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Written Answers
26 OCTOBER 2009
Written Answers
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Disability employment advisers also have the discretion
to refer a disabled person to a suitable provider if they
are satisfied that all other options have been considered
and that Workstep is the most appropriate option.
The Job Introduction Scheme is available in cases
where an employer or their prospective employee has
genuine concerns about the individual’s ability to manage
the job due to their disability. For the Job Introduction
Scheme to be considered, the applicant must be ’disabled’
as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
The job can be full or part-time, must be expected to
last for at least six months (including the Job Introduction
Scheme period) and must be a genuine job (not specifically
created to take advantage of the Job Introduction Scheme).
Applicants do not need to be in receipt of any eligible
benefits to apply.
In order to benefit from Work Preparation programmes,
customers must be unemployed and:
be on the disability employment adviser’s caseload, regardless
of employment or benefit status;
have a defined job goal;
have disability-related needs when making a final choice of
occupation or looking for work effectively;
be likely to be capable of working or undertaking training by
the end of the programme;
be at least 16 years old.
The programme may also be able to help customers
to retain their current work, where there is a real risk of
the customer losing their job and Work Preparation will
significantly help them to retain the same job or move
to a more suitable alternative job.
Financial Assistance Scheme: Fraud
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Work
and Pensions how many convictions for offences of
fraud in relation to (a) the Financial Assistance Scheme
and (b) the Pension Protection Fund there have been in
(i) England and Wales, (ii) the East of England, (iii)
Essex and (iv) Castle Point constituency in each year
since the inception of each scheme. [295670]
Angela Eagle: There have been no convictions relating
to fraud committed in relation to the Financial Assistance
Scheme or the Pensions Protection Fund since their
inception.
Future Jobs Fund: Brighton
Ms Barlow: To ask the Secretary of State for Work
and Pensions how many young people in Brighton and
Hove she expects to receive assistance from the Future
Jobs Fund. [291436]
Jim Knight: Successful bids to the Future Jobs Fund
to date will create around 130 jobs in the Brighton and
Hove area. This includes jobs to be created via successful
bids from the National Skills Academy for Sports and
the Football League Trust. As the bidding process is
ongoing, we may receive other bids to create jobs in the
Brighton and Hove Area.
Source:
Future Jobs Fund Management Information.
Future Jobs Fund: West Midlands
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Work
and Pensions how many jobs she expects to be created
under the Future Jobs Fund in (a) Tamworth, (b)
Staffordshire and (c) the West Midlands in the next 12
months; and what types of job she expects to be
created. [294066]
Jim Knight: The first round of awards for the Future
Jobs Fund are initially for delivery over a six-month
period.
There are no specific bids for Tamworth, as yet.
The joint bid for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent is
currently creating 524 jobs between October 2009 and
March 2010. National bids may also create jobs in
this area.
The following table has the number of jobs expected
to be created in the West Midlands:
Jobs created under the Future Jobs Fund
First round bidders in West Midlands October 2009-March 2010
Birmingham, Coventry and Black
3,552
Country
Stoke-on-Trent City Council 524
St. Paul’s Community Development
100
Trust
Warwickshire County Council 73
Herefordshire Council 54
Shropshire County Council
60
(Training)
Total 4,363
Notes:
1. The first round of awards are initially for delivery over a six-month period.
2. The types of jobs that are being created include:
Green Jobs/Environmental Improvement/Sustainability
Health/Social Care/Education/Children’s Care
Youth work
Arts/Enterprise
Housing/Construction - low carbon economy
Administration/Business/Enterprise
Community/Voluntary
Leisure/Tourism/Hospitality
Fylde
Mr. Jack: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
Pensions how many people were employed in each
section of her Department in the Borough of Fylde in
each of the last five years. [291946]
Jim Knight: The number of people employed in each
of the Department’s business areas in the Borough of
Fylde at 31 March of each year from 2005 to 2009 is
shown in the following table.
Headcount 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Borough of Fylde
Jobcentre Plus 681 542 519 385 169
Pensions, Disability and Carers Service 1 169 140 102 83 38
Child Support Agency 2 382 371 365 260 0
Corporate and Shared Services 489 340 199 147 457