Asked by: Michael Dugher (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases have been registered for personal independence payment in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley local authority area and (c) South Yorkshire.
Answered by Lord Harper
Such information as is available on personal independence payment cases registered and cleared below national level has been published and is available in the data tables which accompany the most recent release of statistics on 17 September: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2014
Asked by: Michael Dugher (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many payments to universal credit claimants have been made directly to a landlord in Barnsley local authority area to date.
Answered by Lord Harper
The information you have requested is not currently available. The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit in September 2013 which can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics
These statistics however will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently quality assuring data for Universal Credit, therefore it is not yet possible to give a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future.
Asked by: Michael Dugher (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish data on the average wait for an assessment for a personal independence payment.
Answered by Lord Harper
Departmental statisticians are continuing to develop measures around clearance times and waiting times to ensure they provide a rounded and representative picture of PIP system performance, improvement activity and the claimants’ experience. These statistics will be published once/when they are ready, with the release pre-announced in line with United Kingdom Statistics Authority release protocols.
Asked by: Michael Dugher (Labour - Barnsley East)
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 applicants for employment and support allowance in (a) England and Wales, (b) South Yorkshire, (c) Barnsley Local Authority and (d) Barnsley East constituency who do not receive a decision within the target waiting time of 35 days; and what steps he is taking to expedite such applications.
Answered by Lord Harper
There is not a target 35 day waiting time for Employment and Support Allowance claims to be decided. The Department has taken action to reduce waiting times by:
Asked by: Michael Dugher (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Barnsley East constituency have found employment lasting more than six months through the Work Programme since its inception; how many such people were aged under 24; and how many such people had a disability.
Answered by Esther McVey
The available information is given in the tables below:
Number of Work Programme Job Outcomes for Payment Groups 1, 2 and 9,
for Great Britain and Barnsley East Parliamentary Constituency, by Age and Employment Duration; as at 30 June 2014.
| Age | Employment Duration | ||
Total | 26 weeks up to 50 weeks | 50 weeks or over | ||
All | Total | 238,020 | 90,850 | 147,180 |
Other | 156,540 | 59,040 | 97,500 | |
18 - 24 | 81,480 | 31,810 | 49,670 | |
Barnsley East | Total | 480 | 190 | 300 |
Other | 260 | 90 | 170 | |
18 - 24 | 220 | 90 | 130 | |
Number of Work Programme Job Outcomes for Payment Groups 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, for Great Britain and Barnsley East Parliamentary Constituency, by Age and Employment Duration; as at 30 June 2014.
| Age | Employment Duration | |||
Total | 13 weeks up to 25 weeks | 25 weeks up to 49 weeks | 49 weeks or over | ||
All | Total | 93,260 | 22,020 | 27,000 | 44,240 |
Other | 57,200 | 12,810 | 16,270 | 28,120 | |
18 - 24 | 36,070 | 9,210 | 10,730 | 16,130 | |
Barnsley East | Total | 270 | 70 | 90 | 110 |
Other | 130 | 40 | 40 | 60 | |
18 - 24 | 140 | 40 | 50 | 60 | |
Number of Work Programme Job Outcomes for Payment Groups 1, 2 and 9, for Great Britain and Barnsley East Parliamentary Constituency by Disability Indicator and Employment Duration; as at 30 June 2014.
| Disability Indicator6 | Employment Duration | ||
Total | 26 weeks up to 50 weeks | 50 weeks or over | ||
All | Total | 238,020 | 90,850 | 147,180 |
No/Unknown | 200,910 | 76,350 | 124,560 | |
Yes | 37,110 | 14,490 | 22,610 | |
Barnsley East | Total | 480 | 190 | 300 |
No/Unknown | 420 | 160 | 260 | |
Yes | 60 | 20 | 40 | |
Number of Work Programme Job Outcomes for Payment Groups 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, for Great Britain and Barnsley East Parliamentary Constituency by Disability Indicator and Employment Duration; as at 30 June 2014.
