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Written question asked by Ann Clwyd (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 March 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 March 2016. It was answered by Justin Tomlinson (Conservative) on Friday, 1 April 2016 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Remploy

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former workers of Remploy factories in each Parliamentary constituency are (a) looking for work, (b) in work, (c) retired, (d) in receipt of employment and support allowance and (e) in receipt of jobseeker's allowance.

Answer

The table below is taken from the August 2015 Labour Market Statistics and shows the last data on number of former Remploy employees in work; claiming JSA or claiming ESA in England, Scotland and Wales.

Currently in work (LMS)

Claiming JSA (LMS)

Claiming ESA (LMS)

867

234

422

These statistics were gathered as part of the 18 month People Help and Support Package (PHSP) made available to ex-Remploy employees. We do not have the required data broken down by constituency and we did not collect data for those looking for work but not claiming ESA or JSA.

When the PHSP ended in August 2015, 1,523 former disabled employees had received support from a Personal Case Worker and 867 were in work. A total of 1,182 jobs had been found, 422 were on ESA and 234 on JSA.

DWP asked all disabled former employees made redundant from Remploy to give permission to be tracked. The data we have are necessarily incomplete because they only record the progress and outcomes of those individuals who gave this permission.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
32065
Session
2015-16
Related items
Remploy: Cynon Valley
Wednesday, 20 April 2016
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Remploy
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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