Asked by: Lord Coaker (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how armed forces veterans are identified when making an application for jobseeker's allowance; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Esther McVey - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
Armed Forces Veterans who claim Jobseeker's Allowance are identified by the Work Coach at their initial Work Search interview.
Asked by: Lord Coaker (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of savings to the public purse arising from using Capita to administer personal independence payment assessments.
Answered by Mike Penning
Expenditure forecasts from the introduction of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) are calculated on a national basis and it is therefore not possible to provide a breakdown in respect of areas where administration of PIP has been contracted to Capita.
Asked by: Lord Coaker (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of Capita in fulfilling its contract to administer personal independence payments.
Answered by Mike Penning
I refer the right Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 58-59W, to the hon. Member for Edinburgh East (Sheila Gilmore).