Asked by: Mark Lazarowicz (Labour (Co-op) - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2015 to Question 221729, how many former Incapacity Benefit claimants that were transferred to either jobseeker's allowance or employment and support allowance had participated in a Work Programme in (a) Edinburgh, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK up to September 2014; and how many of those have found work as a result of that programme.
Answered by Esther McVey - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
Information on the number of Work Programme referrals, attachments and job outcomes, by payment group can be found at:
http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html
Guidance for users can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance
Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland.
http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research.htm
Asked by: Mark Lazarowicz (Labour (Co-op) - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former incapacity benefit claimants found fit for work after being reassessed for employment and support allowance between October 2010 and March 2014 have found work as a result of the Work Programme in (a) Edinburgh, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK.
Answered by Esther McVey - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
The information as requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Mark Lazarowicz (Labour (Co-op) - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many current applications for funeral expenses from the Social Fund have been outstanding for longer than (a) 16 days, (b) 18 days and (c) 21 days.
Answered by Steve Webb
This information is not held in the format requested and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Mark Lazarowicz (Labour (Co-op) - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average time is taken to process an application for funeral expenses from the Social Fund from the time an application is submitted to a decision being taken.
Answered by Steve Webb
The clearance time for Funeral Payments, as published in the 2012/13 Social Fund Annual report, is an average of 14.76 days, against a target of 16 days
Asked by: Mark Lazarowicz (Labour (Co-op) - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will review the rate for Social Fund funeral expenses payments.
Answered by Steve Webb
There are no current plans to review the rate of funeral payments. However, for those who are eligible to be considered for a budgeting loan payment, the scope of this scheme has now been expanded to include funeral costs.