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Written question asked by Neil Gray (Scottish National Party) on Tuesday, 24 May 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 May 2016. It was answered by Priti Patel (Conservative) on Thursday, 2 June 2016 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Work Programme: Finance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding his Department (a) has allocated since 2011 and (b) plans to allocate by 2020 to the Work Programme.

Answer

The Departmental Annual Report for 2014/2015 includes the final outturn numbers for Employment Programmes from 2011/12 to 2014/15 (page 181 of the report). These figures have been audited.

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

Outturn

Outturn

Outturn

Outturn

£m

£m

£m

£m

876

802

1,037

950

The Annual Report also includes separately published values for the Work Programme for the years 2011/2012 (£283m), 2012/2013 (£453m) and 2013/2014 (£636m). Work Programme spend has not been separately published beyond 2013/2014.

Figures for the year 2015/2016 and beyond cannot be provided as they are subject to change and have not been published.

Sources:

2011/12 to 2014/15: DWP Departmental Annual Report 2014/2015: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445950/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015.pdf

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
38329
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Finance Work programme
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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