Asked by: Frank Roy (Labour - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were employed at Bellshill Jobcentre Plus (a) full and (b) part-time in each year since 2012.
Answered by Steve Webb
The following tables show the number of full-time and part-time employees in Motherwell Jobcentre, Bellshill Jobcentre, and Motherwell Pensions Centre at March 2012, March 2013 and March 2014.
Motherwell Jobcentre
Period | Full time | Part time | Total |
March 2012 | 76 | 37 | 113 |
March 2013 | 62 | 46 | 108 |
March 2014 | 48 | 57 | 105 |
Bellshill Jobcentre
Period | Full time | Part time | Total |
March 2012 | 75 | 44 | 119 |
March 2013 | 62 | 42 | 104 |
March 2014 | 46 | 53 | 99 |
Motherwell Pensions Centre
Period | Full time | Part time | Total |
March 2012 | 365 | 207 | 572 |
March 2013 | 338 | 221 | 559 |
March 2014 | 296 | 236 | 532 |
Asked by: Frank Roy (Labour - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were employed at the Pensions Service Agency in Motherwell (a) full and (b) part-time in each year since 2012.
Answered by Steve Webb
The following tables show the number of full-time and part-time employees in Motherwell Jobcentre, Bellshill Jobcentre, and Motherwell Pensions Centre at March 2012, March 2013 and March 2014.
Motherwell Jobcentre
Period | Full time | Part time | Total |
March 2012 | 76 | 37 | 113 |
March 2013 | 62 | 46 | 108 |
March 2014 | 48 | 57 | 105 |
Bellshill Jobcentre
Period | Full time | Part time | Total |
March 2012 | 75 | 44 | 119 |
March 2013 | 62 | 42 | 104 |
March 2014 | 46 | 53 | 99 |
Motherwell Pensions Centre
Period | Full time | Part time | Total |
March 2012 | 365 | 207 | 572 |
March 2013 | 338 | 221 | 559 |
March 2014 | 296 | 236 | 532 |
Asked by: Frank Roy (Labour - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the working age population of Motherwell and Wishaw constituency are in receipt of disability living allowance.
Answered by Lord Harper
The information requested is shown in the table below.
Number of working age Disability Living Allowance claimants in the Motherwell and Wishaw Parliamentary Constituency, as a proportion of the working age population: As at February 2014
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| Total | Proportion |
Motherwell and Wishaw | 4,270 | 8.8% |
Source:
DWP 100% Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (Caseload)
National Records of Scotland © Crown Copyright 2014 (Population Estimates Mid 2013)
Notes:
1. Caseload figure is rounded to the nearest 10; The proportion is rounded to one decimal place.
2. Caseload information is published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool
3. Population information is published at: http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population/population-estimates/mid-year-population-estimates
4. Parliamentary Constituency of claimant (Westminster) These constituencies are used for the Westminster parliament.
5. Caseload information shows the number of people in receipt of an allowance, and exclude people with entitlement where the payment has been suspended, for example if they are in hospital.
6. The population estimates are for the constituencies for the 2011 Scottish Parliament elections as at 30th June for each year from 2002 onwards.
7. The population estimates areas are based on data zone population estimates.
8. Data zones do not fit exactly into the 2011 Scottish Parliamentary Constituency boundaries, so they are allocated on a 'best fit' basis.
9. Where a data zone crosses the boundary of two or more constituencies it is allocated to the constituency that contains the population-weighted centroid of the data zone.
Asked by: Frank Roy (Labour - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much discretionary housing payment award was made to each local authority in Scotland in 2013-14.
Answered by Steve Webb
The Government contribution towards Discretionary Housing Payments that was made available to each local authority in Scotland for 2013/14, alongside the amount of that funding claimed by each authority at the end of the year, is shown in the table below.
| Government contribution towards Discretionary Housing Payments for 2013/14 | Government contribution towards Discretionary Housing Payments claimed in 2013/14 |
Aberdeen | £369,125 | £369,125 |
Aberdeenshire | £594,825 | £463,374 |
Angus | £413,506 | £413,506 |
Argyll and Bute | £370,656 | £370,656 |
Clackmannanshire | £258,323 | £258,323 |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | £107,388 | £91,177 |
Dumfries and Galloway | £658,354 | £658,354 |
Dundee | £457,506 | £457,506 |
East Ayrshire | £171,570 | £171,570 |
East Dunbartonshire | £107,919 | £107,919 |
East Lothian | £137,196 | £137,196 |
East Renfrewshire | £83,222 | £83,222 |
Edinburgh | £1,430,709 | £1,430,709 |
Falkirk | £179,720 | £179,720 |
Fife | £974,985 | £974,985 |
Glasgow | £2,892,818 | £2,892,818 |
Highland | £1,077,115 | £1,077,115 |
Inverclyde | £213,174 | £213,174 |
Midlothian | £231,483 | £231,483 |
Moray | £252,230 | £181,444 |
North Ayrshire | £429,823 | £429,823 |
North Lanarkshire | £587,526 | £587,526 |
Orkney | £64,359 | £64,359 |
Perth and Kinross | £523,618 | £260,198 |
Renfrewshire | £517,351 | £517,351 |
Scottish Borders | £450,553 | £450,553 |
Shetland | £72,457 | £72,457 |
South Ayrshire | £262,150 | £262,150 |
South Lanarkshire | £742,570 | £742,570 |
Stirling | £400,324 | £400,324 |
West Dunbartonshire | £872,472 | £872,472 |
West Lothian | £364,648 | £364,648 |
Asked by: Frank Roy (Labour - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much discretionary housing payment award he plans to give to each local authority in Scotland in 2014-15.
