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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, where crisis loans will be paid when Webster House in Kirkby is closed; how much his Department has allocated to the WIN scheme for Kirkby; which parts of the town are covered by the scheme; how many people have taken...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, where crisis loans will be paid when Webster House in Kirkby is closed; how much his Department has allocated to the WIN scheme for Kirkby; which parts of the town are covered by the scheme; how many people have taken...
Asked by
George Howarth
(Labour)
Answered by
Jane Kennedy
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
15 November 2004
For answer on
18 November 2004
Answered on
18 November 2004
Mr. George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) where crisis loans will be paid when Webster House in
Kirkby is closed; [199156]
(2) how much his Department has allocated to the WIN scheme for Kirkby; which parts of the town are covered by the scheme; how many
people have taken part in it; what the scheme's targets are; what its results against targets are to date; how many staff work on
the scheme; and from where it will be administered when Webster House closes. [199157]
Jane Kennedy: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the chief executive of Jobcentre Plus, David Anderson. He will
write to the hon. Member.
Letter from David Anderson to Mr. George Howarth, dated 18 November 2004:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your questions concerning the delivery of the Working Neighbourhoods pilot in
Knowsley and the issue of Crisis Loan processing. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief
Executive of Jobcentre Plus.
It may be helpful if I explain how the overall funding has been distributed for the pilot. The Employment Development &
Modernisation Fund provided £77m for the 12 pilot sites operating in some of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the country for the
period 2004/05 to 2005/06. Of this, £5m was allocated for set up and evaluation costs. Of the remaining £72m, each pilot site will
receive £3m per year of which £1m is discretionary funding to allow personal advisers, working with Local Strategic Partnerships,
the flexibility to meet individual and community needs.
The Working Neighbourhood pilot for Knowsley delivers to selected parts of the Northwood and Towerhill wards. The postcode boundary
for the site contains around 6,000 residents, with approximately 2,000 in receipt of working age benefits.
The most recent statistics produced for 31 October 2004 indicate the Knowsley pilot has engaged with 879 customers of which
188 are volunteers to the programme.
With regard to the pilot's targets, there will be overall monitoring of performance and objectives which will then be evaluated. The
evaluation of the objectives aims to test the extent to which the programme of local intensive work focussed action is effective in
addressing long-standing barriers to work experienced by residents of deprived areas; the number of individuals moving into work and
by how much it decreases the overall workless rate within the pilot area.
Whilst Jobcentre Plus job entry targets relate to movement into full time employment all who enter full time, part time and
voluntary employment will count as successes for evaluation of the pilot. Retention figures will be gathered for those residents
remaining in full time employment for 4, 13 and 26 weeks.
Turning to the results the Knowsley pilot has achieved to date I am able to inform you as of 31 October 2004 229 residents
from the pilot have moved into employment. To clarify this further the table below gives a breakdown of the benefit groups involved.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Number
Incapacity benefit 30
Invalid care allowance 0
Income support 63
Jobseekers' allowance 133
Other benefits 1
None 2
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Twenty staff have been allocated to deliver the Knowsley pilot. The majority of them are personal advisers.
The intended closure of Webster House should have no impact on the Working Neighbourhoods pilot as it has never been delivered from
Webster House. The pilot and associated mandatory work focussed interviews have been conducted form the Jobcentre Plus office at St.
Chads House, Kirkby. It is also being delivered in the community to voluntary customers from partner's premises and most recently
from a Working Neighbourhoods portakabin sited in Northwood.
With regard to the issue of Crisis Loan processing currently undertaken in Webster House, I can confirm that we are looking at the
delivery of all of the services in Webster House and the future delivery of Crisis Loans will be included in this. We will consult
on our proposals with our staff, trade unions and local partners as soon as plans are fully developed.
I have asked the District Manager for Greater Mersey to keep you updated on all developments. She can be contacted on 01704 306078.
I hope this is helpful.
Subjects
Staff; Disadvantaged; Administration; Closures; Finance; Employment schemes; Jobcentre Plus; Pilot schemes; Standards; Offices; Knowsley; Crisis loans; Employment Development Fund
Date
18 November 2004
Reference
426 c1898-900W;426 c1903-4W; 199156;199157
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of the Employment Development Fund was for each year from 1997-98 to 2005-06 (planned); what its purpose is; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of the Employment Development Fund was for each year from 1997-98 to 2005-06 (planned); what its purpose is; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.
Asked by
David Laws
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Browne of Ladyton
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 February 2004
For answer on
15 March 2004
Answered on
15 March 2004
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost of the Employment Development Fund was for each year
from 1997-98 to 2005-06 (planned); what its purpose is; and if he will make a statement. [156703]
Mr. Browne: The Employment Development Fund (EDF) was created in autumn 2001 to provide funds for the continued development of our
Welfare to Work agenda, which has been successful in helping to reduce unemployment to its lowest level since 1975.
EDF funds were primarily allocated to part-fund the national roll out of Jobcentre Plus, which delivers an enhanced work-focused
service to all working age people. Remaining EDF funds were allocated to fund wider Welfare to Work policies.
The EDF provided funds of £86 million in 2001-02; £577 million in 2002-03 and £564 million in 2003-04. The use
of funds available from the EDF have now been agreed and the fund no longer exists.
Subjects
Finance; Expenditure; Employment schemes; Welfare to work; Employment Development Fund
Date
15 March 2004
Reference
419 c91W;419 c91-2W; 156703
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department plans to spend on the Employment Development Fund in each year from 2002-03 to 2004-05; what the purpose is of this fund; and if he will make a statement. - Inc ref to tables 1-11 of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department plans to spend on the Employment Development Fund in each year from 2002-03 to 2004-05; what the purpose is of this fund; and if he will make a statement. - Inc ref to tables 1-11 of...
Asked by
David Laws
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Nicholas Brown
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
6 February 2003
For answer on
25 February 2003
Answered on
25 February 2003
Mr. David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department plans to spend on the Employment
Development Fund in each year from 2002-03 to 2004-05; what the purpose is of this fund; and if he will make a statement. [97350]
Mr. Nicholas Brown: The Employment Development Fund (EOF) was established to fund the delivery of employment policies, including the
set up of Jobcentre Plus. As part of the 2002 Spending Review, the Department's settlement for the three year period from 2003-04 to
2005-06 subsumed the resources previously in the EDF.
The current expenditure plans of the Department for Work and Pensions are contained in Tables 1-11 of the 'Department for Work and
Pensions Departmental Report--The Government's expenditure plans 2002-03 and 2003-04' (Command 5424), which is in the Library.
Subjects
Finance; Employment schemes; Employment Development Fund
Date
25 February 2003
Reference
97350; 400 c493W;400 c486W
House
House of Commons