Work and Pensions - Third Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 7 February 2007.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction
Background to the Inquiry
Scope of the inquir 6
DWP's Review
Key challenges
2 The 80% Employment Aspiration
Measuring the employment rate
People aged 16-18
People over the State Pension age
Sustainable Employment
Conclusion
3 Overlapping Disadvantages
Lack of flexibility in support services
Building on the New Deal
Resource constraints?
Taking forward the principles behind BoND
4 Advancement and Retention
Progression and skills
Retention
Employment Retention and Advancement Demonstration project
The Demand-Led Approach
Targets to promote retention
5 Skills and the Leitch Review
The Leitch Review of Skills
The Skills Pledge
The Government's reaction to the Leitch review
Work First
Migrant workers
Co-ordinating skills and employment services
Commission for Employment and Skills
6 Cities Strategy
Mapping provision and Early Engagement
Joint Working
Flexibilities
Centralisation of Procurement
Budget flexibilities
7 People Over 50
Employment and skills programmes
New Deal 50+
Age discrimination
Forced retirement
8 Lone Parents
New Deal for Lone Parents
Work-focused interviews
Work Related Activity Premium
Improving Engagement
New Deal Plus for Lone Parents
Transitions from Benefit to Work
Lone Parents in London
9 Ethnic Minorities
Community Engagement
English as a Second Language
Discrimination
Duty to promote racial equality
Public procurement
10 Contracting with the Private and Voluntary Sectors
A broader role for the Private and Voluntary sectors
Decision-making powers
The views of Private and Voluntary sector organisations
Comparing the performance of Jobcentre Plus and other providers
Contract structures
Prime Contractor
11 Recent Announcements and Future Policy Developments
Review of Welfare to Work
Changes to lone parent benefit requirements
Benefit Simplification
Conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1
Formal minutes
Witnesses
List of written evidence
Reports from the Work and Pensions Committee Session 2006-07
Reports from the Work and Pensions Committee Session 2005-06
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 63-II)
WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 63-II)
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