Supplementary memorandum submitted by
the Department for Work and Pensions
Question 60 (Mr Richard Bacon):
In those circumstances out of that universe of people where you
could apply sanctions, not the total caseload, it is broken down
by category—lone parent, incapacity benefit—how often
are sanctions actually applied.
Where a Jobcentre Plus adviser has grounds for
believing that a JSA customer is not fulfilling the conditions
for receiving the benefit, they may refer to a Sanction Decision
Maker (SDM) for a decision on the claim. The SDM will decide the
case on the evidence presented, which will include evidence submitted
by the customer. The decision will be based on whether or not
it is felt the claimant had just cause for not fulfilling the
conditions of receiving JSA. The table below provides a breakdown,
by Region, of the number of Fail to Attend referrals that attracted
a sanction. We do not collect this information broken down by
customer group.
| Fail to attend referrals
| Fail to attend sanctions | Fail to attend sanction rate
|
| East of England | 9,480 |
7,300 | 77% |
| East Midlands | 9,470 | 7,360
| 78% |
| London | 20,490 | 16,760
| 82% |
| North East | 11,810 | 10,000
| 85% |
| North West | 17,390 | 14,090
| 81% |
| Office for Scotland | 22,520
| 18,380 | 82% |
| South East | 13,020 | 10,500
| 81% |
| South West | 8,950 | 7,100
| 79% |
| Office for Wales | 7,870 |
6,610 | 84% |
| West Midlands | 16,860 |
13,710 | 81% |
| Yorkshire & Humber | 16,940
| 12,690 | 75% |
NB—The referral rates for JSA include referrals for
all non-attendance fail to attend at the jobcentre ie signing
as available for work and advisory meetings. It is not possible
to separate out the FTA by type of appointment.
Question 67 (Mr Austin Mitchell): Can we have them by regions
(Targets and employment and unemployment rate)
JOB OUTCOME TARGET PERFORMANCE—CUMULATIVE APRIL
TO JULY 2006
| Region | Job Outcomes
| Overall Points | Points Target
| % Achievement |
| East Midlands | 40,390 |
263,256 | 314,764 | 84.2%
|
| East Of England | 41,706 |
244,043 | 287,562 | 84.9%
|
| London | 53,811 | 425,368
| 515,382 | 82.5% |
| North East | 30,812 | 220,488
| 285,844 | 77.1% |
| North West | 71,778 | 508,953
| 638,969 | 79.7% |
| Scotland | 58,000 | 394,658
| 512,598 | 77.0% |
| South East | 51,675 | 314,870
| 372,400 | 84.6% |
| South West | 40,801 | 254,084
| 306,049 | 83.0% |
| Wales | 30,953 | 216,055
| 266,750 | 81.0% |
| West Midlands | 51,129 |
345,039 | 433,693 | 79.6%
|
| Yorkshire & the Humber | 50,549
| 341,491 | 424,420 | 80.5%
|
| National | 521,604 | 3,528,305
| 4,356,431 | 81.0% |
The job outcome target is expressed in points. Points are
awarded for each job outcome on a sliding scale depending on the
client group; for example, the harder to help into work attract
a higher number of points. The data is extracted from P45/46 information
from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs employment data to identify
when our customers start work.
EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS AND RATES BY GOVERNMENT
OFFICE REGION—OCTOBER 2006 TO DECEMBER 2006
| North East | North West
| Yorks & Humber | East Midlands
| West Midlands | Eastern
| London | South East
| South West | Wales
| Scotland | |
| Employment Level | 1,079,490
| 3,004,440 | 2,263,273 | 1,994,547
| 2,342,160 | 2,586,014 | 3,388,023
| 3,944,078 | 2,341,865 | 1,262,680
| 2,378,989 | |
| Employment Rate | 70.9 | 73.2
| 74.0 | 76.7 | 73.2
| 77.2 | 69.4 | 78.8
| 78.4 | 71.6 | 76.3
| |
| Unemployment Level | 76,232 |
167,208 | 145,989 | 121,856
| 169,702 | 120,920 | 299,264
| 179,352 | 97,473 | 73,954
| 127,704 | |
| Unemployment Rate | 6.4 |
5.1 | 5.9 | 5.5 |
6.5 | 4.3 | 7.8 |
4.1 | 3.8 | 5.3 |
4.9 | |
NB—Information supplied by Labour Force Survey Microdata
(ONS).
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