Sir Stephen Timms

9 Feb 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Flexible Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent from the Flexible Support Fund on supporting jobseekers to travel to job interviews in (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013 and (d) 2014.

9 Feb 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Flexible Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was allocated by Jobcentre Plus district managers to local partnerships through the Flexible Support Fund in each year since 2011.

5 Feb 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobseeker's Allowance: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to publicise the jobseeker's allowance Domestic Violence Easement.

5 Feb 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobseeker's Allowance: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many peopled claimed jobseeker's allowance Domestic Violence Easement in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.

5 Feb 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobseeker's Allowance: Lone Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the flexible arrangements available to lone parents claiming jobseeker's allowance to enable them to search for work and meet their caring responsibilities are bei

5 Feb 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobseeker's Allowance: Lone Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that lone parents claiming jobseeker's allowance are made aware of the flexible arrangements available to them to enable them to search for work and meet their caring r

5 Feb 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with referene to his contribution of 26 January 2015, Official Report, column 546, on the innovation fund for young people, what the evidential basis is for the statement that 7.1 per cent of all young

4 Feb 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Annex 5 of the Written evidence submitted by the Public and Commercial Services Union to the Work and Pensions Committee dated 29 January 2015, whether the target set out in the memora

4 Feb 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentre Plus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what performance measures are used to monitor frontline advisers in Jobcentre Plus.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received in favour of allowing work programme participants to claim the new enterprise allowance; and if he will make a statement.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Atos Healthcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in establishing a network of mental health, intellectual and cognitive champions in each Atos Medical Examination Centre since November 2010.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to reclaim overpayments from Work Programme providers since June 2011; and if he will make a statement.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Work Programme participants have entered Payment Group One since June 2011; and how many of those participants were identified as being not in employment, education or training before entering

3 Feb 2015 · Cabinet Office

Unemployment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average proportion was of people from a black and minority ethnic background who were unemployed for longer than (a) 12 months and (b) two years in each of the last 10 years.

2 Feb 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 221544, what the unrounded forecast agreed with OBR is for the number of claimants of Universal Credit in May 2015.

2 Feb 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will produce overarching guidance to ensure that Universal Credit data sharing between his Department and local support providers is undertaken in a consistent and appropriate manner.

2 Feb 2015 · Cabinet Office

Unemployment: Older People

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of people aged 50 and over were unemployed for longer than (a) 12 months and (b) two years in each of the last 10 years.

30 Jan 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobseeker's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the jobseeker's allowance regime facilitates legitimate voluntary work that might boost a jobseeker's skills and experience.

30 Jan 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Welfare Assistance Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has held in 2015 to date with his ministerial colleagues at the Department for Communities and Local Government on the operation of local welfare assistance schemes.

30 Jan 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to encourage Work Programme providers to work with housing associations to help tenants boost their employability.

30 Jan 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what ongoing support his Department offers a jobseeker's allowance claimant who has received a sanction.

30 Jan 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Electronic Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the long-term sustainability of his plans for a digital service.

28 Jan 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentre Plus: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many Jobcentres is a mental health champion employed; and how many mental health champions Jobcentre Plus employs in total.

28 Jan 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department last published data about the extent of deprivation in different parts of the UK.

28 Jan 2015 · Cabinet Office

Unemployment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average proportion of working age people unemployed for longer than (a) 12 months and (b) two years was in each of the last 10 years.

28 Jan 2015 · Cabinet Office

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the rate of youth unemployment as a proportion of the overall rate of unemployment was in each of the last 10 years.

28 Jan 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Employment Schemes: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress his Department has made with pilot projects to assist people with mental health conditions return to work.

27 Jan 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Job Creation: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the oral Answer of 26 January 2015, Official Report, column 550, on job creation (Yorkshire), what the evidential basis is for the statement that of the jobs created in Shipley and Yorkshire

27 Jan 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the oral Answer of 26 January 2015, Official Report, column 547, on mental health (employment opportunities), what each innovative approach to employment support for those with mental health

27 Jan 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on Work Programme attachment fees on (a) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Income Related (IR), Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) with three to six months prognosis, (b) E