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Speech in General Committees - Mon 27 Feb 2017
Draft Bereavement Support Payment Regulations 2017

"What a pleasure it is, once again, to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hanson. I do not intend to delay the Committee for long, but I want to comment on three main points.

I would imagine that everyone on the Committee knows a family in which there has been a …..."
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Written Question
Employment Schemes: Scotland
Monday 12th September 2016

Asked by: Roger Mullin (Scottish National Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of people in the workfare programme in (i) Fife and (ii) Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency moved into full-time employment in each of the last five years.

Answered by Damian Hinds

The Department does not operate a “workfare programme” therefore does not hold the information requested.

The Department does publish some information on the Work Programme, however the information requested for those who moved into full-time employment whilst on the Work Programme is not available.

Information is available for the number of Work Programme Referrals, Attachments and Job Outcomes (achieved when an individual has been in employment for 3 or 6 months, depending on their payment group), by various geographies and this can be found at: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/

Guidance for users can be found at: https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html

Written Question
Social Security Benefits: Fife
Thursday 8th September 2016

Asked by: Roger Mullin (Scottish National Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken is for the transition from one employment and support allowance entitlement to jobseeker's allowance in Fife.

Answered by Damian Hinds

The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Written Question
Work Programme: Fife
Monday 18th July 2016

Asked by: Roger Mullin (Scottish National Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which companies are currently participating in the Work Programme in Fife; and what kind of work experience does each such company to offer to benefit claimants placed with them.

Answered by Damian Hinds

The Work Programme prime providers that cover Fife are Ingeus and Working Links. They have complete freedom to innovate and design support based on individual and local need. That support can take many forms, including learning new skills, work experience and developing job hunting techniques. As prime providers they have the freedom to use a network of local specialist organisations to deliver tailored support to the individual.

Written Question
Social Security Benefits: Fife
Monday 18th July 2016

Asked by: Roger Mullin (Scottish National Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants were sanctioned more than once in (a) Fife and (b) Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13, (iii) 2013-14, (iv) 2014-15 and (v) 2015-16.

Answered by Damian Hinds

The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

Information on Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance sanction decisions, by cumulative frequency and geography, is available here: 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

Written Question
Social Security Benefits: Mental Health
Friday 11th September 2015

Asked by: Roger Mullin (Scottish National Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will commission an assessment of the effect of changes to welfare benefits on the mental health of claimants.

Answered by Justin Tomlinson

The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July. A link to the impact assessment is included. http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006.pdf

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 30 Jun 2015
Scotland Bill

"During the election campaign I met a man in my constituency called Dave Grieve. He had found very little support at the jobcentre to help him get into employment, so he took the initiative of setting up his own Facebook page. He now has 11,000 followers. He advertises the jobs …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 30 Jun 2015
Scotland Bill

"Not this one...."
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Written Question
Social Security Benefits: Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Monday 15th June 2015

Asked by: Roger Mullin (Scottish National Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants have been sanctioned in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency in each of the last 12 months.

Answered by Priti Patel - Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

The available information is published 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