Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children in Yorkshire were in (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty in 1997-98 and in each year since.
Answered by Esther McVey
Estimates of the number and proportion of children in relative and absolute low income are published in the National Statistics Households Below Average Income (HBAI) series. This information is captured using the Family Resources Survey (FRS). The latest publication is available at the link below: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/households-below-average-income-hbai-199495-to-201213
Due to small sample sizes local poverty estimates for Yorkshire are not available as robust estimates cannot be produced. However, HBAI does provide 3-year average estimates of the number of children in relative and absolute low income in Yorkshire and the Humber.
Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households with a person aged 75 or over in (a) York Central constituency and (b) York Unitary Authority area were eligible for a free television licence in the last year for which data is available.
Answered by Steve Webb
The information requested is not held.
Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) the City of York local authority area and (b) York Central constituency were in receipt of (i) the basic state pension and (ii) pension credit in 2008-09 and in each year since; and what the average weekly value of pension credit received was in each case during those periods.
Answered by Steve Webb
Statistics for State Pension and Pension Credit are available from 100% data and are published on the Department's website at:
http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/pc/tabtool_pc.html
and
http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/sp/tabtool_sp.html
Guidance for users is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance
Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) York Central constituency and (b) York Unitary Authority area received pension credit in the last year for which data is available.
Answered by Steve Webb
Statistics for State Pension and Pension Credit are available from 100% data and are published on the Department's website at:
http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/pc/tabtool_pc.html
and
http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/sp/tabtool_sp.html
Guidance for users is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance
Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in (a) York Central constituency and (b) York Unitary Authority area received winter fuel payments in the last year for which data is available.
Answered by Steve Webb
The information for winter 2012-13 is available on the internet at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/winter-fuel-payment-caseload-and-household-figures-201213
Asked by: Hugh Bayley (Labour - York Central)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area were claiming jobseeker's allowance per Jobcentre Plus vacancy in each year since May 2007.
Answered by Esther McVey
Headline figures on the number of unfilled vacancies at a point in time are published by the Office for National Statistics, based on a regular survey of employers. The sample size of the survey is, however, too small to allow information to be published below national level.
Jobcentre vancancies are just a part of total recruitment, missing jobs available in the wider labour market beyond the local constituency or authority, and those coming up through other recruitment channels or filled by direct approaches to employers or word of mouth. A snapshot of unfilled vacancies also misses the regular turnover of new vacancies that come up as existing opportunities are filled. Information on the number of unfilled vacancies held locally by Jobcentre Plus was collected until 2012 and the available information is shown in the table.
Jobseeker's Allowance caseload and unfilled Jobcentre Plus vacancies
| York Central | York local authority | ||
May in each year | JSA claimants | Live unfilled vacancies | JSA claimants | Live unfilled vacancies |
2007 | 1,338 | 970 | 1,821 | 1,583 |
2008 | 1,345 | 931 | 1,808 | 1,503 |
2009 | 2,571 | 935 | 3,739 | 1,341 |
2010 | 2,665 | 648 | 3,737 | 1,094 |
2011 | 2,432 | 663 | 3,320 | 1,094 |
2012 | 2,497 | 780 | 3,421 | 1,377 |
The latest claimant count figures show the number of JSA claimants in York Central and York local authority has fallen to 1,345 and 1,790 respectively in May 2014.
Universal Jobmatch has replaced the previous Jobcentre Plus system of taking vacancies. Equivalent statistical information on vacancies available through the new service is not currently available. The ONS data shows that nationally there are well over 600,000 vacancies available at any one time. Vacancies available locally through Universal Jobmatch can be accessed at https://www.gov.uk/jobsearch . Inputting a postcode, town or place in the appropriate box returns vacancies within a 20 mile radius. This can be further refined as necessary.