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Quarterly index – February 1st - April 31st 2012

Introduction

As part of yesMinister’s monitoring service we have collected together all, publications, department

announcements and Early Day Motions, relating to employment, skills, training and welfare and criminal

justice. This document is divided into three sections and all the items mentioned are available through

the hyperlinks provided in the tables.

If you have any queries regarding the monitoring service please contact Adam

Contents

Introduction Pg.1

Key of abbreviations Pg.2

1:1 Publications Pg.3

1:2 Employment Pg.3

1:3 Economy Pg.6

1:4 Welfare/ Criminal Justice Pg.7

1:5 Education Pg.8

2:1 Announcements Pg.9

2:2 Employment Pg.9

2:3 Economy Pg.12

2:4 Welfare Pg.13

2:5 Education Pg.14

3:1 Early Day Motions Pg.17

3:2 Employment Pg.17

3:3 Welfare Pg.18

3:4 Education Pg.19

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Key of abbreviations

Abbreviation Explanation BCC British Chambers of Commerce

DBIS Department for Business Innovation and Skills

DfE Department for Education

DWP Department for Work and Pensions

IPPR Institute of Public Policy Research

MoJ Ministry of Justice

ONS Office of National Statistics

SCORE Science Community Representing Education

TUC Trade Union Council

UCU University and College Union

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Publications 1:1

1.2 Employment

Date Organisation Title of Publication Area Link to Document

23.02.12 ONS Migration Statistics, Quarterly Report

UK, employment – population

Here

24.02.12 ONS GDP and Labour Market – 2011 –Q4

UK – Employment

Here

24.02.12 ONS Patterns of Pay, 1997 – 2011 ASHE results

UK - Employment

Here

24.02.12 NEF Good jobs for non-graduates UK – Employment

Here

29.02.12

ONS Young People in Work UK – Employment

Here

01.03.12 ONS Public Sector employment 2011, Break down of regional public

sector employment 2011

UK – Employment

Here

08.03.12 IPPR It’s cooperation, stupid, UK – Employment, Third-Sector,

Skills

Here

09.03.12 CentreForum Employee Ownership: Unlocking Growth in the UK Economy

UK – Enterprise, Employment, Co-Operation

Here

12.03.12 Institute of Leadership

and Management

Women in Banking UK – Employment

Here

14.03.12 IPPR An Economic stimulus for the UK: UK – Here

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the Chancellor’s choices Employment, Economy, Welfare

14.03.12 ONS Public Sector Employment - Q4 2011

UK – Employment

Here

14.03.12 ONS Labour Market Statistics UK- Employment

Here

14.03.12 ONS Regional Labour Market Statistics UK Employment Here

15.03.12 IPPR An Economic stimulus for the UK: the Chancellor’s choices

UK – Employment,

Economy, Welfare

Here

15.03.12 ONS Public Sector Employment - Q4 2011

UK – Employment

Here

15.03.12 ONS Labour Market Statistics UK- Employment

Here

15.03.12 ONS Regional Labour Market Statistics UK Employment Here

16.03.12 Winsor Winsor Review UK – Employment,

Justice

Here

22.03.12 ONS Public Sector Finances February 2012

UK – Employment

Here

22.03.12 ONS 2011 Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

UK – Employment

Here

27.03.12 ONS Public and Private Sector Earnings 2012

UK – Employment

Here

27.03.12 ONS Migration Statistics Improvement Programme Reports

England and Wales –

Migration, Employment

Here

28.03.12 ONS GPD and the Labour Market, 2011 Q 4, March GPD update

UK – Economy, Employment

Here

29.03.12 ONS Labour Productivity – Q4 -2011 UK – Economy, Employment

Here

30.03.12 ONS Measuring well being UK – Employment

Here

02.04.12 University of Bath

The Influence of Employment on Depression

UK – Employment

Here

16.04.12 Migration Watch UK

Who is being allocated social housing in London?

UK – Employment,

Migration

Here

17.04.12 TUC Main job sectors for young people have shed nearly a million jobs

since 2007

UK – Employment

Here

18.04.12 ONS Labour Market Statistics UK – Employment

Here

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18.04.12 ONS Regional Labour Market Statistics UK – Employment