Answered by Steve Webb
The Government contribution towards Discretionary Housing Payments that has been made available to each local authority in Scotland for 2014/15 is shown in the table below. Local authorities will inform us as to how much of this they will claim at the end of the financial year.
Local Authority | Government contribution towards Discretionary Housing Payments for 2014/15 | |
Aberdeen | £308,438 |
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Aberdeenshire | £480,948 |
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Angus | £357,857 |
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Argyll and Bute | £409,580 |
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Clackmannanshire | £176,383 |
|
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | £109,743 |
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Dumfries and Galloway | £732,662 |
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Dundee | £484,174 |
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East Ayrshire | £322,608 |
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East Dunbartonshire | £102,435 |
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East Lothian | £122,558 |
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East Renfrewshire | £67,736 |
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Edinburgh | £1,533,120 |
|
Falkirk | £258,058 |
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Fife | £693,077 |
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Glasgow | £2,724,843 |
|
Highland | £1,178,903 |
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Inverclyde | £210,794 |
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Midlothian | £183,798 |
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Moray | £228,368 |
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North Ayrshire | £408,703 |
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North Lanarkshire | £692,677 |
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Orkney | £50,592 |
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Perth and Kinross | £380,620 |
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Renfrewshire | £369,000 |
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Scottish Borders | £464,841 |
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Shetland | £71,267 |
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South Ayrshire | £305,618 |
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South Lanarkshire | £638,098 |
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Stirling | £420,609 |
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West Dunbartonshire | £339,751 |
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West Lothian | £402,484 |
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Asked by: Frank Roy (Labour - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency have been in receipt of employment and support allowance payments for more than one year.
Answered by Lord Harper
The information requested is shown in the table below.
Number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants in the Motherwell and Wishaw parliamentary Constituency, with a duration of 1 year or more: As at February 2014:
| Total |
Motherwell and Wishaw | 3,030 |
Source: DWP, 100% Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.
Notes:
Asked by: Frank Roy (Labour - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much discretionary housing payment award was made to each local authority in Scotland in 2013-14.
Answered by Steve Webb
The Government contribution towards Discretionary Housing Payments that was made available to each local authority in Scotland for 2013/14, alongside the amount of that funding claimed by each authority at the end of the year, is shown in the table below.
| Government contribution towards Discretionary Housing Payments for 2013/14 | Government contribution towards Discretionary Housing Payments claimed in 2013/14 |
Aberdeen | £369,125 | £369,125 |
Aberdeenshire | £594,825 | £463,374 |
Angus | £413,506 | £413,506 |
Argyll and Bute | £370,656 | £370,656 |
Clackmannanshire | £258,323 | £258,323 |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | £107,388 | £91,177 |
Dumfries and Galloway | £658,354 | £658,354 |
Dundee | £457,506 | £457,506 |
East Ayrshire | £171,570 | £171,570 |
East Dunbartonshire | £107,919 | £107,919 |
East Lothian | £137,196 | £137,196 |
East Renfrewshire | £83,222 | £83,222 |
Edinburgh | £1,430,709 | £1,430,709 |
Falkirk | £179,720 | £179,720 |
Fife | £974,985 | £974,985 |
Glasgow | £2,892,818 | £2,892,818 |
Highland | £1,077,115 | £1,077,115 |
Inverclyde | £213,174 | £213,174 |
Midlothian | £231,483 | £231,483 |
Moray | £252,230 | £181,444 |
North Ayrshire | £429,823 | £429,823 |
North Lanarkshire | £587,526 | £587,526 |
Orkney | £64,359 | £64,359 |
Perth and Kinross | £523,618 | £260,198 |
Renfrewshire | £517,351 | £517,351 |
Scottish Borders | £450,553 | £450,553 |
Shetland | £72,457 | £72,457 |
South Ayrshire | £262,150 | £262,150 |
South Lanarkshire | £742,570 | £742,570 |
Stirling | £400,324 | £400,324 |
West Dunbartonshire | £872,472 | £872,472 |
West Lothian | £364,648 | £364,648 |
Asked by: Frank Roy (Labour - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much discretionary housing payment award he plans to give to each local authority in Scotland in 2014-15.
Answered by Steve Webb
The Government contribution towards Discretionary Housing Payments that has been made available to each local authority in Scotland for 2014/15 is shown in the table below. Local authorities will inform us as to how much of this they will claim at the end of the financial year.
Local Authority | Government contribution towards Discretionary Housing Payments for 2014/15 | |
Aberdeen | £308,438 |
|
Aberdeenshire | £480,948 |
|
Angus | £357,857 |
|
Argyll and Bute | £409,580 |
|
Clackmannanshire | £176,383 |
|
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | £109,743 |
|
Dumfries and Galloway | £732,662 |
|
Dundee | £484,174 |
|
East Ayrshire | £322,608 |
|
East Dunbartonshire | £102,435 |
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East Lothian | £122,558 |
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East Renfrewshire | £67,736 |
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Edinburgh | £1,533,120 |
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Falkirk | £258,058 |
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Fife | £693,077 |
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Glasgow | £2,724,843 |
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Highland | £1,178,903 |
|
Inverclyde | £210,794 |
|
Midlothian | £183,798 |
|
Moray | £228,368 |
|
North Ayrshire | £408,703 |
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North Lanarkshire | £692,677 |
|
Orkney | £50,592 |
|
Perth and Kinross | £380,620 |
|
Renfrewshire | £369,000 |
|
Scottish Borders | £464,841 |
|
Shetland | £71,267 |
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South Ayrshire | £305,618 |
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South Lanarkshire | £638,098 |
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Stirling | £420,609 |
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West Dunbartonshire | £339,751 |
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West Lothian | £402,484 |
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