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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2021 to Question 179078, for what reason rapid response funding does not cover career change retraining for those who have been made redundant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2021 to Question 179078, for what reason rapid response funding does not cover career change retraining for those who have been made redundant.
RRS funding is demand led, and Districts have the discretion to decide whether offers of support, including vocational or non-vocational training, are appropriate to the local labour market, and subsequently are appropriate to move a person into employment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason rapid response funding does not cover retraining for those who have been made redundant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason rapid response funding does not cover retraining for those who have been made redundant.
Rapid Response Service can fund training on a case by case basis in supporting people serving their notice period, whether from compulsory redundancy or other workforce measures such as an early release scheme. They can access:
- information, advice and guidance
- non-vocational training to move a person closer to employment
- help to assess transferable skills in relation to the local labour market by conducting a skills transfer analysis
- vocational training to address skills needs
- other RRS funded support to help overcome barriers to getting a job or starting self-employment
Those who don’t find alternative employment before losing their job can access the same support as those under notice of redundancy for a period of 13 weeks. This is whether they make a claim for benefit or not.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many projects have been initiated by the Rapid Response Service in each month since January 2020; how many companies have been included in those projects; and how many redundancies have occurred in those projects.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many projects have been initiated by the Rapid Response Service in each month since January 2020; how many companies have been included in those projects; and how many redundancies have occurred in those projects.
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have been made redundant by companies involved with Rapid Response Service (RSS) projects since the beginning of 2020 have taken up services offered under RRS; and what proportion of those people received (a) information, advice and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have been made redundant by companies involved with Rapid Response Service (RSS) projects since the beginning of 2020 have taken up services offered under RRS; and what proportion of those people received (a) information, advice and...
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that unspent financial resources from the Redcar Taskforce are spent in the local community.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that unspent financial resources from the Redcar Taskforce are spent in the local community.
The Government has provided £50 million to the Redcar Task Force to support individuals directly affected by the SSI liquidation and to boost economic development across Tees Valley. £43 million of that funding has already been approved, with more than £30 million paid out to accountable local authorities and colleges. Task Force members continue to work closely with officials in the Department in delivering the remainder of the support package.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding has been provided to the Rapid Response Service to support those affected by the closure of SSI Redcar in 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding has been provided to the Rapid Response Service to support those affected by the closure of SSI Redcar in 2015.
The Department’s Rapid Response Service formed part of the SSI Task force set up to provide support to former SSI and supply chain workers.
The Rapid Response Service spend of £2.1M formed part of the overall package of £46m Government funding made available to help people back to work through a range of support measures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people affected by the closure of SSI Redcar have been supported back into employment through the Rapid Response Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people affected by the closure of SSI Redcar have been supported back into employment through the Rapid Response Service.
Around 9 in 10 (1,990) of the 2,150 SSI and other workers who made an initial claim for benefits have since ended that claim.
I agree with the hon. Lady: it is important that Jobcentre Plus is there to help employees when they are let go by their employers. That is what it is there for. Generally speaking, I hear very good reports of what it does. Of course, in her constituency, the claimant count has come down in the last year by 29%, so the overall economic picture is good. I will certainly look at the specific case and see if Jobcentre Plus needs a boost, but the fact is that jobs are being created and the vacancies are there. The hon. Lady talks about seamstresses, and we are actually seeing production in the garment industry being brought back onshore, which is very good news.
I agree with the hon. Lady: it is important that Jobcentre Plus is there to help employees when they are let go by their employers. That is what it is there for. Generally speaking, I hear very good reports of what it does. Of course, in her constituency, the claimant count has come down in the last year by 29%, so the overall economic picture is good. I will certainly look at the specific case and see if Jobcentre Plus needs a boost, but the fact is that jobs are being created and the vacancies are there. The hon. Lady talks about seamstresses, and we are actually seeing production in the garment industry being brought back onshore, which is very good news.
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Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire) (Lab):
In January, John Smedley in Clay Cross announced that it was making 21 seamstresses redundant. It took nearly two months before someone from the Jobcentre Plus rapid response team went in to see those women. The response was unsympathetic, unhelpful and anything but rapid. What has happened to rapid response and why have those workers been so badly let down?
Q4
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Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire) (Lab):
In January, John Smedley in Clay Cross announced that it was making 21 seamstresses redundant. It took nearly two months before someone from the Jobcentre Plus rapid response team went in to see those women. The response was unsympathetic, unhelpful and anything but rapid. What has happened to rapid response and why have those workers been so badly let down?