Here

19.04.12 Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

Northern Ireland Labour Market Report

Northern Ireland – Employment

Here

19.04.12 ONS Regional Labour Market UK –Employment

Here

19.04.12 Education and Employers Taskforce

Work experience: Impact and delivery – Insights from the

evidence

UK – Employment

Here

25.04.12 Resolution Foundation

Life on a low income UK – Employment,

Economy

Here

25.04.12 Resolution Foundation

Minimum Wage: Maximum Impact UK – Employment,

Economy

Here

1.3 Economy

Date Organisation Title of Publication Area Link to Document

07.03.12 Centre for Social Justice

A step change in giving, Monetising volunteering through

the corporate sector,

UK – Economy, Third Sector

Here

23.03.12 Policy Exchange

Sovereign Default: A Lesson for Europe from Argentina’s Default

UK - Economics Here

23.03.12 ONS Urban Audit IV - United Kingdom cities compared with

European cities

UK, Economics Here

28.03.12 ONS Estimated Effect of the 2012 UK- Economy, Here

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Budget on Consumer Prices Index and Retail Prices Index

Employment

29.03.12 ONS Labour Productivity – Q4 -2011 UK – Economy, Employment

Here

03.04.12 BCC Quarterly Economic Survey UK – Economy, Employment

Here

10.04.12 Alliance Trust Elderly continue to face the highest rate of inflation

UK – Economy, Welfare

Here

13.04.12 The Tax payers alliance

Council Pensions: The £54 billion black hole

UK – Tax, Economy

Here

19.04.12 House of Commons- Treasury

Committee

Budget 2012 UK – Economy Here

20.04.12 The Tax payers alliance

Council Pensions: The £54 billion black hole

UK – Tax Economy

Here

26.04.12 ONS Economic Review April UK – Economy Here

1.4 Welfare

Date Organisation Title of Publication Area Link to Document

02.03.12

ONS Population ageing in the United Kingdom its constituent

countries and the European Union

UK,EU – Welfare Here

08.03.12 CentreForum Child Benefit: What to do about higher rate tax payers

UK – Welfare Reform, Benefits

and Tax

Here

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09.03.12 Institute for Fiscal Studies

Households with children to lose most from tax and benefit changes in coming years

UK – Tax, Benefits, Welfare

Reform, Low-Income Families

Here

12.03.12 Centre for Social Justice

Child Benefit Reform UK – Benefit, Welfare Reform

Here

12.03.12 Institute of Fiscal Studies

"Make Bradford British": the parallel lives of the younger

generation

UK – Race, Welfare,

Economy,

Here

13.03.12 Save the Children

Welfare reforms to hit poorer working women

UK – Benefit, Welfare, Reform

Here

26.03.12 MacMillian Cancer

Research

The age old excuse UK – Older people, Health

Here

28.03.12 Riot Communities and Victims

Panel

After the Riots – the final Report of the Riots Communities and

Victims Panel

UK – Community Here

29.03.12 MoJ Tribunal Service quarterly statistics – October to

December 2011

Crime and Justice – England and

Wales

Here

30.03.12 MoJ Prison Population and weekly bulletin

England and Wales – Crime

Here

03.04.12 SMF Prison Break: Tackling recidivism, reducing costs

UK – Crime Offending

Here

11.04.12 General Medical Council

Care of People with learning Disabilities

UK- equality Here

12.04.12 IPPR Wellbeing, choice and sustainability: What should

economic policy target in a new era economy?

UK - Wellbeing Here

19.04.12 The Children’s society

Fair and Square UK – Welfare Here

19.04.12 DWP Lone Parent Claimants of Jobseekers Allowance

UK – Welfare Here

25.04.12 DBIS Trade Union Membership UK – Labour Market

Here

25.04.12 Pensions Policy Institute

Retirement income and assets: the implications for retirement

income of Government policies to extend working lives

UK – Pensions Here

26.04.12 MoJ Reoffending statistics and data UK – Crime and Justice

Here

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1.5 Education

Date Organisation Title of Publication Area Link to Document

23.02.12 UCU Choice cuts: How choice has declined in higher education

UK –Education Here

29.02.12

Institute for Social and Economic Research

Understanding Society, backgrounds of university

applicants

UK – Education Here

27.03.12 ONS Universities and Colleges Admissions Service

England and Wales – Children

Education and Skills

Here

29.03.12 DBIS Post-16 Education: Learner Participation and Outcomes in

England

UK – Education and Skills

Here

29.03.12 ONS Public Sector Productivity Estimates: Education - 2010

UK – Education Here

03.04.12 Centre Forum Informed decisions: tackling information inequalities in higher

education

UK – Education Here

18.04.12 The Bow Group

Race to the Top – The Experience of Black Students in

Higher Education

UK – Education , Employment

Here

25.04.12 DfE School Workforce in England England -Education

Here

27.04.12 SCORE Mathematics within A-Level science 2010 examinations

UK – Education Here

27.04.12 Nuffield Foundation

Mathematics in A-Level assessments

UK – Education Here

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Announcements 2.1

2.2 Employment

Department Date Announcement Link to document

DBIS 01.02.12 BIS response to NAO report on apprenticeships Here

DBIS 06.02.12 Cable launches biggest every Apprenticeship Week

Here

DBIS 07.02.12 Prime Minister: We’ll make apprenticeships a gold standard option for ambitious young people

