Written question asked by Mark Lazarowicz (Labour) on Thursday, 12 February 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 February 2015. It was answered by Esther McVey (Conservative) on Thursday, 26 February 2015 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Work Programme

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2015 to Question 221729, how many former Incapacity Benefit claimants that were transferred to either jobseeker's allowance or employment and support allowance had participated in a Work Programme in (a) Edinburgh, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK up to September 2014; and how many of those have found work as a result of that programme.

Answer

Information on the number of Work Programme referrals, attachments and job outcomes, by payment group can be found at:

Guidance for users can be found at:

Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 224344
Session: 2014-15
Related items: Work Programme
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Jobseeker's allowance Incapacity benefit Employment and support allowance Work programme
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk