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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have attended one or more Work Focussed Interviews in each of the three incapacity benefit pilot areas; how many of these individuals have (a) secured employment, (b) been referred to condition management and (c) been referred to...

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 July 2004

For answer on

18 November 2004

Answered on

18 November 2004

Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have attended one or more Work Focused Interviews in each of the three incapacity benefit pilot areas; how many of these individuals have (a) secured employment, (b) been referred to condition management and (c) been referred to a New Deal for Disabled People broker; and if he will make a statement. [186226] Maria Eagle: In total, there have been 5,600 job entries in the Pathways to Work pilots to the end of August 2004. Of these, 4,200 were in the first three pilot districts which have been up and running since the end of October 2003 The following table sets out the details requested solely in relation to those who have had an initial work-focused interview: Outcomes in the first three pathways to work pilots to August 2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Initial work focused Job entries Referred to condition Referred to new deal for interviews attended management programme disabled people Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, 2,818 449 174 211 Argyll and Bute Bridgend and Rhondda, Cynon, 2,923 417 125 558 Taf Derbyshire 3,211 411 235 272 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. The first three Pathways to Work pilots commenced on 27 October 2003. 2. Work Focused Interviews should take place at around eight weeks after the start of the benefit claim. This means that majority of benefits starts in July and August will not be included in the data. 3. Initial Work Focused Interviews attended refers to the actual number of Work Focused Interviews that have taken place. Some individuals will have attended more than one Work Focused Interview. These will be people who have started more than one benefit spell since 27 October 2003. 4. Job starts: This includes all recorded job entries plus Return to Work Credit (RTWC) awards for which no job entry is yet recorded. (By definition, an RTWC award must indicate that a job entry has occurred). 5. The total number of job entries in the first three pilot areas is higher than that recorded in the table. This table excludes job entries achieved with existing clients who had already started to claim benefit before 27 October 2003 and those not required to have a work- focused interview. 6. Job starts figures include job starts achieved through referral to New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP) job brokers. 7. The job starts figures represent all job starts that have occurred subsequent to an initial Work Focused Interview within the same benefit spell. 8. Referred to Condition Management Programme: this represents all Condition Management Programme referrals that have occurred subsequent to an initial Work Focused Interview within the same benefit spell. 9. New Deal for Disabled People referrals: The data provided is all NDDP broker registrations plus referrals to NDDP brokers that have not yet resulted in a registration. This represents all NDDP referrals that have occurred subsequent to an initial Work Focused Interview within the same benefit spell.

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

426 c1900W;426 c1905W; 186226

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has conducted an audit of police compliance with guidelines for the interviewing of prisoners in historical sex abuse cases. - It has not proved possible to respond to the rt hon Member in the time available before...

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

426 c2071-2W;426 c2077-8W; 197436

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is available to the police on appropriate interviewing methods for (a) prisoners who are witnesses in historical sex abuse cases and (b) vulnerable or intimidated witnesses. - Inc ref to Senior Investigating Officer's Handbook - the Investigation of...

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

426 c2071W;426 c2077W; 197435

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of prisoners interviewed by the police in relation to historical sex abuse cases were taken to (a) an external location and (b) a specially equipped suite for their interview in each of the last five...

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

426 c2082W;426 c2088W; 197440

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the findings of the pilots on suspect interviews. - Including figures.

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

426 c2089W;426 c2095W; 197448

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents have been in receipt of income support in each year since 2001; and how many of these have attended work-focused interviews in each year.

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 November 2004

For answer on

17 November 2004

Answered on

17 November 2004

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many lone parents have been in receipt of income support in each year since 2001; and how many of these have attended work-focused interviews in each year. [196516] Mr. Pond: Work-focused interviews are conducted nationally for all lone parents making a new or repeat claim to income support. Additionally, work-focused interviews for existing customers are being rolled out gradually between April 2001 and October 2005. Information on the number of lone parents on income support and the total number of work-focused interviews attended in each year since 2001 up to the end of July 2004 is in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Lone parents on income support Lone parent work- focused interviews 2001 888,400 86,000 2002 856,300 228,000 2003 847,300 469,000 2004 809,800 370,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Lone parent income support figures are based on 5 per cent. samples and are therefore subject to sampling variation. 2. Lone parent income support figures are provided at May each year and have been rounded to the nearest hundred. 3. Lone parents are defined as single parents aged under 60 and not in receipt of a disability premium. 4. Lone parent work-focused interview figures are based on the information on the Jobcentre Plus labour market system. 5. Lone parent work-focused interview figures for 2004 are up to and including July. Source: Lone Parent Income Support: IAD Information Centre, 5 per cent. sample Lone Parent Work Focused Interview: Family and Disability Analysis Division, Jobcentre and New Deal for Lone Parents Evaluation Databases

Date

17 November 2004

Reference

196516; 426 c1654W;426 c1657W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines have been issued on best practice in interviewing techniques for sex offence victims; what checks are in place to ensure that these techniques are used; and what estimate has been made of the percentage of interviews which deviate...

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 November 2004

Reference

196641; 426 c1139-40W;426 c1143-4W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an assessment has been made of how suggestive interviewing, or the use of the recovered memories can lead to false allegations of sex offences against individuals. - Inc ref to 'Achieving Best Evidence in Criminal Proceedings: Guidance for Vulnerable...

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 November 2004

For answer on

15 November 2004

Answered on

15 November 2004

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether an assessment has been made of how suggestive interviewing, or the use of the recovered memories can lead to false allegations of sex offences against individuals. [196640] Paul Goggins: The Home Office has not made a formal assessment of, or conducted research into whether suggestive interviewing or the use of recovered memories can lead to false allegations of sexual offences. The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) National Investigative Interviewing Strategic Steering Group has developed and delivered a dynamic interview strategy which includes a Practical Guide to Investigative Interviewing 2004. Amongst other things, this highlights the dangers of suggestive interviewing. The Investigative Interviewing Strategy underpins training on effective interviewing for police of all levels, including specialist interviewers who are employed in cases involving traumatised victims or witnesses. Complementary guidance on interviewing vulnerable or intimidated witnesses, which includes victims of sexual offences, is contained in "Achieving Best Evidence in Criminal Proceedings: Guidance for Vulnerable or Intimidated Witnesses, including Children" issued in January 2002. This guidance became operational in May 2002 when it superseded "Memorandum of Good Practice on Video Recorded Interviews with Child Witnesses for Criminal Proceedings". Achieving Best Evidence contains comprehensive guidance on planning and conducting interviews with vulnerable or intimidated witnesses and includes sections on style, content and types of questions. This guidance document was produced as a result of a wider assessment by an interdepartmental working group of the treatment of vulnerable or intimidated witnesses, including the victims of sexual offences, in the criminal justice system. The working group's findings and recommendations were published in the Speaking Up For Justice report (Home Office, 1998).

Date

15 November 2004

Reference

426 c1139W;426 c1143W; 196640

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of (a) interviewing and (b) therapeutic techniques used with sex offence victims. - Inc refs to 'Achieving Best Evidence in Criminal Proceedings: Guidance for Vulnerable or Intimidated Witnesses, including Children' and 'Provision of Therapy for...

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 November 2004

Reference

196646; 426 c1142-3W;426 c1146-7W

House

House of Commons

Amos, Baroness

Who is investigating claims of staff bullying at Waterways Ireland; whether all the interviews are completed; whether the investigation will cover both Eire and Northern Ireland locations and staff; and when the investigation will be completed. [HL 4605]. - Inc ref to 12 October 2004, 665 c50WA.

Asked by

Lord Laird (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 November 2004

Reference

HL 4605; 666 c89WA

House

House of Lords

Amos, Baroness

Whether interviews have been conducted for new commissioners for the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission; and when will they take place. [HL 4241].

Asked by

Lord Laird (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 November 2004

Reference

HL 4241; 666 c85-6WA

House

House of Lords

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions prisons have used video-link equipment in each of the last five years; and which prisons have video-link facilities. - Inc table and list.

