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Employment and Support Allowance
John Howell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the new integrated disability employment support package being proposed to replace Work Preparation and Workstep will include a disability impact assessment. [262639]
Jonathan Shaw: An Equality Impact Assessment was published in December 2008 on initiatives covered in the White Paper “Raising expectations and increasing support: reforming welfare for the future”. This included a focus on disability in the new specialist disability programme replacing Workstep, Work Preparation and Job Introduction Scheme. The Equality Impact Assessment was published on-line, in December 2008, at:
and is being kept under review.
Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were receiving disability benefit in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, (b) the London Borough of Bexley and (c) Greater London in each of the last five years. [264972]
Jonathan Shaw: The available information is in the table.
| Number of people receiving disability living allowance and attendance allowance | ||||
| Bexleyheath and Crayford parliamentary constituency | Bexley local authority | London Government office region | ||
| Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Figures show the number of people in receipt of an allowance, and exclude people with entitlement where the payment has been suspended, for example if they are in hospital. 3. Figures are published on the DWP website at: www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/tabtool.asp Source: DWP Information Directorate: 100 per cent. Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study. | ||||
Incapacity Benefit: Employment Schemes
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) whether participation in welfare to work activities as part of the invest to save pathfinders for existing incapacity benefit claimants is compulsory; [255137]
(2) what the minimum level of expected participation will be for incapacity benefit claimants covered by the invest to save pathfinders. [255138]
Jonathan Shaw: In the 'invest to save' pathfinders, we plan to provide support to existing incapacity benefits claimants once they have transferred to the employment and support allowance. Participation in activities such as work focused interviews and work-related activity will be mandatory for claimants in the Employment and Support Allowance Work-Related Activity Group.
Consistent with the 'Progression to Work' model recommended in the Gregg Review, we expect that all claimants participating in the 'invest to save' pathfinders will:
have an action plan;
be required to undertake work-related activity; and
have regular contact with their provider to ensure a minimum level of contact and engagement.
Claimants placed in the Employment and Support Allowance Support Group will not be required to undertake any mandatory activities, although they will be able to volunteer for back-to-work support.
Industrial Health and Safety: Sellafield
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps the Health and Safety Executive plans to take in respect of the delays in Sellafield Ltd meeting the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate's specifications on safety at legacy ponds and silos at the Sellafield site. [255994]
Jonathan Shaw: There are three extant specifications (No's 324, 325 and 326) relating to Intermediate Level Waste stored in facilities in legacy ponds and silos at the Sellafield site.
The specifications are worded in such a way that they require radioactive wastes to be removed from their current locations and placed in safer storage conditions by particular dates. HSE is monitoring progress towards these dates and its Nuclear Installations Inspectorate wrote to Sellafield Ltd. on 29 September 2008 seeking information to inform future enforcement decisions should the work not be completed by the due dates.
Jobseeker's Allowance
Andrew Selous: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what information his Department holds on the number of Jobcentre Plus benefit applicants or customers who are in receipt of food from foodbanks or other community or voluntary organisations. [261459]
Mr. McNulty [holding answer 6 March 2009]: This information is not held centrally by DWP.
Members: Correspondence
Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Northavon of 28 April 2008, on behalf of Mr. Reg Morris, acknowledged with reference POS(3) 10854/0364. [254293]
Jonathan Shaw [holding answer 4 February 2009]: A reply was sent to the hon. Member on 17 March 2009.
Social Security Benefits
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people claimed (a) disability benefit and (b) jobseeker's allowance in each of the last 10 years. [263682]
Jonathan Shaw: The available information is in the tables.
| Disability living allowance and attendance allowance cases in payment | ||
| Disability living allowance | Attendance allowance | |
| Notes: 1. August 2002 to August 2008: 100 per cent. Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS). Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. There are no data available for disability living allowance and attendance allowance in the WPLS before May 2002. Pre August 2002: 5 per cent. sample data rated up to be consistent with 100 per cent. WPLS totals. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. 3. Totals show the number of people in receipt of an allowance, and exclude people with entitlement where the payment has been suspended, for example if they are in hospital. 4. Figures may include a small number of cases where the recipient lives abroad. 5. Data are published at www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/tabtool.asp. Source: DWP Information Directorate | ||
| Jobseeker’s allowance claimant count in the last 10 years—seasonally adjusted, Great Britain | |
| Claimant count | |
| Notes: 1. Data are seasonally adjusted and relates to claimants who are over 18 only. 2. Data have been rounded to the nearest 100. 3. Data are published at https://www.nomisweb.co.uk. Source: 100 per cent. count of claimants of unemployment-related benefits, Jobcentre Plus Computer Systems. | |
Social Security Benefits: Disabled
Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have been in receipt of disability living allowance in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997. [263831]
Jonathan Shaw: The available information is in the table.
| Disability living allowance cases in payment | ||||
| Jarrow parliamentary constituency | South Tyneside local authority | North East Government office region | Great Britain | |
| Notes: 1. August 2002 to August 2008: 100 per cent. Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Some additional disclosure control has also been applied. 2. Pre August 2002: 5 per cent. sample data rated up to be consistent with 100 per cent. WPLS totals. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. Some additional disclosure control has also been applied. 3. There are no data available for disability living allowance in the WPLS before May 2002. 4. Totals show the number of people in receipt of an allowance, and exclude people with entitlement where the payment has been suspended, for example if they are in hospital. Sources: DWP Information Directorate. | ||||
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