Asked by: Frank Roy (Labour - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been recruited to work for his Department as a result of advertisements placed online in the last three years.
Answered by Julian Brazier
The Armed Forces uses a layered marketing campaign approach to recruitment into the Reserves which includes television, social media, outreach events and other mediums. Marketing analysis shows that people who join do so as a result of a cumulative number of so-called “touch points”. For this reason, the information which you seek is not available in the format you have requested.
Research carried out by the Navy in July – December 2014 suggests that around half of potential applicants to the Maritime Reserve said that the ‘top influencer’ in their decision to apply was internet advertising, whilst a third said it was television.
For recruitment to the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, television and internet campaigns combined represent over 90% of triggers to application. We do not have separate figures for the two categories.
Research into which form of media is most effective is currently being carried out by the Army; this work will be completed within the next few months.
Information on recruitment to the regular Armed Forces is collected as part of the Annual Recruit Trainee Survey, the latest version of which is available at the following web address:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recruit-trainee-survey
Asked by: Frank Roy (Labour - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been recruited to work for his Department as a result of television advertising in the last three years.
Answered by Julian Brazier
The Armed Forces uses a layered marketing campaign approach to recruitment into the Reserves which includes television, social media, outreach events and other mediums. Marketing analysis shows that people who join do so as a result of a cumulative number of so-called “touch points”. For this reason, the information which you seek is not available in the format you have requested.
Research carried out by the Navy in July – December 2014 suggests that around half of potential applicants to the Maritime Reserve said that the ‘top influencer’ in their decision to apply was internet advertising, whilst a third said it was television.
For recruitment to the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, television and internet campaigns combined represent over 90% of triggers to application. We do not have separate figures for the two categories.
Research into which form of media is most effective is currently being carried out by the Army; this work will be completed within the next few months.
Information on recruitment to the regular Armed Forces is collected as part of the Annual Recruit Trainee Survey, the latest version of which is available at the following web address:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recruit-trainee-survey
Asked by: Frank Roy (Labour - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on television advertising in each of the last three years.
Answered by Anna Soubry
The Ministry of Defence has spent the following on television advertising in each of the last three financial years:
2011-12 - The data is not held in the precise format requested.
2012-13 - £8.0 million
2013-14 - £8.4 million
This expenditure is for recruitment advertising. It is a key requirement for the Armed Forces to maintain a satisfactory balance of skills, experience, ability and seniority in rank to enable delivery of operational requirements. Despite the reduction in overall numbers of Service personnel, the requirement for the Armed Forces to recruit and train personnel to replace those who leave the Services remains. Audited figures for 2014-15 will be available after the end of the financial year.
Asked by: Frank Roy (Labour - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on jobs in Scotland of the fall in the price of oil.
Answered by Alistair Carmichael
Sustained lower oil prices are clearly challenging for companies active in the North Sea.
The UK Government is committed to the long-term support of this vital industry that creates jobs and generates investment. This support includes the full implementation of the Wood Review recommendations and the package of fiscal changes and initiatives announced by the Treasury in early December designed to ease the tax burden on the industry.
Asked by: Frank Roy (Labour - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of applicants for personal independence payments in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency appealed their personal independence payment decision between June 2013 and June 2014; and how many appeals were submitted for disability living allowance between June 2012 and June 2013.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
The First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support), administered by HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS), hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) decisions on a range of benefits, including a person’s entitlement to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA).
The number of individuals living in the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency who applied for PIP and the outcomes of those applications, between April 2013 and July 2014, can be found in published DWP statistics available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2014.
HMCTS does not keep data on the proportion of benefit claimants who choose to appeal the DWP’s final decision. In the period June 2013 to June 2014, 61 PIP appeals were lodged in the Tribunal venue in Hamilton which serves appellants living in the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency and other nearby locations.
Between June 2012 and June 2013 966 appeals against decisions made by DWP on claims for DLA were lodged at the Hamilton venue.
Asked by: Frank Roy (Labour - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Government has contributed to reviving local governance and administration in Syria in the last 12 months.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
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Asked by: Frank Roy (Labour - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for funeral payments were awarded by his Department in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency in each of the last three years; and what the average such award was in each of those years.
Answered by Steve Webb
DWP does not hold data on Funeral Payments at constituency level.
Asked by: Frank Roy (Labour - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on (a) Employment Support Allowance (ESA) Work Force tribunals since 2010, (b) incapacity benefit appeals between 2006 and 2008 and (c) ESA Work Force appeals between 2008 and 2010.
Answered by Mark Harper
(a) The information is not available.
(b) In the Financial Year 06-07 and 07-08 we had a single Processing Appeals activity which was apportioned across the Benefit Processing Outputs. I have supplied the amount assigned to Incapacity Benefit Claims in the table below.
JCP ABM 06-07 YTD Mar 07 | 06-07 YTD | |
Process Appeals Activity | Incapacity Benefit Claims | £ 10,199,240.42 |
JCP ABM 07-08 YTD Mar 08 | 07-08 YTD | |
Process Appeals Activity | Incapacity Benefit Claims | £ 11,562,650.08 |
Data supplied is in financial years April - March
(c) The information requested is not available.
Asked by: Frank Roy (Labour - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) ATOS-assessed fit to work Employment Support Allowance (ESA) Work Force claimants have successfully appealed to a tribunal since 2010, (b) successful incapacity benefit have there been between 2006-08 and (c) ESA Work Force have appeals there have been between 2008-10.
Answered by Mark Harper
The information as requested is not available.
Atos do not make decisions on eligibility for employment and support allowance. Decisions are taken by DWP decision makers, taking account of all the available evidence including the report provided by Atos.
Her Majesty's Court &Tribunal Service (HMCTS) publishes quarterly information on appeals here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics
Asked by: Frank Roy (Labour - Motherwell and Wishaw)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants disallowed from Employment Support Allowance (ESA) Work Focus benefit have been placed on ESA on more than one occasion.
Answered by Mark Harper
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.