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Disabled People

Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people with disabilities in Coventry, South constituency have returned to work in the last five years. [211205]

Jane Kennedy [holding answer 31 January 2005]: The available Information on the number of people with disabilities who have benefited from the New Deal programme in Coventry, South is in the following tables.
 
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Number of people with disabilities who have benefited from the following New Deal programmes in Coventry, South; New Deal for Young People; New Deal 25 plus; New Deal for Lone Parents; New Deal 50 plus

October to September	Individuals into work
1999–2000	30
2000–01	30
2001–02	30
2002–03	30
2003–04	30
Total	150

Notes:
1.New Deal for Partners information is only available at national level.
2.New Deal for Young People started in January 1998; New Deal 25 plus started in July 1998; New Deal for Lone Parents started in October 1998; New Deal 50 plus started in April 2000.
3.New Deal 50 plus information relates to the number of New Deal 50 plus employment credit starts to March 2003. Information on the number of New Deal 50 plus recorded job entries from April 2003 to September 2004 is not available at constituency level.
4.All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 and for this reason, components may not necessarily sum to totals.
Source:
New Deal Evaluation Database

New Deal for Disabled People information is not available at constituency level. The available information for the Coventry and Warwickshire Jobcentre Plus district is in the table.
Number of individuals who have work from New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP) in the Coventry and Warwickshire Jobcentre Plus district

	Individuals into work
2001–01 (July to September)	0
October to September
2001–02	40
2002–03	90
2003–04	220
Total	340

Notes:
1.Starts figures relate to the number of individuals registering with an NDDP Job Broker.
2.Individuals into work figures relate to the number of individuals gaining jobs through Job Broker jobs and individuals gaining jobs through Jobcentre Plus.
3.The NDDP programme is available to people in receipt of a disability or health related benefit and started in July 2001.
4.All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 and for this reason, components may not necessarily sum to totals.
Source:
New Deal Evaluation Database

In addition to New Deal there are a number of programmes such as Access to Work, Work Preparation and WORKSTEP designed to help disabled people return to work. Details of the number of people helped to return to work through these programmes is not available at constituency or Jobcentre Plus district level.

Jobcentre Plus also offers interviews with a personal adviser to all disabled people making new or repeat claims to qualifying benefits to ensure they are aware of the help and opportunities available to them.

Mr. Fisher: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people with disabilities in Stoke-on-Trent have returned to work in each of the last seven years. [213197]

 
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Jane Kennedy: The available information on the number of people with disabilities who have benefited from the New Deal programme in Stoke-on-Trent is in the table.
Number of people with disabilities who have benefited from the following New Deal programmes in Stoke-on-Trent⁽³⁴⁾—New Deal for Young People; New Deal 25 Plus; New Deal for Lone Parents; New Deal 50 plus

October to September	Individuals into work
1997–98	20
1998–99	90
1999–2000	130
2000–01	150
2001–02	190
2002–03	170
2003–04	100
Total	850

⁽³⁴⁾Figures are for the three Stoke-on-Trent parliamentary constituencies (Stoke-on-Trent, North, Stoke-on-Trent, Central and Stoke-on-Trent, South).
Notes:
1.New Deal for Partners information is only available at national level.
2.New Deal for Young People started in January 1998; New Deal 25 plus started in July 1998; New Deal for Lone Parents started in October 1998; New Deal 50 plus started in April 2000.
3.New Deal 50 plus information relates to the number of New Deal 50 plus employment credit starts to March 2003. Information on the number of New Deal 50 plus recorded job entries from April 2003 to September 2004 is not available at constituency level.
4.All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 and for this reason, components may not necessarily sum to totals.
Source:
New Deal Evaluation Database

New Deal for Disabled People information is not available at constituency level. The available information for the Staffordshire Jobcentre Plus District is in the table.
Number of people who have benefited from New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP) in the Staffordshire Jobcentre Plus district

	Individuals into work
2001–01 (July to September)	0
October to September
2001–02	40
2002–03	240
2003–04	520
Total	800

Notes:
1.Starts figures relate to the number of individuals registering with an NDDP Job Broker.
2.Individuals into work figures relate to the number of individuals gaining jobs through Job Broker jobs and individuals gaining jobs through Jobcentre Plus.
3.The NDDP programme is available to people in receipt of a disability or health related benefit and started in July 2001.
4.All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 and for this reason, components may not necessarily sum to totals.
Source:
New Deal Evaluation Database

In addition to New Deal there are a number of programmes such as Access to Work, Work Preparation and WORKSTEP designed to help disabled people return to work. Details of the number of people helped to return to work through these programmes is not available at constituency or Jobcentre Plus District level.
 
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Jobcentre Plus also offers interviews with a personal adviser to all disabled people making new or repeat claims to qualifying benefits to ensure they are aware of the help and opportunities available to them.

Forced Labour

Adam Price: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what representations have been made by (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department to the International Labour Organisation about (i) the content and (ii) the publication date of the jointly commissioned report on forced labour in the UK. [215483]

Mr. Pond: DWP officials continue to be in regular contact with the ILO about this matter and, in conjunction with other government departments, are actively looking at the detail of the draft report which was commissioned by the ILO and TUG. We will consider the issues of content and publication further when we have received their recommendations.

Incapacity Benefit

Mr. Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the (a) start-up costs and (b) annual running costs of the incapacity benefit pilot projects, broken down by cost of (i)personal advisers, (ii) the new return to work credit, (iii) condition management courses, (iv) work programmes and (v)other costs. [215332]

Maria Eagle: The start-up costs for the incapacity benefit reform (Pathways to Work) pilots were incurred in the 2003–04 financial year and amounted £6,137,080. These include the costs of developing an extremely new and innovative learning and development package for personal advisers and work with NHS partners on the development of the Condition Management Programme.

The running costs for the Pathways to Work pilots are in the table.
Pathways to work pilots running costs £

	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06
Personal Advisers	626,895	2,619,651	3,619,136
Return to Work Credit	248,650	5,731,923	10,688,675
Condition Management	887,500	8,924,074	12,194,577
Work Programmes	1,195,436	7,444,959	6,755,478
Other costs	2,381,806	18,320,328	26,032,134

The figures for Personal Advisers also include some costs of Jobcentre Plus staff responsible for processing incapacity benefit that cannot be separated out.

The other" costs given include funding for the evaluation of Pathways to Work, costs for medical services delivered by ATOS Origin and additional support for Pilot offices.

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