Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of the Access to Work scheme in (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (b) North Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK has been in each month since May 2010.
Answered by Mark Harper - Secretary of State for Transport
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times he and Ministers in his Department visited Scotland in each year since May 2010.
Answered by Steve Webb
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on the 03 July 2014 to Question UIN 202811.
Since the last Question given on the 03 July 2014 Minister for Pensions Rt. Hon. Steve Webb MP attended the Gleneagles Conference in September 2014 and Minister for Disabled People Mark Harper MP attended the Commonwealth Games in July 2014.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of personal independence payment claims in (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (b) North Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each month since April 2013 were disallowed pre-referral to the assessment providers; and how many such claims were disallowed due to the claimant not returning the Part 2 form within the time limit.
Answered by Mark Harper - Secretary of State for Transport
I refer the hon. Member to the Written Answer I gave the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, Tom Greatrex, to his question UIN 223341, published on the Question and Answer system on 4 February.
Latest Great Britain figures relating to the number of claims disallowed pre-referral to the assessment providers for both PIP new claims and reassessments were published on 18 March as part of our quarterly PIP official statistics release and can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics, and in particular table 2Bi of the data tables https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/412878/tables-pip-statistics-apr-2013-to-jan-2015.xls.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit sanctions were applied to claimants resident in (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (b) North Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each month since July 2010.
Answered by Esther McVey - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
The information we have for Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance adverse sanction decisions, by geography and reason, is published at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/
Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:
https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when was the last time a Minister in his Department visited Scotland.
Answered by Steve Webb
The last time a DWP Minister visited Scotland was in 2014.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the level of disposable income of each (a) age group and (b) income group in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland was in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which records are available.
Answered by Esther McVey - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
Annual estimates by country of median and mean disposable equivalised household income by age group (i.e. for children, working age adults and pensioners) on a three-year average basis are available from the latest Households Below Average Income publication.
These different age groups can be found in tables 2.6ts (for children); 2.7ts (for working age adults); 2.8ts (for pensioners). These can be accessed via the ‘Supporting data tables’ link in here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-hbai-199495-to-201213
Estimates of median disposable income of quintile income group by country are not available in the Households Below Average Income publication and therefore are presented in the tables below.
(i)UK- £pw equivalised 2012/13 prices |
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Income Before Housing Costs |
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08/09-10/11 | 234 | 347 | 461 | 613 | 944 |
09/10-11/12 | 234 | 343 | 453 | 601 | 921 |
10/11-12/13 | 230 | 338 | 444 | 587 | 895 |
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Income After Housing Costs |
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08/09-10/11 | 165 | 285 | 401 | 550 | 867 |
09/10-11/12 | 163 | 279 | 392 | 536 | 842 |
10/11-12/13 | 160 | 273 | 381 | 520 | 814 |
(ii) Scotland - £pw equivalised 2012/13 prices |
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Income Before Housing Costs |
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08/09-10/11 | 238 | 353 | 464 | 609 | 897 |
09/10-11/12 | 241 | 351 | 458 | 598 | 866 |
10/11-12/13 | 235 | 343 | 447 | 580 | 843 |
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Income After Housing Costs |
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08/09-10/11 | 181 | 306 | 421 | 562 | 839 |
09/10-11/12 | 183 | 301 | 409 | 545 | 808 |
10/11-12/13 | 175 | 292 | 396 | 525 | 783 |
(iii) England - £pw equivalised 2012/13 prices |
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Income Before Housing Costs |
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08/09-10/11 | 234 | 349 | 464 | 619 | 962 |
09/10-11/12 | 234 | 345 | 456 | 607 | 940 |
10/11-12/13 | 231 | 341 | 448 | 594 | 913 |
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Income After Housing Costs |
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08/09-10/11 | 163 | 283 | 400 | 553 | 879 |
09/10-11/12 | 162 | 278 | 391 | 539 | 856 |
10/11-12/13 | 159 | 272 | 381 | 524 | 828 |
(iv) Wales - £pw equivalised 2012/13 prices |
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Income Before Housing Costs |
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08/09-10/11 | 231 | 328 | 438 | 569 | 827 |
09/10-11/12 | 224 | 318 | 427 | 551 | 783 |
10/11-12/13 | 217 | 310 | 416 | 540 | 759 |
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Income After Housing Costs |
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08/09-10/11 | 171 | 282 | 386 | 516 | 768 |
09/10-11/12 | 165 | 271 | 373 | 498 | 729 |
10/11-12/13 | 158 | 260 | 360 | 487 | 709 |
(v)Northern Ireland - £pw equivalised 2012/13 prices |
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08/09-10/11 | 220 | 323 | 427 | 547 | 792 |
09/10-11/12 | 215 | 313 | 410 | 533 | 776 |
10/11-12/13 | 213 | 309 | 398 | 514 | 740 |
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Income After Housing Costs |
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08/09-10/11 | 181 | 288 | 386 | 501 | 750 |
09/10-11/12 | 170 | 277 | 370 | 487 | 731 |
10/11-12/13 | 168 | 270 | 359 | 467 | 696 |
Source: HBAI
Notes
1. Estimates for Government regions are presented as three year rolling averages. This is to ensure that the sample size is sufficient to produce robust estimates. Figures have been rounded to the nearest £.
2. All estimates are based on survey data and are therefore subject to a degree of uncertainty. Small differences should be treated with caution as these will be affected by sampling error and variability in non-response.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answered by Esther McVey - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
The Department publishes details of all staff engaged off payroll in its Annual Report and Accounts and the information requested can be found at the following links:
DWP Annual Report and Accounts 2013-2014
DWP Annual Report and Accounts 2012-2013
DWP Annual Report and Accounts 2011-2012
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2015 to Question 224963, on which dates since May 2010 Ministers in his Department met a former Remploy employee.
Answered by Esther McVey - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on the 3 March 2015 to Question UIN 225675
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 225675, when he or a Minister in his Department last met a former Remploy employee or representative.
Answered by Esther McVey - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
The last meeting between a DWP Minister and a Remploy representative was on 13 January 2015.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Airdrie and Shotts)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2015 to Question 224963, what the agenda was and who the participants were in each meeting between a Minister in his Department and a former Remploy employee since May 2010; and what the proposed agenda is and participants will be in each such meeting that is currently planned.
Answered by Esther McVey - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
The information requested is not collated centrally and could not be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.