Written question asked by Alison McGovern (Labour) on Wednesday, 15 May 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 17 May 2024. It was answered by Jo Churchill (Conservative) on Wednesday, 22 May 2024 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

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Social Security Benefits: Employment

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were (a) not in work and (b) in receipt of (i) Jobseeker’s Allowance and (ii) Employment and Support Allowance in the (A) work-related activity and (B) support group were moved into work the following month, in each month for which data is available since April 2013.

Answer

The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

26449

Session

2023-24

Subjects

Employment Jobseeker's allowance Employment and support allowance

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

View this Written question on www.parliament.uk