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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Workstep places were available in each region in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2009.

Asked by
Paul Rowen (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
21 July 2009
Reference
496 c1338W; 284952
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in each category of disability have been assisted through the Workstep programme since it was introduced.

Asked by
Derek Conway (Independent Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
29 April 2009
Reference
491 c1294W; 261787
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many meetings his Ministers and officials have held with the Royal London Society for the Blind on the impact of changes for blind and partially-sighted employment support projects under the Workstep programme in London.

Asked by
Derek Conway (Independent Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 April 2009
Reference
491 c142W; 261780
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the percentage of funding under the relevant contract which has been spent on administration by (a) prime contractors on the Pathways to Work programme and (b) disabled charity providers under Workstep.

Asked by
Derek Conway (Independent Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 March 2009
Reference
490 c910W;490 c906W; 261784
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) contractors for Workstep and (b) specific disability charities in securing sponsoring employers and mentoring-assisted employment placements for disabled people;

Asked by
Derek Conway (Independent Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 March 2009
Reference
490 c623-4W;490 c619-20W; 261782
House
House of Commons

(2) what steps he has taken to ensure that contractors under the Workstep programme provide equal treatment for people with different categories of disability.

Asked by
Derek Conway (Independent Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 March 2009
Reference
490 c623-4W;490 c619-20W; 261783
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he has taken to ensure equal treatment for the most vulnerable disabled jobseekers within the prime contractor models for Workstep.

Asked by
Derek Conway (Independent Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 March 2009
Reference
490 c624W;490 c620W; 263027
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the comparative effectiveness of prime contractors on the Pathways to Work programme and Workstep.

Asked by
Derek Conway (Independent Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 March 2009
Reference
490 c617W;490 c613W; 263028
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the length of the 24-month supported-employment period for people with some types of disabilities within the Workstep programme;

Asked by
Derek Conway (Independent Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 March 2009
Reference
489 c688W;489 c690W; 261781
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many representations he has received on the effectiveness of the Workstep programme.

Asked by
Derek Conway (Independent Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 March 2009
Reference
489 c688-9W;489 c690-1W; 261785
House
House of Commons

(2) what recent representations he has received in favour of the extension of the Workstep programme beyond 24 months for people with certain categories of disability.

Asked by
Derek Conway (Independent Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 March 2009
Reference
489 c688W;489 c690W; 261786
House
House of Commons

Adjournment debate on the Workstep scheme in Blackpool

Lead member
Gordon Marsden
Answering member
Jonathan Shaw
Department
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Adjournment debates
Date
7 October 2008
Reference
480 c250-6
House
House of Commons

I am delighted to welcome my hon. Friend the Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Jonathan Shaw) to his new position of Minister with responsibility for disabled people and to wish him well in that post. Supporting people with disabilities to obtain useful and satisfying employment and to remain and, hopefully,...

Member
Gordon Marsden (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 October 2008
Reference
480 c250-4
House
House of Commons

I agree absolutely with my hon. Friend on those points. Sadly, I am afraid that the way in which Mr. Pullan and Councillor Henderson have proceeded has caused these sorts of problems. The Government have made their commitment to the principles of Workstep and any continuing successor programmes beyond 2009...

Member
Gordon Marsden (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 October 2008
Reference
480 c254
House
House of Commons

Is my hon. Friend aware that the recent consultation document on the Government's their welfare to work strategy talks clearly about empowering people with disability, listening to people with disability and supporting people with disability in getting into work and while they are in work? Does he agree that in...

Member
Joan Humble (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 October 2008
Reference
480 c254
House
House of Commons

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool, South (Mr. Marsden), who was ably supported by my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool, North and Fleetwood (Mrs. Humble). She echoed some of the concerns that he set out this evening on behalf of his constituents. I am grateful for...

Member
Jonathan Shaw (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 October 2008
Reference
480 c254-6
House
House of Commons
One way of getting more people into employment in Glasgow and elsewhere is through the Department for Work and Pensions’ Workstep programme, which provides job subsidies to employers of people with severe disabilities. What would my hon. Friend say about a local authority that signed a Workstep contract with the DWP to supply work for 35 disabled people a week after SNP and Liberal Democrat councillors effectively voted to close the same factory in which those people work? How can that help people get into employment?
Asked by
Anne Begg (Labour)
Answering body
Scotland Office
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
5 March 2008
Reference
472 c1737;472 c1735
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have found sustained employment through Workstep; and what his Department's annual expenditure on Workstep has been in each year since the scheme was introduced.

Asked by
Lord Harper (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 February 2008
Reference
472 c1122W; 178739
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what definition he uses for sustained progression payment in relation to Workstep contractors.

Asked by
Lord Harper (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
7 February 2008
Reference
471 c1361-2W;471 c1357-8W; 178816
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to extend the Workstep programme beyond April 2008.

Asked by
Jeremy Hunt (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
21 June 2007
Reference
461 c2250W; 142537
House
House of Commons