Written question asked by Terry Rooney (Labour) on Monday, 6 July 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 9 July 2009. It was answered by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 July 2009 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Pathways to Work

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many participants there have been for each of the Pathways to Work programme providers since inception of the contracts; how many of these (a) did not attend initial interview, (b) were referred back to a decision maker for consideration of a sanction and (c) were placed in sustained employment.

Answer: [holding answer 9 July 2009]: Official statistics on the number of participants in Pathways to Work are available up to January 2009, these are published on the Department's website at:"http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/workingage/ib_ref_p2w.asp"Information is not available by provider. Breakdowns are available by district. Data on starts are available up to January 2009. Data on job entries are available up to October 2008 but no data are available to show sustained jobs. Starts and job entries in each Pathways district have been placed in the Library.The Department does not hold official statistics on failed to attend interviews or referrals back to decision makers.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 496 c286W; 285521
Session: 2008-09
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2009-2009
Thursday, 9 July 2009
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects: Pathways to work programme
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