports of fraud relating to the Work programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many allegations of fraud relating to the Work programme have been (a) reported and (b) investigated; and how many such investigations have resulted in a prosecution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many allegations of fraud relating to the Work programme have been (a) reported and (b) investigated; and how many such investigations have resulted in a prosecution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff in his Department are working on the investigation of fraud relating to contract management arrangements with Work programme providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff in his Department are working on the investigation of fraud relating to contract management arrangements with Work programme providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment his Department has made of the performance of the Work programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment his Department has made of the performance of the Work programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department has taken to guarantee the quality of Work programme placements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department has taken to guarantee the quality of Work programme placements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of fraud resulting from the time taken between the commencement of the Work programme and the readiness of its supporting IT system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of fraud resulting from the time taken between the commencement of the Work programme and the readiness of its supporting IT system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people came off benefits and entered into work as a result of the work experience programme in each month since January 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people came off benefits and entered into work as a result of the work experience programme in each month since January 2011.