Q4
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Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire) (Lab):
In January, John Smedley in Clay Cross announced that it was making 21 seamstresses redundant. It took nearly two months before someone from the Jobcentre Plus rapid response team went in to see those women. The response was unsympathetic, unhelpful and anything but rapid. What has happened to rapid response and why have those workers been so badly let down?
I agree with the hon. Lady: it is important that Jobcentre Plus is there to help employees when they are let go by their employers. That is what it is there for. Generally speaking, I hear very good reports of what it does. Of course, in her constituency, the claimant count has come down in the last year by 29%, so the overall economic picture is good. I will certainly look at the specific case and see if Jobcentre Plus needs a boost, but the fact is that jobs are being created and the vacancies are there. The hon. Lady talks about seamstresses, and we are actually seeing production in the garment industry being brought back onshore, which is very good news.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding has been provided to the Rapid Response Service in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and what the staffing level of that service was in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding has been provided to the Rapid Response Service in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and what the staffing level of that service was in...
The overall funding for Rapid Response by DWP in the UK was:
· 2010-11 £7.100m
· 2011-12 £3.000m
· 2012-13 £4.037m
· 2013-14 £4.000m
This spend is captured at a National level and is unable to be split into Scotland and Wales data without a disproportionate cost to disaggregate. Northern Ireland is not within the jurisdiction of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Rapid response activities are part one of an advisor’s job so it is not possible to identify specific staff time utilised on Rapid Response.
Budget data can only be provided for the 4 years from 2010/ 11 to 2013/14 as historic changes in the accounting systems mean that 2009/10 information is not available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department has spent on the Jobcentre Plus rapid response service in each year since 2003-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department has spent on the Jobcentre Plus rapid response service in each year since 2003-04.
Information requested can only be provided in part due to seven year archive period for financials data.
Spend on Rapid Response Service has therefore been:
| Period | Spend
(£) |
| 2007-08 | 579,853 |
| 2008-09 | 851,954 |
| 2009-10 | 9,963,293 |
| 2010-11 | 6,472,119 |
| 2011-12 | 3,432,793 |
| 2012-13 | 4,020,041 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many times a Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response Team has been used since May 2010; and how many deployments have occurred in situations where 20 or more people faced redundancy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many times a Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response Team has been used since May 2010; and how many deployments have occurred in situations where 20 or more people faced redundancy.
The Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response Service works closely with employers and people facing redundancy to ensure they have access to all the help and information they need. The service aims to address the impact of job losses on workers and on the local community by helping people move into new jobs as quickly as possible.
The number of people in work has increased by 1.35 million since 2010—over a million of these jobs are full-time—and the employment rate is now 72.3%, the highest it has been since 2008.
The level of redundancy is 55,000 lower than in 2010.
7,506 employers have accepted redundancy support from the Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response Service since May 2010. Of these employers, 6,075 involved potential redundancies of 20 or more employees
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff of his Department's staff worked in a Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response team in each year since 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff of his Department's staff worked in a Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response team in each year since 2004.
We do not hold this information.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has for the Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has for the Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of (a) the number of people who have used the Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response service in the last 12-months and (b) the number and proportion of those people who found employment through the service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of (a) the number of people who have used the Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response service in the last 12-months and (b) the number and proportion of those people who found employment through the service.
(2) what information his Department collects on the job outcomes achieved by the Jobcentre Plus rapid response service.
(2) what information his Department collects on the job outcomes achieved by the Jobcentre Plus rapid response service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how his Department measures the performance against objectives of the Jobcentre Plus rapid response service;
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how his Department measures the performance against objectives of the Jobcentre Plus rapid response service;
(2) how many and what percentage of people engaged with the Jobcentre Plus rapid response service have found employment (a) within two weeks, (b) within one month, (c) within three months, (d) within six months and (e) within 12 months in each (i) year since 1997 and (ii) month of...
(2) how many and what percentage of people engaged with the Jobcentre Plus rapid response service have found employment (a) within two weeks, (b) within one month, (c) within three months, (d) within six months and (e) within 12 months in each (i) year since 1997 and (ii) month of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many and what percentage of people having received assistance under the Jobcentre Plus rapid response service were unemployed or on out-of-work benefits (a) two weeks, (b) one month, (c) three months, (d) six months, (e) 12 months and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many and what percentage of people having received assistance under the Jobcentre Plus rapid response service were unemployed or on out-of-work benefits (a) two weeks, (b) one month, (c) three months, (d) six months, (e) 12 months and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the additional £3 million funding for the Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response Service will be available; how many additional staff will be employed by the Rapid Response Service as a result of the additional funding; and how the additional £3...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the additional £3 million funding for the Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response Service will be available; how many additional staff will be employed by the Rapid Response Service as a result of the additional funding; and how the additional £3...