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Work Programme

That is certainly so. I am pleased that so many significant players in the voluntary sector, and some local projects, are involved in the Work programme. Rehab is a very good example of the welfare-to-work sector and the voluntary sector coming together as one, but as well as Rehab at the prime contractor level, there is, at subcontractor level, a variety of organisations that either provide complete welfare-to-work packages for the unemployed or introduce specialist skills into the Work programme to deal with issues such as homelessness. I hope and expect that the voluntary sector’s role will be a crucial part of the programme’s success. When we move on to develop the payment-by-results principle in other areas where Government operate, I expect to see the voluntary sector continue to play an important part in the delivery of the support that we provide.