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Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Social Security Benefits (12 Nov 2009)

Jim Knight: I have been asked to reply. The Service Command Paper The Nation's Commitment: Cross-Government Support to our Armed Forces, their Families and Veterans' (Cm 7424) published in July 2008 contained the Department's commitment to award Class 1 National Insurance Credits to spouses and civil partners of service personnel posted overseas with effect from April 2010. This will enable more members...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Departmental Data Protection (12 Nov 2009)

Jim Knight: The Department's information assurance procedures have been independently assessed in accordance with the HMG Information Assurance Maturity Model and the associated Framework in March 2009. The assessment was undertaken by the Communications-Electronic Security Group.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Departmental Energy (12 Nov 2009)

Jim Knight: Display Energy Certificates (DECs) are the means by which government have implemented the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive in England and Wales. From October 2008, buildings with a total useful floor area of over 1000m(2) that are occupied by a public authority and by institutions providing a public service to a large number of persons must display an annually updated DEC showing an...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Departmental Information and Communications Technology (12 Nov 2009)

Jim Knight: holding answer 26 October 2009 The information is not available in the format requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The Department for Work and Pensions has a large change portfolio of projects and programmes to implement the Government's Welfare and Pensions reform agenda, to transact business more efficiently and improve customer service. It is not possible to...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Departmental Postal Services (12 Nov 2009)

Jim Knight: DWP's has three postal providers: Royal Mail Group—DWP's primary provider for first and second class postal services between DWP, third parties and customers. UK Mail—a specific contract for system generated second class mail to DWP customers; the final mile is still delivered by Royal Mail. Spring Global Mail—a contract for international mail to DWP customers abroad. Based...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Departmental Postal Services (12 Nov 2009)

Jim Knight: DWP and it's agencies has utilised all of the following postal providers since 2007: Postal provider (i) 2007 (ii) 2008 (iii) 1 January 2009 to 1 July 2009 (iv) 1 July 2009 onwards Royal Mail Group Mail Provider—within UK Mail Provider—within UK Mail Provider—within UK Mail Provider—within UK UK Mail Mail Provider—within UK Mail...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Departmental Statistics (12 Nov 2009)

Jim Knight: As a matter of course, the Department for Work and Pensions publishes statistics from all of its datasets which meet the definition of "official statistics" set out in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. The statistics are published in accordance with the requirements set out in the "Code of Practice for Official Statistics" and the "National Statistician's Guidance on the...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Electronic Government (12 Nov 2009)

Jim Knight: Directgov does not restrict its users from saving, printing or photocopying any material from direct.gov.uk article pages, the terms and conditions for which can be found at this page http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/SiteInformation/DG_020460 and are governed by Crown Copyright. In summary, "Crown copyright protected material (other than the Royal Arms and departmental or agency logos and...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Employment and Support Allowance (12 Nov 2009)

Jim Knight: Skills screening has already been introduced for all new jobseeker's allowance claimants. In the 12 Jobcentre Plus districts involved in trialling Integrated Employment and Skills services, JSA claimants who have not attended a Skills Health Check on a voluntary basis by week 26 of their claim are mandated to do so. Lone parent customers are not encompassed by IES trials activity and...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Employment Schemes: Expenditure (12 Nov 2009)

Jim Knight: The cost of work experience placements vary depending on their length and design. The Department is introducing work experience placements through the Community Task Force and Backing Young Britain. Work experience placements are also currently delivered through the New Deal for Young People. Details on these placements and their costs are provided as follows. From January 2010 the Department...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Employment Services: Executives (12 Nov 2009)

Jim Knight: This information will be available in early 2010.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Employment: Chronically Sick (12 Nov 2009)

Jim Knight: The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions met with the Secretary of State for Health recently and their discussion included what support is available for disabled people and those with health conditions, including Pathways to Work and the Condition Management Programme. Further details will be set out in the Back to Work White Paper. Evidence shows that being out of work is bad for...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Future Jobs Fund (12 Nov 2009)

Jim Knight: As a condition of local authority led partnerships receiving Future Jobs Fund funding they explicitly had to agree to complete a worklessness assessment and a work and skills plan by April 2010.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Future Jobs Fund (12 Nov 2009)

Jim Knight: There have been 195 successful Future Jobs Fund Bids in the first four rounds of bidding. Successful bids will create: Tranche 1 up to 75,400 Tranche 2 up to 7,500 Tranche 3 up to 4,400 Tranche 4 up to 7,200 (Tranche 4 figure does not include Scotland which will be announced on 12 November) We have not estimated the minimum numbers that each bid will create; however as part of the bidding...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Jobcentre Plus: Manpower (12 Nov 2009)

Jim Knight: There are no layers of time management in Jobcentre Plus between Board members and frontline staff.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Jobcentre Plus: Telephone Services (12 Nov 2009)

Jim Knight: The Department's strategy is that calls to claim benefit should be free to a customer so it uses 0800 freephone numbers for these calls. For calls for other reasons, including Jobseekers Direct, which typically take less time to resolve, the Department uses 0845 numbers. BT, the largest landline provider, does not charge for 0845 calls where the customer has a call plan and the call is made...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Jobcentre Plus: Training (12 Nov 2009)

Jim Knight: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is the responsibility of the acting chief executive, Mel Groves. I have asked him to provide the hon. Member with the information requested. Letter from Mel Groves: The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question asking what training is provided to frontline staff in Jobcentre Plus on awareness of autism. This is something which falls within...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Members: Correspondence (12 Nov 2009)

Jim Knight: Due to the complexities of the issues raised it has not been possible to reply to my right hon. Friend's correspondence as speedily as we would have wished. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will write to my right hon. Friend as soon as she is able to provide a full response to the issues he has raised on behalf of his constituent.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: New Deal Schemes (12 Nov 2009)

Jim Knight: The information is in the following tables: Jobs gained through New Deal: Vale of Clwyd parliamentary constituency Part 1 Thousand 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Vale of Clwyd 0.09 0.28 0.37 0.28 0.44 0.45 Jobs gained through New Deal: Vale of Clwyd parliamentary constituency Part 2 Thousand 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ( 1) 2009 Total ...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: New Deal: Peterborough (12 Nov 2009)

Jim Knight: The figures are set out in the following table. They show the number of starts on New Deal in each year and some individuals may be included twice. Starters (spells) on all New Deal schemes in Peterborough constituency: Number of New Deal starters in Peterborough constituency 2005 1,000 2006 890 2007 1,280 2008 1,060 2009(1) 460 (1) The latest data for 2009 is up...