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Dept for Work and Pensions

Answer

Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have attended one or more Work Focused Interviews in each of the three incapacity benefit pilot areas; how many of these individuals have (a) secured employment, (b) been referred to condition management and (c) been referred to a New Deal for Disabled People broker; and if he will make a statement. [186226] Maria Eagle: In total, there have been 5,600 job entries in the Pathways to Work pilots to the end of August 2004. Of these, 4,200 were in the first three pilot districts which have been up and running since the end of October 2003 The following table sets out the details requested solely in relation to those who have had an initial work-focused interview: Outcomes in the first three pathways to work pilots to August 2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Initial work focused Job entries Referred to condition Referred to new deal for interviews attended management programme disabled people Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, 2,818 449 174 211 Argyll and Bute Bridgend and Rhondda, Cynon, 2,923 417 125 558 Taf Derbyshire 3,211 411 235 272 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. The first three Pathways to Work pilots commenced on 27 October 2003. 2. Work Focused Interviews should take place at around eight weeks after the start of the benefit claim. This means that majority of benefits starts in July and August will not be included in the data. 3. Initial Work Focused Interviews attended refers to the actual number of Work Focused Interviews that have taken place. Some individuals will have attended more than one Work Focused Interview. These will be people who have started more than one benefit spell since 27 October 2003. 4. Job starts: This includes all recorded job entries plus Return to Work Credit (RTWC) awards for which no job entry is yet recorded. (By definition, an RTWC award must indicate that a job entry has occurred). 5. The total number of job entries in the first three pilot areas is higher than that recorded in the table. This table excludes job entries achieved with existing clients who had already started to claim benefit before 27 October 2003 and those not required to have a work- focused interview. 6. Job starts figures include job starts achieved through referral to New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP) job brokers. 7. The job starts figures represent all job starts that have occurred subsequent to an initial Work Focused Interview within the same benefit spell. 8. Referred to Condition Management Programme: this represents all Condition Management Programme referrals that have occurred subsequent to an initial Work Focused Interview within the same benefit spell. 9. New Deal for Disabled People referrals: The data provided is all NDDP broker registrations plus referrals to NDDP brokers that have not yet resulted in a registration. This represents all NDDP referrals that have occurred subsequent to an initial Work Focused Interview within the same benefit spell.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

426 c1900W;426 c1905W; 186226

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Disability Attendance Employment Interviews Incapacity benefit Social security benefits New deal for disabled people

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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