Asked by: Julie Cooper (Labour - Burnley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants considered by his Department to have a limited capability to work live in Burnley.
Answered by Priti Patel - Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
| Responsibility Centre | Number of WC’s |
| JCNW Burnley JC Plus | 19 |
| Lancashire | 235 |
| JCNW North West England | 1436 |
The information available for the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants by phase of claim and geography is published and can be found at:
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp
Guidance for users is available at:
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp
Asked by: Julie Cooper (Labour - Burnley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what personal budgeting advice, and in what format, is provided to recipients of universal credit.
Answered by Priti Patel - Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
As part of the assistance being provided under Universal Support, Universal Credit gives budgeting support to help claimants manage their money on a monthly basis and pay bills on time.
As well as support offered by work coaches, claimants are offered advice by external organisations with the relevant expertise. This advice is available online, by phone or face-to-face.
Asked by: Julie Cooper (Labour - Burnley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parent households that are in receipt of housing benefit will be affected by changes to universal credit work allowances in (a) Burnley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West.
Answered by Priti Patel - Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
The information requested is not available.
The number of people on benefits is driven by a range of factors. Because of this, the programme measures progress by the successful achievement of its delivery plan rather than numbers of claimants.
Asked by: Julie Cooper (Labour - Burnley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parent households not in receipt of housing benefit will be affected by changes to universal credit work allowances in (a) Burnley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West.
Answered by Priti Patel - Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
The information requested is not available.
The number of people on benefits is driven by a range of factors. Because of this, the programme measures progress by the successful achievement of its delivery plan rather than numbers of claimants.
Asked by: Julie Cooper (Labour - Burnley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Burnley receive housing benefit.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
The information requested is published and available 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/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html
Asked by: Julie Cooper (Labour - Burnley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants who are considered by his Department to have a limited capability to work are in receipt of universal credit in (a) Burnley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK.
Answered by Priti Patel - Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
The information you have requested is not currently available.
During 2016 we will be increasing the range of statistics on Universal Credit which will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
Asked by: Julie Cooper (Labour - Burnley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit switch centres there are in (a) Burnley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West.
Answered by Priti Patel - Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
There are two Universal Credit service centres in the North West - Bolton and Makerfield.
Asked by: Julie Cooper (Labour - Burnley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many computers each jobcentre in (a) Burnley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West has available for recipients of universal credit to access benefits online.
Answered by Priti Patel - Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
The number of computers available in jobcentres for recipients to access benefits online are as follows:
Burnley 6
Lancashire 191
North West 474
In addition, claimants who do not have their own internet access can be signposted to local services such as libraries or local authority facilities.
Asked by: Julie Cooper (Labour - Burnley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Burnley are in receipt of universal credit.
Answered by Priti Patel - Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
According to the latest published statistics, there were 1,136 Universal Credit claimants in Burnley in November 2015.
This information can be found at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-29-apr-2013-to-3-dec-2015
Asked by: Julie Cooper (Labour - Burnley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are currently in receipt of disability benefits in (a) Burnley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
The available information for Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance, by age and a range of geographical breakdowns, is available using the Department’s Tabulation Tool: http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/.
Similar information for Personal Independence Payment and Employment Support Allowance is available using Stat-Xplore: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.
Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore is available here: https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html.