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		<title>Benefit claims processing stats: Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Skills Funding Agency: additional 19 colleges to receive funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[100 million]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[allocations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[further education colleges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[modernisation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SFA]]></category>
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		<title>New claims for ESA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Welfare to Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[activity group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amp project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[claimants]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[initial assessments]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[support allowance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New claims for ESA The latest figures on new claims for Employment and Support Allowance, which replaced incapacity benefit in 2008, have been released. Here are some of the main findings: Outcomes of completed initial assessments for claims started from March to May 2011 show:  48 per cent of claimants have an outcome i.e. decisions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yesministerltd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9544786&amp;post=5170&amp;subd=yesministerltd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Access to Work Statistics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[The Benefit System]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[welfare to work benefits]]></category>
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		<title>Household benefits cap defeated in the Lords</title>
		<link>http://yesministerltd.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/household-benefits-cap-defeated-in-the-lords/</link>
		<comments>http://yesministerltd.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/household-benefits-cap-defeated-in-the-lords/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yes Minister</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Benefit System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welfare to Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment support allowance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[income support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobseekers allowance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[welfare reform bill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cost of Benefits too high<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yesministerltd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9544786&amp;post=5153&amp;subd=yesministerltd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chris Grayling “really disappointed” at NAO report</title>
		<link>http://yesministerltd.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/chris-grayling-really-disappointed-at-nao-report/</link>
		<comments>http://yesministerltd.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/chris-grayling-really-disappointed-at-nao-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yes Minister</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Welfare to Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ambitious targets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Grayling “really disappointed” at NAO report<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yesministerltd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9544786&amp;post=5149&amp;subd=yesministerltd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Will providers act unethically? &#8230; ERSA responds</title>
		<link>http://yesministerltd.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/will-providers-act-unethically-ersa-responds/</link>
		<comments>http://yesministerltd.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/will-providers-act-unethically-ersa-responds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yes Minister</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Welfare to Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ersa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nao]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unethical]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will providers act unethically Filed under: Welfare to Work Tagged: ersa, nao, unethical, work programme<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yesministerltd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9544786&amp;post=5142&amp;subd=yesministerltd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NAO conclusions are premature says ERSA &#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://yesministerltd.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/nao-conclusions-are-premature-says-ersa/</link>
		<comments>http://yesministerltd.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/nao-conclusions-are-premature-says-ersa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yes Minister</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment and Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[THE GRAPEVINE! news, comment & a bit of gossip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[THINK TANK - The Ideas Zone....!!!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welfare to Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic backdrop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ersa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[implementation timetable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAO report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national audit office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national audit office report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rapid procurement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[referral numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work programme]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ERSA sees NAO findings as premature<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yesministerltd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9544786&amp;post=5122&amp;subd=yesministerltd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lone Parents on JSA latest – up 50% on last year. Over 30,000 due on Work Programme</title>
		<link>http://yesministerltd.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/lone-parents-on-jsa-latest-up-50-on-last-year-over-30000-due-on-work-programme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yes Minister</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Welfare to Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[claimants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gov uk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national statistics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lone Parents on JSA latest up 50% and over 30,000 due on Work Programme<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yesministerltd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9544786&amp;post=5116&amp;subd=yesministerltd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nationality of benefit claimants published</title>
		<link>http://yesministerltd.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/nationality-of-benefit-claimants-published/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yes Minister</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Benefit System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welfare to Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[british citizens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigratio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national insurance number]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nationality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overseas nationals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uk nationals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nationality of benefit claimants published<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yesministerltd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9544786&amp;post=5106&amp;subd=yesministerltd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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