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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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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.
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]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 200304 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.
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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