Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will take steps to roll out the yellow card scheme for benefit sanctions.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
A decision on whether to extend the Jobseeker’s Allowance Sanctions Early Warning Trial process in Scotland to England and Wales will be taken next year in light of findings from that trial.
Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to report on the pilot of the yellow card scheme for benefit sanctions.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
We plan to publish an interim report on the Jobseeker’s Allowance Sanctions Early Warning Trial in Scotland by the end of the year, with the final report due to be published around April 2017.
Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department is making on the rollout of the pilot yellow card scheme for benefit sanctions.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The Jobseeker’s Allowance Sanctions Early Warning Trial in Scotland ran until September 2016 and involved approximately 6,500 claimants. Data was collected throughout the trial period to assess the extent to which the warning trial affected sanction decisions.
Qualitative interviews are currently being undertaken with a sample of these claimants to gain an understanding of how the new process affected claimant behaviour. The trial has now finished and a full evaluation is being undertaken.
The interim report will be published at the end of the year and the final report around April 2017. Findings from the trial will inform any decisions on future roll-out.
Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what methodology his Department uses to model the deadweight assumptions used in assessing the performance of the Work Programme.
Answered by Priti Patel
The Department’s methodology for calculating the non-intervention level (‘deadweight’) is set out in the National Audit Office’s 2012 report on the Introduction of the Work Programme, in the Detailed Methodology section.
https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/10121701_methodology.pdf
Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which datasets have been regularly compiled by his Department for (a) 10 years or more and (b) 15 years or more.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
The information requested is not currently available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what total amount his Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) the Government Car and Despatch Agency and (b) other car hire in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
Answered by Steve Webb
(a) This information has already been published and can be found at:
(i) http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm
(ii) http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm
(b) This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.