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

12 October 2004

For answer on

10 November 2004

Answered on

10 November 2004

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions prisons have used video-link equipment in each of the last five years; and which prisons have video-link facilities. [191330] Paul Goggins: Records on the use of video links for court hearings are only available from December 2002. Video links have been used on the following occasions: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number December 2002 1,790 January-December 2003 32,100 January-September 2004 28,025 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Video links facilities are available in the following 57 prisons: Prisons with video links facilities HMP Altcourse HMP/YOI Ashfield HMP Bedford HMP Belmarsh HMP Birmingham HMP Blakenhurst HMYOI Brinsford HMP Bristol HMP Brixton HMP Brockhill HMP Bullingdon HMP Cardiff HMP/YOI Castington HMP/YOI Chelmsford HMP/YOI Doncaster HMP Dorchester HMP Durham HMP/YOI Eastwood Park HMP Edmunds Hill HMP Elmley HMP/YOI Exeter HMP/YOI Feltham HMP/YOI Forest Bank HMYOI/RC Glen Parva HMP/YOI Gloucester HMP Highdown HMYOI Hindley HMP/YOI Holloway HMP Holme House HMP Hull HMP/YOI Lancaster Farm HMP Leeds HMP Leicester HMP/YOI Lewes HMP Lincoln HMP Liverpool HMYOI Low Newton HMP Manchester HMP/YOI New Hall HMP/YOI Norwich HMP Nottingham HMYOI Onley HMP/YOI Parc HMP Parkhurst HMP Pentonville HMP Preston HMYOI/RC Reading HMP Shrewsbury HMYOI Stoke Heath HMP/YOI Styal HMP Swansea HMP Wakefield (operational from January 2005) HMP Wandsworth HMYOI Wetherby HMP Winchester HMP Woodhill HMP Wormwood Scrubs

Date

10 November 2004

Reference

426 c735-7W;426 c740-1W; 191330

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what actions are taken by his Department when a complaint is made about an appointee misusing the benefit income of the claimant.

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 November 2004

Reference

195232; 426 c246W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance is given to CAFCASS as to whether a parent should be present when a child is interviewed during proceedings to decide how much contact each parent should have with the child.

Asked by

Bob Laxton (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

18 October 2004

For answer on

1 November 2004

Answered on

1 November 2004

Mr. Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what guidance is given to CAFCASS as to whether a parent should be present when a child is interviewed during proceedings to decide how much contact each parent should have with the child. [193013] Margaret Hodge: The CAFCASS Service Principles and Standards state: "3.5 Except where the Practitioner is acting as a Reporting Officer, all children who are the subject of proceedings will normally be seen on one or more occasions by them." "3.6 The Practitioner will also take all reasonable steps to see adult parties to the proceedings and any other relevant children and adults unless directed otherwise by the Court." Thus, when the practitioner is acting in private law proceedings relating to contact between children and their parents following separation or divorce, CAFCASS expects that its practitioners will see all children who are involved in a case. CAFCASS practitioners have high level skills and experience and are relied upon to exercise their professional judgement in each case. It is important that CAFCASS practitioners tailor their approach to working with children and families, in accordance with the individual circumstances of each case. Parental presence, during an interview with a child will depend on the following factors: the circumstances specific to the case; the age and developmental stage of the child; and the practitioner's professional judgement. Rule 4.11 (1) of the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 requires the practitioner, among other things, to "have regard to the ascertainable wishes and feelings of the child concerned considered in the light of the child's age and understanding".

Date

1 November 2004

Reference

426 c28-9W; 193013

House

House of Commons

Davies of Oldham, Lord

Whether they will make illegal the interviewing of people for television programmes while the interviewee is driving a vehicle on the public road [HL 4506].

Asked by

Lord Laird (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 October 2004

Reference

HL 4506; 665 c147WA

House

House of Lords

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 16th September 2004, 424 c1749W on benefits, how many appointees for the receipt of benefits in each of the last five years (a) had their appointment revoked and (b) were subjected to further action by...

Asked by

Lord Boswell of Aynho (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 October 2004

Reference

425 c634W; 190611

House

House of Commons

Social Security (Quarterly Work Focused Interviews for Certain Lone Parents) Regulations 2004

SI 2004/2244 (Negative instrument). Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1.

Department

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

7 September 2004

Reference

SI 2004/2244

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Scotland of Asthal, Baroness

Whether the insurance policy on H M Removal Centre Harmondsworth will cover the cost of repairing the recent damage as well as additional expense incurred by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate on providing alternative accommodation, together with facilities for the interviewing and, where necessary, escorting and removal of Harmondsworth inmates,...

Asked by

Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 September 2004

Reference

HL 3946; 664 c129WA

House

House of Lords

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of applications for appointeeship (a) involve an interview with the claimant and (b) rely on the discussion with a carer or professional alone; what monitoring takes place to ensure that appointees spend the benefit in the best interests...

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 July 2004

Reference

424 c325W; 182699;182701;182702

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made by the Devon and Cornwall Police of the number of potential witnesses (a) contacted and (b) interviewed by the Ministry of Defence's police detective constables in the course of their involvement in the Deepcut investigation.

Asked by

Kevin McNamara (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 July 2004

Reference

183380; 424 c221-2W

House

House of Commons

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