Asked by: Cathy Jamieson (Labour (Co-op) - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households subject to the benefits cap in (a) each parliamentary constituency and (b) each local authority area in Scotland have received transitional support via discretionary housing payment to date.
Answered by Esther McVey
The information requested is not available.
Asked by: Cathy Jamieson (Labour (Co-op) - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households have been subject to the benefit cap in (a) each parliamentary constituency and (b) each local authority area in Scotland.
Answered by Esther McVey
Information on the number of households subject to the benefit cap in each parliamentary constituency in Scotland have not yet been published as Official Statistics. We intend to include this information as part of an upcoming release in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. Information on the number of households subject to the benefit cap in each local authority in Scotland has been published and is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-march-2014
Asked by: Cathy Jamieson (Labour (Co-op) - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of refunding travel expenditure by jobseekers to jobcentres in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency was between January 2014 and May 2014.
Answered by Esther McVey
The cost of refunding travel expenditure by Jobseekers to Jobcentres in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency between January 2014 and May 2014 was :
January 2014 to May 2014 | £1,456.88 |
Asked by: Cathy Jamieson (Labour (Co-op) - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households subject to the benefits cap in (a) each parliamentary constituency and (b) each local authority area in Scotland have received transitional support via discretionary housing payment to date.
Answered by Esther McVey
The information requested is not available.
Asked by: Cathy Jamieson (Labour (Co-op) - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the average waiting times for (a) personal independence payments assessments and (b) work capability assessments conducted by Atos in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.
Answered by Mike Penning
Limited data has started to feed through to the Department from Atos Healthcare about the average waiting times for applicants for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) to be seen for a face to face consultation although this is not provided for the specific geographical area of Kilmarnock and Loudoun. When the data is fully collated and meets the quality standards set by the UK Statistics Authority, the Department intends to publish official statistics later in the year.
The most recent data about national average waiting times for Work Capability Assessments (for both Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit Reassessment), for the period from February 2013 to date is 76 working days.
Asked by: Cathy Jamieson (Labour (Co-op) - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recovery actions in respect of child support arrears owed to the parent residing in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency were (a) commenced, (b) concluded successfully and (c) suspended in the last three years for which figures are available.
Answered by Steve Webb
Information on the number of recovery actions in respect of child support arrears owed to the parent with care in the Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency is not available as it is not routinely recorded for management information purposes. To provide this would require the creation of new information which could only be completed and appropriately assured at a disproportionate cost.
Information regarding enforcement actions undertaken by the Child Support Agency (CSA) is published on page 48 of the CSA Quarterly Summary of Statistics. This can be found at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics-december-2013.
Asked by: Cathy Jamieson (Labour (Co-op) - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency whose incomes from benefits payments have reduced by (i) 10 per cent, (ii) between 20 and 49 per cent and (iii) 50 per cent or more since May 2010.
Answered by Esther McVey
The requested information is not available.
Asked by: Cathy Jamieson (Labour (Co-op) - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Scotland and (b) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency under the age of 25 years were in receipt of housing benefit in the last year for which figures are available.
Answered by Steve Webb
The requested information is show in the table below.
Monthly Housing Benefit recipients under the age of 25 in Scotland and Kilmarnock and Loudoun Parliamentary Constituency, December 2012 - November 2013
Scotland | Kilmarnock and Loudoun Parliamentary Constituency | |
Dec-12 | 32,807 | 870 |
Jan-13 | 32,997 | 916 |
Feb-13 | 33,487 | 908 |
Mar-13 | 33,397 | 942 |
Apr-13 | 33,199 | 945 |
May-13 | 32,887 | 931 |
Jun-13 | 32,664 | 922 |
Jul-13 | 32,589 | 945 |
Aug-13 | 32,739 | 948 |
Sep-13 | 31,899 | 910 |
Oct-13 | 31,526 | 897 |
Nov-13 | 30,397 | 859 |
Source: Stat-Xplore, Department for Work and Pensions.
This information is published and can be found at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk
Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:
https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm
Notes:
Recipients are counted on the second Thursday of the month and statistical disclosure control has been applied to protect against the identification of individual claimants.
Asked by: Cathy Jamieson (Labour (Co-op) - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to assist deaf people in seeking employment.
Answered by Mike Penning
We do not target our employment support exclusively at individuals with particular impairments. Instead, through a range of programmes, we aim to identify and meet the needs of the individual, including the needs of deaf people.
The Work Programme is the biggest single Welfare to Work programme, which provides personalised back-to-work support for unemployed people, including disabled people. For those that have more complex needs, we have a range of specialist disability employment programmes, including Access to Work, Work Choice and Residential Training Colleges, all of which support deaf people to take up and remain in employment. In particular, Access to Work can provide funding towards tailored support for deaf people such as specialist aids and equipment and British Sign Language Interpreters.
Jobcentre Plus Disability Employment Advisers can provide support and advice for disabled people who need help finding and retaining employment.
Asked by: Cathy Jamieson (Labour (Co-op) - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit sanctions in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency were (a) issued and (b) dropped following requests for reconsideration or appeal in the last year for which figures are available.
Answered by Esther McVey
The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.