| Disability Indicator6 | Employment Duration | |||
Total | 13 weeks up to 25 weeks | 25 weeks up to 49 weeks | 49 weeks or over | ||
All | Total | 93,260 | 22,020 | 27,000 | 44,240 |
No/Unknown | 60,860 | 13,730 | 16,540 | 30,580 | |
Yes | 32,410 | 8,290 | 10,460 | 13,660 | |
Barnsley East | Total | 270 | 70 | 90 | 110 |
No/Unknown | 200 | 50 | 60 | 90 | |
Yes | 70 | 20 | 20 | 20 | |
Source: DWP Statistical Services
Notes:
1. Figures are cumulative and are rounded to the nearest ten. Totals may not sum due to rounding.
2. Job Outcomes: The Work Programme IT payment system was updated on the 26th March 2012 and validation processes introduced in April 2012. The early data series following this was subject to fluctuations as the new system and processes bedded in. For further details please see section 4.1 of the information note available on the Work Programme Official Statistics homepage at:
3. Payment Group: Payment Groups are assigned by Jobcentre Plus, on the basis of a claimant’s circumstances, and benefit they receive. For more information on the payment groups, when they commenced and inconsistencies please see the information note available on the Work Programme Official Statistics homepage at:
4. Age: Age is fixed at the time of referral. We have provided data for the standard age group of 18 – 24.
5. Employment Duration: Employment Duration is defined as the number of weeks required to claim a Job Outcome plus the number of weeks for which sustainment payments have been made. For example a job outcome paid for a customer in Payment Group 1 with one additional sustainment payment will have been in employment for 30 weeks up to 34 weeks.
6. Disability Indicator: Disability is self-assessed as having a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term effect on their ability to carry out normal day to day activities.
7. Job Outcome payments: A Job Outcome payment can be claimed when:
· There has been a either continuous or cumulative period of employment (Job Outcome payment trigger point) of 13 weeks for Payment Groups 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 and 26 weeks for Payment Groups 1, 2 and 9.;
· A participant has been in employment and off benefit in each week of the period (a week is defined as a 7 day period); and
· The Job Outcome is after the Job Start date, i.e. a Job Outcome payment can only be claimed when a participant starts a Job after Attachment Activity has been recorded on DWP prescribed IT or clerical system.
8. Sustainment payments: Providers can only claim a Sustainment payment where:
· A Job Outcome has been reported;
· Four continuous weeks in employment have elapsed between the Job Outcome payment date and the Sustainment payment date, or between the previous Sustainment payment date and the current Sustainment payment date.
· A participant has been in employment and off benefit each week (a week is defined as a 7 day period) in the four week period; and
· 15 working days have passed since the last date of the period being claimed.
· Following a break in employment after the 104 weeks Allotted Time providers will no longer be eligible to receive a Sustainment payment (a break is defined as when a participant leaves employment for 2 days or more, even if they remain off benefit).
Asked by: Michael Dugher (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) South Yorkshire, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber and (d) the UK received council tax benefit in each of the last five years.
Answered by Steve Webb
Most of the information requested is published and available for each month from November 2008 to February 2013 and can be found in Table 10 of the publication at:
Please note that data for the County of South Yorkshire will be the sum of the figures for Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield local authorities.
Council Tax Benefit (CTB) was replaced in April 2013 by the Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme and in England the Department for Communities and Local Government is now responsible for these statistics. The Scottish and Welsh Governments have similar responsibility.
Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Social Development. Northern Ireland statistics and can be found at:
http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm
The information requested for Barnsley East Parliamentary Constituency is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
However a Parliamentary Constituency breakdown for CTB was produced as a one-off exercise for January 2011 and this is published at:
Asked by: Michael Dugher (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Barnsley East constituency have received the new enterprise allowance; how many such people have since claimed (i) jobseeker's allowance, (ii) income support as a lone parent and (iii) employment and support allwance; and how many of those were (A) women and (B) men.
Answered by Esther McVey
Latest statistics published last week show that since the launch of New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) in 2011 to the end of June 2014, there have been 100 NEA weekly allowance starts in Barnsley East:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/new-enterprise-allowance-april-2011-to-june-2014
The Department has made an assessment of the number of NEA participants returning to any out-of-work benefit in the following published analysis. This suggests that 78% of people who started drawing the new enterprise allowance remained off benefit continuously for 12 months.
The analysis is not available by type of benefit, gender or Parliamentary Constituency.
Asked by: Michael Dugher (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for independence payments submitted by people in (a) England, (b) South Yorkshire, (c) Barnsley and (d) Barnsley East constituency have taken longer than 11 weeks to be determined.
Answered by Lord Harper
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the former Minister for Disabled People, the Rt. Hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead (Mike Penning), Official Report, 8 July 2014, column 278W.
Alex Cunningham(Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his contribution of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 647, on DWP: performance, how his Department will demonstrate that no claimant is waiting more than 16 weeks for their personal independence payment by the end of 2014. 203901
Rt. Hon. Mike Penning MP:
Statistics on clearance times are intended for future publication and the Department's analysts are currently considering what information will be included in the release.