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Written question asked by Gordon Marsden (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 March 2015 (named day). It was answered by Esther McVey (Conservative) on Monday, 23 March 2015 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Work Programme: Blackpool

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) people in the Work Programme entered employment and (b) people in the Work Programme were subject to benefit sanctions in (i) Blackpool South constituency and (ii) Blackpool local authority area in the last 12 months.

Answer

The information requested for part (a), in respect of the number of people placed into employment from the Work Programme is not available.

The information we do have shows the number of Work Programme job outcomes, by various geographies and this can be found at:

http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html

Guidance for users can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance

Information on the number of Jobseeker’s allowance and Employment Support Allowance claimants referred to the Work Programme who have been sanctioned for failure to participate, by various geographies, is published and available at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/

Guidance for users is available at:

https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
228257
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Disqualification Social security benefits Blackpool Work programme
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk