Asked by: Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to reduce youth unemployment.
Answered by Priti Patel - Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Youth unemployment has fallen 200,000 since 2010 and the youth claimant count has fallen for 44 consecutive months, to its lowest level since the 1970s.
As announced at the Summer Budget, from 2017 we are introducing the Youth Obligation, a new package of support for most 18-21 year olds on Universal Credit.
Asked by: Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, columns 275-6W, on carer's allowance, what the actual average clearance time was in working days for carer's allowance cases in the most recent period for which data is available.
Answered by Lord Harper
The Actual Average Clearance Time (in working days) for Carers Allowance cases for February 14/15 YTD is 13.7 days
Asked by: Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each of the English regions have been in receipt of Carer's Allowance in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lord Harper
Information on Carer’s Allowance is published and can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool
Guidance for users is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance
Asked by: Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Freedom of Information requests his Department has declined to answer in full since 2010.
Answered by Steve Webb
The Ministry of Justice publishes annual reports containing statistical information on Freedom of Information requests received by monitored bodies, including central Government Departments. The annual reports for the period 2010 to 2013 and the first two quarters of 2014 can be found at the following web address:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics
These annual reports include statistics on the number of non-routine requests received by this Department since 2010 to 30 June 2014 and include the volumes and proportions which were granted in full or withheld in full.
Asked by: Lord Walney (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions his Department has made appointments by exception since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
Answered by Steve Webb
Our recruitment records indicate that there have been 2698 appointments to DWP by exception since April 2010. The majority (2089) of these were short-term appointments (for up to a maximum of two years). The remainder included secondments, re-appointments, the recruitment of disabled individuals and nine were short-term appointments at Senior Civil Service (SCS) level. As the information constitutes sensitive personal data the Department is unable to disclose the names of the individuals recruited by exception.