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Jobcentre Plus: Manpower
Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Cardiff Central (Jenny Willott) of 7 July 2009, Official Report, column 834W, on Jobcentre Plus: manpower, what the ratio of jobseeker's allowance claimants to members of frontline staff in Jobcentre Plus was in (a) the UK, (b) each region and (c) each Jobcentre Plus district in each of the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. [288473]
Jim Knight: The information requested has been placed in the Library.
The ratio of jobseeker's allowance claimants to staff varies between regions. The staff figures provided includes people deployed on work focussed and claim processing activity for a wider group than jobseeker's allowance claimants so staff numbers and therefore ratios are impacted by other factors. The contact centre directorate operates a virtual network and therefore aligning their work to geographic boundaries would be misleading. For instance, Wales has three large contact centres handling calls as part of the virtual network. On the same principle, the network of benefit delivery centres can, and do, move work around the country on a weekly basis to maximise speed of claim processing. Although benefit delivery centres are in the main linked to regions/countries, such work movement and some centralised functions mean there is not a clear distinction. For example, applications for national insurance numbers are processed in two centres, Glasgow and Isle of Wight, so staff numbers will be included in the Government office region for Scotland and south east respectively.
Jobseeker's Allowance: Bexley
Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average length of time a claimant received jobseeker's allowance in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency was in each of the last (a) 12 months and (b) five years. [294263]
Jim Knight: The information is in the following tables.
| Average length of time a claimant received jobseeker's allowance in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency in each of the last 12 months | |
| Median (Number of weeks) | |
| Average length of time a claimant received jobseeker's allowance in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency in each of the last five years | |
| October to September each year | Median (Number of weeks) |
| Notes: 1. Data are published at: www.nomisweb.co.uk 2. Median, rather than arithmetic mean, is the preferred measure of 'average' for skewed distributions such as duration of claim. Source: DWP WPLS 100 per cent. data. | |
Jobseeker's Allowance: Disabled
Paul Rowen: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many jobseeker's allowance (JSA) claimants in England and Wales who are aged 18 to 24 years and who have disabilities have been claiming JSA for 12 months or longer; [290719]
(2) how many jobseeker's allowance (JSA) claimants in England and Wales who are aged 18 to 24 years and who are blind or partially-sighted have been claiming JSA for 12 months or longer. [290722]
Jim Knight [holding answer 9 September 2009]: The information is not available in the format requested.
Information is available on the numbers of people who are aged between 18 and 24 years and are claiming jobseeker's allowance and disability living allowance.
In February 2009, there were 780 people in England and Wales aged 18 to 24 years with disabilities who had been claiming jobseeker's allowance and disability living allowance for 12 months or longer.
In February 2009, there were 30 people in England and Wales aged 18 to 24 years who were blind or partially-sighted and had been claiming jobseeker's allowance and disability living allowance for 12 months or longer.
Note:
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate, 100 per cent. sample.
Jobseeker's Allowance: Employment Support Allowance
Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what percentage of jobseeker's allowance claimants in (a) the UK and (b) Scotland had previously applied unsuccessfully for employment support allowance. [293039]
Jim Knight: The information is not available.
Jobseeker's Allowance: Sight Impaired
Paul Rowen: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many blind or partially sighted claimants of jobseeker's allowance are between the ages of 18 and 24 years. [291036]
Jim Knight [holding answer 14 September 2009]: The information is not available in the format requested.
Information is available on the numbers of people who are aged between 18 and 24 years, are blind or partially sighted and are claiming jobseeker's allowance and disability living allowance.
In February 2009, there were 260 people in Great Britain aged 18 to 24 years who were blind or partially sighted and who were in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and disability living allowance.
Note:
Figure is rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate, 100 per cent. sample.
New Deal for Disabled People
Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people (a) registered on and (b) obtained (i) employment and (ii) sustainable employment through the New Deal for Disabled People in each year since 2001. [291280]
Jim Knight [holding answer 16 September 2009]: Registrations for the new deal for disabled people are carried out through Job Brokers. The table shows the number of Job Broker registrations since 2001. One person can register more than once.
The table also gives the recorded number of spells in work obtained through new deal for disabled people. This includes all people referred to a new deal provider, some of whom may not go on to register. The two sets of data are therefore not directly comparable. Data are not available to enable the number of participants who gained 'sustainable' employment to be identified.
| Job Broker registrations (spells)( 1) | Jobs (spells)( 1, 2) | |
| (1 )A person may have more than one spell on new deal for disabled people or gain more than one job through new deal for disabled people. (2 )As figures include jobs obtained by people who did not proceed to registration, total jobs figures should not be used with total job broker registrations to obtain the proportion of registrants who obtained a job. Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. The new deal for disabled people was introduced in July 2001. 3. Latest data on Job Broker registrations are to May 2009. Latest data on Jobs are to February 2009. 4. Since the introduction of provider-led pathways to work, new deal for disabled people has been available only in Jobcentre Plus pathways to work districts. Phase 1 provider-led pathways to work was implemented in December 2007 and Phase 2 in April 2008. Provider-led pathways to work covers 60 per cent. of the country. Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate, information is available at: http://83.244.183.180/new_deals/nddp/live/tabtool.html. | ||
New Deal Schemes: Disabled
Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many disabled people resident in the London Borough of Bexley have found work through the New Deal in each year since 2005. [294262]
Jim Knight: The following table shows the number of job starts by disabled people in the London borough of Bexley, who have found work through the new deal for disabled people each year since 2005. Some individuals may have had more than one job start:
| New deal for disabled people in the London borough of Bexley | |
| Number of job starts | |
| Notes: 1. Latest data on jobs are to February 2009. 2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate | |
Pensioners
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of the work force in Britain are aged over 60 years. [291517]
Jim Knight: 7.9 per cent. of the work force in Great Britain is aged 60 years and over.
Mr. Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) male pensioners with national insurance contributions of between 30 and 43 years were born before 6 April 1945 and (b) female pensioners with national insurance contributions of between 30 and 39 years were born before 6 April 1950. [293953]
Angela Eagle: The latest information available indicates that at the end of the financial year 2006-07 there were around 400,000 men and just over 600,000 women between state pension age and age 80 who had accrued between 30 and 43 qualifying years or 30 and 39 qualifying years respectively for basic state pension.
However, individuals with less than 44 or 39 qualifying years can still qualify for a full basic state pension under the current arrangements.
Entitlement to a basic state pension depends on a number of factors including the number of qualifying years accrued, home responsibilities protection and the spouse's contribution record.
Notes:
1. Figures refer to people who are estimated to be resident in the UK in 2006-07.
2. Detailed information is not available for people aged 80 and over due to archiving of records from the National Insurance Recording System.
Source:
Lifetime Labour Market Database 2, 2006-07.
Social Security Benefits
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2009, Official Report, column 695W, on social security benefits, what the monetary value of all benefit payments made to residents of (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) England was in (i) 2007 and (ii) 2008. [291449]
Jim Knight: The information is as follows.
| Benefit expenditure | ||
| £ million | ||
| 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
| Notes: 1. Does not cover all benefit expenditure, only the major benefits where the data are available on the DWP tabulation tool. This does however cover approximately 90 per cent. of all benefit expenditure 2. Tables containing benefit expenditure split by benefit, departmental strategic objective, local authority and parliamentary constituency can be found at the following URL: http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd4/medium_term.asp 3. Figures rounded to nearest million Source: DWP Statistical and Accounting Data | ||
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