Here

DWP 15.02.12 Rise in employment and vacancies shows a stabilising labour market

Here

DWP 21.02.12 First Work Programme Statistics released Here

DWP 23.02.12 First Work Programme Statistics released Here

DBIS 27.02.12 Apprenticeship Minister intensifies efforts to guarantee quality

Here

DWP 29.02.12 Statement from the Minister for Employment Chris Grayling on the Work Experience Scheme

Here

DWP 06.03.12 Government launches employment support for prisoners

Here

DWP 07.03.12 Sayce Review response: Government announces that it will support thousands more

disabled people into employment

Here

DWP 14.03.12 Grayling: Sing s of Labour Market Stabilising Here

DWP 14.03.12 Chris Grayling, Comments on labour market stabilising

Here

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BIS 15.03.12 Government seeks views on dismissal rules Here

MoJ 15.03.12 Employers to help reduce reoffending Here

DWP 30.03.12 Important changes to Employment and Support Allowance

Here

DWP 02.04.12 Minister for employment backs new charter for work experience

Here

DWP 02.04.12 Boost for unemployed young people as Youth Contract opens for business

Here

DBIS 03.04.12 John Hayes Twitter Q&A Here

DBIS 03.04.12 Deputy Prime Minister announces Regional Growth Fund jobs in Crewe

Here

DBIS 04.04.12 Employment tribunal shake up will help business growth

Here

DBIS 05.04.12 National Careers Service: the right advice at the right time. New challenges, new chances: further

education and skills system reform plan

Here

DBIS 05.04.12 New National Careers Service launched Here

DBIS 05.04.12 TV Chef Lorraine Pascale and Minister John Hayes launch National Careers Service

Here

DWP 18.04.12 Grayling: Labour market showing more signs of stability but we still have challenges ahead

Here

DBIS 24.04.2012 Loughborough agency director told to clean up her act

Here

DBIS 25.04.12 Help in hiring your first employee Here

DBIS 25.04.2012 Online tool simplifies hiring demands for first-time employers

Here

DBIS 25.04.2012 Common myths when employing someone for the first time

Here

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2.3 Economy

Department Date Announcement Link to document

DBIS 06-03-12 Vince Cable speech to the EED National

Manufacturing Conference 2012

Here

DBIS 15.03.12 Vince Cables Speech BCC annual Conference

Here

DBIS 16.04.12

Survey of multinational employers' perceptions of the UK workforce: call for expressions of

interest

Here

DBIS 17.04.12 New fund to invest at least £40m in UK

companies

Here

DWP 18.04.12 It's hard work building a successful future

Here

DBIS 23.03.12 Backing Small Businesses To Grow

Here

DBIS 23.03.12 Focus On Enforcement

Here

DBIS 29.03.12 BIS comments on HESA's Performance

Indicators

Here

DBIS 25.04.12 Government support for business access to

alternative finance

Here

DBIS 26.04.12 £70 billion of potential government business

published

Here

DBIS 26.04.12

Local growth on agenda for annual LEP

Here

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conference

2.4 Welfare

Department Date Announcement Link to document

DWP 15.03.12 Benefit reforms justified

Here

DWP 08.02.12 Iain Duncan Smith: announcement on passing

of Welfare Reform Bill

Here

DWP 15.03.12 Chris Grayling, Comments why benefit reforms

are justified.

Here

DBIS 21.03.12 Government Approves New £6.19 Minimum

Wage Rate

Here

DWP 23.03.12 Support to Help Lone Parents Into Work

Here

DWP 29.03.12 Mass means-testing has failed pensioners -

Webb

Here

MoJ 29.03.12 HMP Wymott: An effective training prison, but

more progress needed in some areas.

Here

DWP 02.04.12

Pension payouts at record high

Here

DWP 10.04.12 10 April 2012 – £4.5 billion pensions boost from this week – New State Pension Average of £124

Here

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a week

DWP 16.04.12

'Abroad fraud' warning for benefit thieves

Here

DWP 19.04.12 Pensions in the spotlight for Red Tape

Challenge

Here

DWP 24.04.12 Latest ESA assessment figures show majority fit

to work

Here

DBIS 25.04.12 Trade union membership 2011

Here

2.5 Education

Department Date Announcement Link to document

DBIS 02.02.12 Hayes launches independent review of professionalism in the FE and skills sector

Here

DBIS 14.02.12 Free Training launched to boost business mentors

Here

DBIS 17.02.12 Tuition fee challenge fails Here

DBIS 23.02.12 Government responds to early student loan repayment consultation

Here

DBIS 23.02.12 John Hayes confirms bursaries funding for trainee Further Education Teachers

