Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit sanctions were applied to claimants resident in (a) Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency, (b) South Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each month since July 2010.
Answered by Esther McVey
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/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm
Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Social Development. Northern Ireland statistics can be found at:
http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of personal independence payment claims were disallowed pre-referral to the assessment providers in (a) Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency, (b) South Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each month since April 2013; and how many such claims were disallowed due to the claimant not returning the Part 2 form within the time limit in each of those areas in each of those months.
Answered by Lord Harper
For Great Britain figures relating to the number of claims disallowed pre-referral to the assessment, please refer to the Personal Independence Payment ad hoc statistical release published on 28th January 2015.
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-new-claims-ad-hoc-statistics
Please also refer to the following PQ response which shows what proportion of such claims are disallowed due to the claimant not returning the Part 2 form within the time limit.
The Department is intending on releasing Parliamentary Constituency, Local Authority and Regional level data on the number of claims disallowed pre-referral to the assessment provider and how many were disallowed due to the claimant not returning the Part 2 form within the time limit in the future.
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of the Access to Work scheme was in (a) Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency, (b) South Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each month since July 2010.
Answered by Lord Harper
The most up-to-date statistics on individuals helped by Access to Work were published on 20th January 2015, and are available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics-on-recipients--2#2014
No data is included for Northern Ireland as Access to Work has been devolved to that administration.
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency, (b) South Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK received support through the Access to Work scheme in each month since July 2010.
Answered by Lord Harper
The most up-to-date statistics on individuals helped by Access to Work were published on 20th January 2015, and are available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics-on-recipients--2#2014
No data is included for Northern Ireland as Access to Work has been devolved to that administration.
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of personal independence payments have received payments in arrears following a suspension totalling (a) £0-1,000, (b) £1,000-£2,000, (c) £2,000-£3,000, (d) £3,000-£4,000 and (e) more than £4,000 in each month since October 2013.
Answered by Lord Harper
The information you have requested is not held by the Department.
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of disability living allowance (DLA) have failed to make a claim for personal independence payment within the 28-day claim period notice after receiving a letter from his Department in each month since October 2013; and how many such claimants also failed to register a claim during the subsequent 28-day extension period during which their DLA payments were suspended.
Answered by Lord Harper
The information you have requested is not available.
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of his Department's consumption in kWh of (a) gas and (b) electricity in each month since June 2010; and what the cost of such consumption has been in each such month.
Answered by Mike Penning
The actual consumption and cost for gas and electricity, as requested, has been provided on an annex and will be available in the library.
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of jobseeker's allowance were sanctioned for failing to complete their job search evidence form for the week of 25 December 2013 to 1 January 2014.
Answered by Esther McVey
Published data on sanctions is currently available up to 30th September 2013, with the next scheduled release in May 2014.
Claimants are expected to do all that is reasonable within full time working hours in any week to look for work and this is not restricted to specific days.
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment applications have been processed in each month since April 2013.
Answered by Mike Penning
Personal Independence Payment started from April 2013 and although limited data has started to feed through, we need to wait until the Department has quality assured, meaningful figures for publication. The Department is working to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we are able to publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity. We intend to publish official statistics on personal independence payment from spring 2014.
An ad-hoc release of PIP information was published on Tuesday 11 February 2014. www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/277986/adHoc-pip-statistics-feb14.pdf
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of jobseeker's allowance were sanctioned for failing to complete their job search evidence form on 25 December 2013.
Answered by Esther McVey
Claimants are expected to do all that is reasonable within full time working hours in any week to look for work and this is not restricted to specific days.
Claimants with sincerely held religious beliefs can restrict their availability during religious festivals and holidays.