Work Programme: Barnsley
(asked on 26th September 2014) - View Source
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.
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).