Here

DBIS 28.04.12 Report calls for universities to be at heart of economy

Here

DfE 08.03.12 Michael Gove has asked OFSTED to discourage GCSE early entry

Here

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DfE 15.03.12 New Award to raise university aspirations of all pupils

Here

DBIS 21.03.12 New Interim Chief Executive of NAS Announced Here

DfE 22.03.12 Gibb: Our reforms will allow all parents to send their child to a good school

Here

DBIS 27.03.2012 Government welcomes interim report on professionalism in the further education sector

Here

DBIS 28.03.2012 BIS comments on the Higher Education Initial Participation Rate (HEIPR) figures

Here

DfE 28.03.12 Expert family organisations to deliver parenting classes in three areas of the country from this

spring

Here

DfE 28.03.2012 Almost 400,000 pupils miss at least a month of school

Here

DBIS 29.03.2012 Number of apprenticeships continues to rise Here

DBIS 29.03.2012 David Willetts comments on university funding and HEFCE student number allocations

Here

DBIS 01.04.12 New minimum 12 month duration for all apprenticeships

Here

DBIS 02.04.12 Better standards for Apprenticeships Here

DfE 04.12 Statutory guidance on the roles and responsibilities of the Director of Children's

Services and the Lead Member for Children's Services

Here

DBIS 05.04.12 Loans in further education: monthly briefing - April 2012

Here

DBIS 10.04.12 Consultation on revocation of the further education workforce regulations: The Further

Education Teachers' Continuing Professional

Development and Registration (England) Regulations 2007 and The Further Education

Teachers’ Qualifications (England) Regulations 2007

Here

DBIS 11.04.12 Community Learning Trust pilots: prospectus. New challenges, new chances: further education

and skills system reform plan

Here

DBIS 11.04.12 Pilots give communities a real say over learning Here

DfE 16.04.12 Government adviser calls for crackdown on primary school absence

Here

DfE 16.04.12 Improving attendance at school Here

DfE 16.04.12 Apprenticeships for young people Here

DWP 17.04.12 New research reveals true benefits of work experience

Here

DfE 18.04.12 £500,000 scholarship scheme launched for SEN support staff

Here

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DBIS 24.04.12 Student finance independent assessors reappointed

Here

DfE 26.04.12 The independent evaluation of the pilot of the linked pair of GCSEs in mathematics (MLP):

Second Interim Report - Brief

Here

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Early Day Motions (EDMs) 3.1

3.2 Employment

Date Name Main Sponsor Number of Signatures as off 30-04-12

Link to document

01.02.12 Wages of cleaners at

Reuters

John McDonnell 24 Here

06.02.12 Citizens Advice Scotland Fair Employment

Report

Graeme Morrice 20 Here

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06.02.12 Apprenticeships and Public

Procurement

Robert Halfon 19 Here

07.02.12 National Apprenticeship

Week 2012

Stephen Lloyd 29 Here

08.02.12 Lower Paid and Part-time

employees

Gregory Campbell

13 Here

22.02.12 Citizens advice Scotland report on employment

and support allowance (No.2)

Tom Greatrex 9 Here

23.02.12 Cleaners Employed on

Eurostar

Frank Dobson 33 Here

23.02.12 Work Programme

contracts and performance of

A4e

Simon Danczuk 39 Here

29.02.12 Treatment of staff employed by Heathrow

Express

John McDonnell 19 Here

05-03-12 “Evening Chronicle just

the job campaign”

David Anderson 12 Here

15.03.12 National Employment Saving Trust

Gareth Thomas 56 Here

15.03.12 Ministry of Defence Job

Cuts

John McDonnell 30 Here

27.03.12 Regional pay and the North

West

Tony Lloyd 26 Here

26.04.12 UK Manufacturing Employment

Barry Sheerman 1 Here

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3.3 Welfare

Date Name Primary Sponsor

Number of Signatures as off 30-04-12

Link to document

13.03.12 Expert Witnesses in Family Court Proceedings

John Hemming 18 Here

14.03.12 Better Pensions Gregory Campbell

13 Here

14.03.12 Better Pensions Gregory Campbell

13 Here

15.03.12 Government Work on Race

Equality

Alun Michael 34 Here

17.04.12 Charities Jim Shannon 17 Here

18.04.12 Terms and conditions of public sector

workers

Alan Meale 20 Here

23.04.12 Local universal credit delivery

David Anderson 16 Here

25.04.12 Pensions Savings

Gregory Campbell

6 Here

3.4 Education

Date Name Main Sponsor Number of Signatures as off 16-03-12

Link to document

16.04.12 Higher Education

(No.2)

Paul Blomfield 22 Here

17.04.2012 Further Education

Loans

Alan Meale 11 Here