Written question asked by Marsha De Cordova (Labour) on Tuesday, 1 April 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 3 April 2025. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 April 2025 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Pathways to Work: Employment

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, what estimate she has made of the number of people who will enter the workforce in the (a) 2026-27, (b) 2027-28 and (c) 2028-29 financial years as a result of the reforms set out in that paper.

Answer

Information on the impacts of the “Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper” will be published in due course, with some information already published alongside the Spring Statement.

A further programme of analysis to support development of the proposals in the Green Paper will be developed and undertaken in the coming months.

We will continue to work with the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to estimate the potential labour market impacts of these proposals.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 43112
Session: 2024-26
Related items: Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
Command papers
House of Commons
House of Lords
Subjects: Employment Reform Social security benefits Pathways to work
Contains statistics: Yes
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