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Guy Opperman: As part of the Government's trailblazer deeper devolution deal with West Midlands Combined Authority, the Department of Work and Pensions has committed to strengthened partnership working with new joint governance arrangements. We have also committed to work together on the design of future contracted employment provision, including co-design and a delegated delivery model, aligned with the...
Guy Opperman: The trailblazer deals for Greater Manchester and West Midlands were developed alongside the combined authorities to help address local priorities, resulting in partly bespoke offers to each combined authority alongside joint commitments to both, aligned to the priorities of each area. Full details of the WMCA deal can be found here: West Midlands Combined Authority: “Trailblazer” deeper...
Guy Opperman: The monthly Universal Credit earnings threshold is based on 16 hours a week at the National Living Wage. The cap is applied to those earning under that level to encourage people into work and reduce long term dependency on benefits.
Guy Opperman: The Government firmly believes that where possible it is in the best interests of children to be in working households and the benefit cap provides a clear incentive to move into work. The Government clearly recognises that high childcare costs can affect parents’ decisions to take up paid work or increase their working hours which is why the changes to the UC childcare element announced...
Guy Opperman: The Restart Scheme is delivered over 12 Contract Package Areas (CPAs) throughout England and Wales. CPA2a encompasses Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, North and Northeast Lincolnshire. The scheme offers participants up to 12 months of support to move into sustained employment. Participants complete the scheme at the end of the 12 months...
Guy Opperman: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) started collecting data on the Armed Forces status of Universal Credit (UC) claimants in Great Britain (GB) in April 2021. At first only new claimants were asked about their Armed Forces status. From June 2021 onwards, other UC claimants reporting changes in their work and earnings have also been able to report their status. From July 2021 onwards,...
Guy Opperman: The Equalities Assessment will be published in due course.
Guy Opperman: Yes.
Guy Opperman: Based on current forecasts, Department analysts provisional estimate is that the Intensive Work Search caseload will be increased by around 80,000 as the result of the removal of the Couples’ Administrative Earnings Threshold. Forecasts are subject to revision, and we will publish an updated estimate closer to the time the measure is introduced.
Guy Opperman: The department cannot identify precisely lead carers of young children centrally as information on lead carers is not held in Universal Credit administrative data. The department has carried out a high-level Equalities Impact Assessment for this measure based on high-level characteristics of claimants. There are no plans to publish this.
Guy Opperman: Information on lead carers is not centrally held in Universal Credit administrative data. Therefore, a precise estimate of how many individuals will move into the Intensive Work Search regime because of policy changes could only be established at disproportionate cost.
Guy Opperman: The Department has conducted internal analysis on some elements of benefits sanctions and intend to release this report by the 10th April.
Guy Opperman: There are no plans to automate the decision making or the application of the sanction’s regime, which will continue to be undertaken by Work Coaches and Decision Makers. However, feedback from Work Coaches tells us that to create the original referral form for claimants that missed mandatory appointments is very slow and requires them to manually input all the required information. Any...
Guy Opperman: The information requested on employment and inactivity is published and available here The information requested on benefits is published and available here
Guy Opperman: Sector-based work academies were first launched in August 2011 in England and January 2012 in Scotland. Regular statistical releases on sector-based work academies, covering participation by those on legacy unemployment benefits, began in 2011 and ended in 2017. These statistics can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/employment-schemes-...
Guy Opperman: All new entrant work coaches undergo a work coach learning journey which includes learning products on health and supporting claimants with disabilities which equips work coaches with tools, knowledge, skills, and behaviours to enable them to support individuals moving closer to the working environment. This includes childcare modules to support working lone parents. From October 2022 in...
Guy Opperman: Restart Scheme providers are required to maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders including both local and national employers. This ensures that the Restart Scheme’s offer is complementary to local efforts to help long-term unemployed claimants progress into sustained employment. All Restart Scheme providers are contracted to have employer engagement teams as part of...
Guy Opperman: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Guy Opperman: The Department collects earnings data from claimants, including data received from HMRC, to allow for the operation of Universal Credit. Data collected includes HMRC Real Time Earnings for employees and other earnings reported by claimants to DWP. We do not routinely collect data on career progression.
Guy Opperman: Evidence from a previous Early Warning trial in 2016 showed the cost of the warning system outweighed the benefits. Since then, we have completed two small-scale proofs of concept to test a simple warning process and currently have no plans to run another test. The Department is focusing its efforts on intensifying the support we offer to get people back to work and into good jobs. The...
