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Jobcentre Plus: Ethnic Groups
Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when her Department commissioned the Institute for Fiscal Studies to undertake its review of ethnic parity in Jobcentre Plus; when she expects that review to be published; and how much funding her Department has allocated to that review. [316779]
Jim Knight: [holding answer 10 February 2010]: The Institute for Fiscal Studies has completed the review and the report was published as "Estimating ethnic parity in Jobcentre Plus programmes: A quantitative analysis using the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS)". It was published as part of the Department's research series in 2008.
The contract with the Institute for Fiscal Studies was for £99,702.
A copy of this has been placed in the Library.
Jobcentre Plus: ICT
Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what user acceptance testing has been performed on the job search portals located in Jobcentre Plus offices; what existing bugs have been identified in the Jobsearch IT system in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. [316100]
Jonathan Shaw: When DWP IT systems such as job search portals are developed and implemented they are subject to a rigorous testing regime including user acceptance testing. In the last 12 months there have been eight reported defects, all of which have been rectified.
Jobcentre Plus: Manpower
Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of Jobcentre Plus staff have been employed (a) up to one year, (b) between one and two years, (c) between two and three years, (d) between three and five years and (e) for five years or more. [314937]
Jim Knight [holding answer 2 February 20010]: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the Chief Executive, Darra Singh, 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 how many and what proportion of Jobcentre Plus staff have been employed (a) up to one year; (b) between one and two years, (c) between two and three years; (d) between three and five years; and (e) for five years or more. This is something that falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus.
The following table provides the details you requested. The information relates to September 2009.
| Duration | Headcount | Percentage |
The high proportion of staffing in the 'up to 1 year' category reflects recruitment levels into Jobcentre Plus over recent months to deal with rising workloads as a result of the economic downturn. The majority of these people were recruited on either Fixed Term or Temporary contracts.
National Identity Fraud Unit: Manpower
Jim Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff were assigned to the National Identity Fraud Unit in each location in each of the last five years. [313256]
Helen Goodman: The available information is in the tables.
In January 2009, the National Identity Fraud Unit was reorganised from one centralised unit in Newcastle into three separate units located in London, the Isle of Wight and Glasgow. Staffing data provided from April 2006 to March 2009 have been obtained from locally held work force management information. From April 2009 the National Identity Fraud Unit's staffing activities were recorded on our Activity Based Modelling System and the data provided from April 2009 to December 2009 have been sourced from this system.
There are no available data prior to April 2006.
| Staffing-National Identity Fraud Unit-Newcastle (April-October) | |||
| 2008-09 | 2007-08 | 2006-07 | |
| Staffing-National Identity Fraud Unit-Newcastle (November-March ) | |||
| 2008-09 | 2007-08 | 2006-07 | |
| Note: Figures are not whole numbers as they reflect part-time staff working patterns. Source: Locally held Workforce Management Information | |||
| Staffing-National Identity Fraud Unit-2008-09 | |||
| London | Isle of Wight | Glasgow | |
| Note: Figures are not whole numbers as they reflect part-time staff working patterns. Source: Locally held Workforce Management Information | |||
New Deal Schemes
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people have been referred to the flexible new deal scheme since 6 October 2009; [304398]
(2) how many people unemployed for 12 months or more since April 2009 have not been referred to a flexible new deal provider in phase one areas. [304399]
Jim Knight: The flexible new deal started on 5 October and data are only starting to feed through. The Department is working to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we are able to publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity. We intend to publish headline Official Statistics from early 2010.
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