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Written question asked by Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 22 October 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 25 October 2012. It was answered by Mark Hoban (Conservative) on Thursday, 25 October 2012 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Work Programme

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) prime contractors and (b) sub-contractors have voluntarily withdrawn from the Work programme since it began; and how many such contractors were charitable and voluntary organisations.

[124762]

Answer

No prime contractors have withdrawn from the Work programme.

The most recent published stock take information, which represented the supply chain as at 30 January 2012, showed 412 organisations from the voluntary and community sector involved as sub contractors, a net decrease of eight from the August 2011 return. Overall there was a slight net increase of seven in the total number of subcontractors. A further stocktake will be published shortly.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
124762; 551 c1060W
Session
2012-13
Subjects
Work programme
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk