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Additional time and training for Jobcentre Plus Advisers;
New specialist back to work support for the over 50s;
Widening access for over 50s to work trials;
Enabling people over 50 with significant barriers to employment to get early access to the Six Month Offer; and
A new National Guidance Initiative to encourage and help employers to adopt flexible approaches to work and retirement.
Future Jobs Fund
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many of the 95,000 jobs announced through the Future Jobs Fund have been granted funding. [304390]
Angela Eagle: Overall, the Future Jobs Fund is expected to create 170,000 jobs. To date, 110,000 have been agreed, and of those, 73,000 have been granted funding. We are currently working with the remaining successful bidders to agree start dates and delivery plans, and to check European state aid legislation compliance ahead of awarding funding.
During the time between announcement and funding, the successful bidders also begin to prepare for their new workers.
Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which local authorities are participating in the Future Jobs Fund; and which have plans to do so. [318533]
Jim Knight: This information is available only where the local authority is the lead bidder. A list of local authority lead bidders is as follows. Future Jobs Fund activity is happening throughout the country, creating up to 110,000 jobs so far.
We are engaged in discussions with a number of local authorities about further bids. These discussions are confidential at this stage.
Local authorities participating in the Future Jobs Fund by region . The local authority listed is when it is the lead bidder.
Bedford
Cambridgeshire
Central Beds
Colchester
Harlow
Luton
Norfolk
Peterborough
Suffolk
Bolsover
Erewash
Leicester and Leicester Partnership
Nottinghamshire
West Lindsey
Barking and Dagenham
Bromley
Camden
Ealing
Enfield
Greenwich
Hammersmith and Fulham
Haringey
Havering
Host Borough Councils
Hounslow
Islington
Kingston
Lewisham
RB Kensington and Chelsea
Redbridge East Enders
Southwark Earn and learn
Westminster
Darlington BC
Hartlepool
Middlesbrough
North Tyneside
Redcar and Cleveland Borough LSP
Stockton on Tees
Blackpool
Cheshire West and Chester
Copeland
Cumbria
Lancashire
Liverpool City Region
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll and Bute
City of Edinburgh
Clackmannanshire Alliance
Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Renfrewshire C
Scottish Borders
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling Council Youth Services
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
Brighton and Hove
Bucks
Hampshire
Hastings
Kent
Milton Keynes
Oxfordshire
RB Windsor and Maidenhead
Thanet
West Sussex County Council
Avon and Somerset Probation
Bristol County Council
Cornwall CC
Devon
Dorset
Somerset
Swindon
Trowbridge
Wiltshire County Council
Cardiff
Carmarthenshire County Council
Merthyr Tydfil CBC
Neath Port Talbot CBC
Pembroke County Council
Vale of Glam Council
Birmingham, Coventry and Black Country
Hereford
Shropshire Council County Training
Shropshire County Council
Stoke on Trent
Stoke-on-Trent County Council and Staffordshire
Warwickshire County Council
Worcestershire
Barnsley MDC
Calderdale
City of Bradford
Doncaster
Hull
Humber Economic Partnership
Kirklees Council
Leeds
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire Learning Consortium
Sheffield City Council
VC Train Consortium
Wakefield Met
Hotels
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many separate bookings at five star or above hotels were made by her Department under its contract with Expotel in the last 12 months; and at what cost. [315696]
Jonathan Shaw: DWP's business travel policy strictly stipulates that 5-star hotels must not be requested by staff, regardless of grade.
Exceptionally, 5-star accommodation may be booked if it clearly provides better value for money than comparable 4-star accommodation.
The number of bookings and expenditure on 5-star hotel accommodation over the last 12 months (January to December 2009) are set out in the table. The number of bookings represents 0.1 per cent. of total hotel bookings within the Department.
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Housing Benefit
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average processing time of applications for (a) new and (b) reassessed claims was in (i) the UK and (ii) each of the smallest geographical areas for which figures are available in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. [321453]
Helen Goodman: Information is only available for Great Britain. Information regarding Northern Ireland is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
The available information for local authorities in Great Britain between 2003-04 and 2007-08 has been placed in the Library. The data quality for 2008-09 was not high enough for publication.
The Department has been working with local authorities to improve data quality. This month we intend to publish processing time information for April to September 2009, for between 270 and 300 local authorities whose data meets official statistics standards.
Jobcentre Plus: Buildings
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many jobcentres have undergone estates works to enable them to meet demand for their services in the last 12 months; and at what cost; [304400]
(2) for how many Jobcentre Plus offices estates works are planned to enable them to meet demand; and what the total estimated cost is of all such works; [304401]
(3) which Jobcentre Plus offices that closed in each of the last six years have been re-opened; when each was re-opened; and what the cost was of (a) closing and (b) re-opening each; [304402]
(4) which Jobcentre Plus offices that closed in each of the last six years are under consideration for re-opening; and what estimate has been made of the cost of (a) the closure and (b) re-opening of each. [304403]
Jim Knight: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is the responsibility of the chief executive, Darra Singh. I have asked him to provide the right hon. Member with the information requested.
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your questions asking how many jobcentres have undergone estates works to enable them to meet demand for their services in the last 12 months and at what cost; how many Jobcentre Plus offices estate works are planned to enable them to meet demand and what the total estimated cost is of all such works; which Jobcentre Plus offices which closed in each of the last six years have been re-opened, when each was reopened and what the cost was of (a) closing and (b) re-opening each; and which Jobcentre Plus offices which closed in each of the last six years are under consideration for re-opening and what estimate has been made of the cost of (a) the closure and (b) re-opening of each. This is something that falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus.
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