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Written question asked by Jim McMahon (Labour) on Monday, 21 May 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 May 2018 (named day). It was answered by Lord Sharma (Conservative) on Thursday, 24 May 2018 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Work Programme: Greater Manchester

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much money from the public purse was paid to work programme providers in Greater Manchester in each relevant year since 2010.

Answer

The Department’s Work Programme does not have a contract covering just Greater Manchester, so the information can not be provided at the level of detail requested.

However, there is a contract covering Greater Manchester, Chester and Warrington. The expenditure on this contract is shown in the table below.

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

£m

£m

£m

£m

£m

£m

Greater Manchester, Chester & Warrington

18

32

46

46

32

23

Notes:

  1. The Work Programme started during 2011/12, therefore no data is available for 2010/11.
  1. The 2017/18 indicative total outturn cannot be released as the Department's accounts have yet to be finalised, audited and approved.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
146311
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Finance Greater Manchester Work programme
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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