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Employment Services: Data Protection
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what training his Department's employment advisers receive in the requirements of data protection legislation. [233656]
Mr. McNulty: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the acting chief executive of Jobcentre Plus, Mel Groves. I have asked him to provide the hon. Member with the information requested.
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question asking what training his Department's employment advisers receive in the requirements of data protection legislation. This is something that falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Acting Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus.
All Jobcentre Plus employment advisers undergo a comprehensive training process regarding the requirements of data protection legislation as it relates to the work that they do. This includes, but is not restricted to, matters of data confidentiality, under what circumstances data may and may not be shared, and matters relating to information stored on our databases that hold confidential details relating to members of their public.
Jobcentre Plus has, as an integral part of its core foundation training, an interactive data protection workbook. The workbook has been designed to help our advisers navigate the data protection element of the DWP Intranet site, which provides extensive advice about data protection legislation as it relates to the work of Jobcentre Plus.
Employment: Disabled
Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what percentage of people with disabilities referred to the Shaw Trust by his Department's agencies have successfully entered (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment in each of the last three years; [236215]
(2) how many people with disabilities referred to the Shaw Trust by his Department's agencies have successfully secured (a) full-time and (b) part-time jobs in the last six months. [236216]
Mr. McNulty: The Department does not hold central records of the total number of people with disabilities referred to Shaw Trust and therefore figures to show the number of successful referrals as a percentage of all referrals could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Details of the number of people with disabilities referred to Shaw Trust's New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP) contract, who have successfully entered full or part-time employment in each of the last three years, and during the last six months, is provided in the following table. Shaw Trust also has a number of other small contracts including Workstep, Work Prep and Pathways to Work. The number of disabled people moving into full or part time work through these contracts is 2,167. Information to show the number of people separately entering full and part time work in these contracts is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Health and Safety Executive: Manpower
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff are employed in the Health and Safety Executive's Nuclear Directorate (a) on a full-time equivalent basis and (b) on a headcount basis, broken down by grade. [236568]
Jonathan Shaw: The answer to this question is provided in the following table:
These figures exclude nine agency administrative staff and four temporary secondees/contractors.
Hotels
Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was spent on hotel bills by his Department in 2007-08. [237579]
Jonathan Shaw: During the 12 months from April 2007 to March 2008 the Department employed an average of 114,000 staff.
The Department's expenditure on hotel accommodation for the financial year April 2007 to March 2008 was £11,577,103.
Incapacity Benefit: Medical Examinations
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans his Department has to reassess existing incapacity benefit claimants under the new work capability assessment; and if he will make a statement. [239315]
Jonathan Shaw: I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave her on 11 November 2008, Official Report, column 1115W.
Jobcentre Plus: Manpower
Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff were employed by Jobcentre Plus (a) call centres and (b) to act as advisers carrying out work-focussed interviews in each of the last 24 months. [235345]
Mr. McNulty: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the chief executive of Jobcentre Plus. I have asked the acting chief executive to provide the hon. Member with the information requested.
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question asking how many staff were employed by Jobcentre Plus (a) Call Centres in each of the last 24 months and (b) to act as advisers carrying out work-focussed interviews in the same timescale. This is something that falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Acting Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus.
The following table provides the number of full-time equivalents (FTEs) employed (a) in Call Centres and (b) as work-focussed interview (WFI) advisers within the period September 2006 to August 2008.
Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the staffing levels at Jobcentre Plus are sufficient during the economic downturn. [235355]
Mr. McNulty: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus. I have asked the Acting Chief Executive to provide the hon. Member with the information requested.
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question asking what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the staffing levels at Jobcentre Plus are sufficient during the economic downturn. This is something that falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Acting Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus.
Jobcentre Plus’s staffing assumption for March 2009 has been increased by an additional 2,200 full time equivalents from 65,453 to 67,653 in recognition of the anticipated workloads.
We intend to increase staffing from our current position of 66,733 by recruiting additional staff and have set in hand a fast track recruitment process to enable us to obtain staff as quickly as possible.
Our staffing levels will be kept under active review in order to respond to rising economic challenges.
I hope this is helpful.
Jobcentre Plus: Public Appointments
Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) when the appointment of the new Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus will be announced; and when the new chief executive will take up the post; [235351]
(2) when the recruitment process for the new Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus began. [235352]
Mr. McNulty: The Department for Work and Pensions received approval from the Cabinet Office at the end of October to take forward an external recruitment exercise to appoint a new Chief Executive for Jobcentre Plus. The appointment will be announced after the recruitment process has been completed.
Jobcentre Plus: Telephone Services
Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many calls were received by Jobcentre Plus call centres in each of the last 24 months; what the average waiting time was for such calls to be dealt with in each month; and how many dropped calls there were in each month. [235356]
Mr. McNulty: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the Acting Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus, Mel Groves. I have asked the Acting Chief Executive to provide the hon. Member with the information requested.
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question asking how many calls were received by Jobcentre Plus call centres in each of the last 24 months; what the average waiting time was for such calls to be dealt with in each month; and how many dropped calls there were in each month. This is something that falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Acting Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus.
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