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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of replacing the Work and Health programme that last took applicants in September 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of replacing the Work and Health programme that last took applicants in September 2024.
The decision to end the Work and Health Programme was made by the previous Administration.
The Government is committed to reducing the disability employment gap. We have a clear ambition to raise the overall employment rate to 80%. We are delivering the biggest employment support package for disabled people and people with health conditions in more than a generation as part of our Pathways to Work Guarantee, which will provide work, health and skills support for disabled people and those with health conditions claiming out of work benefits. The Pathways to Work Guarantee is backed by £1 billion a year of new, additional funding by 2030 and a total of £2.2 billion over four years.
Separate to this, our new, voluntary, locally led, Supported Employment programme, Connect to Work, is rolling out across England and Wales. Over the five-year duration of the programme, it will provide specialist employment support to over 300,000 disabled people, people with health conditions and those with complex barriers to employment.
This is on top of our Jobcentre core offer, which includes the extended Restart Scheme, Disability Employment Advisers and 1000 Pathways to Work Advisers providing additional work coach support for disabled benefit recipients and those with work-limiting health conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs have been filled as a result of the Work and Health Programme since its inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs have been filled as a result of the Work and Health Programme since its inception.
We publish Work and Health Programme (WHP) statistics quarterly on GOV.UK and they include the number of people who enter employment and gain job outcomes within two years since starting on the WHP. The next release of published statistics is planned for 30 May 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the annual spend on the Work and Health Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the annual spend on the Work and Health Programme.
The contract costs for Work and Health Programme over the last 7 financial years are shown in the table below.
Area | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-2024 |
Total WHP | £6,747,110 | £45,984,768 | £62,887,008 | £75,175,020 | £84,045,213 | £88,961,719 | £98,138,908 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the end date is for referrals to the Work and Health Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the end date is for referrals to the Work and Health Programme.
Under current contracts the Work and Health Programme will take last referrals on 30 September, with support continuing to July 2026.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to undertake an impact assessment of the closure of the Work and Health Programme this autumn and the impact of this on enabling disabled people to enter the job market.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to undertake an impact assessment of the closure of the Work and Health Programme this autumn and the impact of this on enabling disabled people to enter the job market.
As part of the government’s Back to Work Plan we have launched and plan to deliver a range of other support which will put in place an offer to a broader range of disabled people, for example, Universal Support will support up to 100,000 disabled people, people with health conditions and people with additional barriers to employment per year, once fully rolled out, helping them to find, enter, and remain in work.
The Work and Health Programme (WHP) has supported 300k people since it was introduced in 2017 to the end of November 2023, of whom over 130k have entered employment in this time. More recently WHP Pioneer, which is part of the first phase of Universal Support, aims to support up to 25k people through DWP contracts. The next publication of WHP Statistics on Gov.UK is due at the end of May 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Q9 of the oral evidence by Gareth Parry to the Work and Pensions Committee on 17 April 2024, HC 697, whether the Work and Health Programme will end in November 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Q9 of the oral evidence by Gareth Parry to the Work and Pensions Committee on 17 April 2024, HC 697, whether the Work and Health Programme will end in November 2024.
The Work and Health Programme is part of a much wider offer to help people with disabilities and long-term health conditions and those in disadvantage groups start, stay and succeed in work.
As part of the government’s Back to Work Plan we have launched and plan to deliver a range of other support which will put in place an offer to a broader range of disabled people, for example, Universal Support will support up to 100,000 disabled people, people with health conditions and people with additional barriers to employment per year, once fully rolled out, helping them to find, enter, and remain in work
The Work and Health Programme will continue to be delivered until July 2026, further announcements on the programme will be made in due course.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people the Work and Health Programme support helps into work per year; and what estimate his Department has made of the number of how many disabled people that will be helped into work by Universal Support per...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people the Work and Health Programme support helps into work per year; and what estimate his Department has made of the number of how many disabled people that will be helped into work by Universal Support per...
The latest Work and Health Programme statistics to November 2023 are published in the latest statistics on .GOV.UK and in Stat-Xplore.
There are three eligibility groups – disability, early access and long term unemployed. Up to November 2023, 77% of starts were from the disability group. For cohorts starting up to November 2021 (who had been on the programme for 24 months at the time of release) 47% had achieved first earnings and 32% achieved a job outcome. The number of job outcomes achieved in each year can be found in the table below:
Number of WHP job outcomes achieved per year in the disability group
| 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-2 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | Apr 2023- Nov-2023 | TOTAL |
Disability Group | 3,282 | 8,092 | 8,063 | 19,186 | 16,175 | 9,137 | 63,935 |
Note: there will also be disabled people in the early access group and long term unemployed, but we are unable to identify those people – therefore these numbers will be underestimates of the total numbers of disabled people who achieve job outcomes.
Further information about definitions are explained in the Work and Health Programme statistics: background information and methodology, in particular:
- First earnings from employment – the point at which a participant achieves their first earnings from their first employment whilst on the programme. A participant may not necessarily go on to achieve a job outcome. Statistics on first earnings from employment do not include earnings from self-employment.
- Job outcomes – a provider is classed as achieving a job outcome when a participant reaches either a specified level of earnings once in employment (which varies across the different areas – see detailed explanation of job outcome expectations for details) or 6 months of being in self-employment.
Universal Support will support up to 100,000 disabled people, people with health conditions and people with additional barriers to employment into sustained work per year, once fully rolled out.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Work and Health Programme statistics: background information and methodology, updated on 29 February 2024, what estimate he has made of the six metrics figures by (a) nation and (b) region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Work and Health Programme statistics: background information and methodology, updated on 29 February 2024, what estimate he has made of the six metrics figures by (a) nation and (b) region.
As explained in the Work and Health Programme statistics: background information and methodology, the latest release of these statistics can be found in the Work and Health Programme statistics collection which is published on .GOV.UK.
The latest statistics, to November 2023, provide the measures for the first five metrics: referrals, individuals referred, starts, first earnings from employment, and job outcomes, for England and Wales and regional level on Stat-Xplore.
Users can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest and, if needed, can access guidance on how to extract the information required.
The sixth metric, on performance expectations, is published separately in table 4.1, by provider.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 88 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023, published on 6 July 2023, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Work and Health Programme following the programme evaluation using Randomised Control...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 88 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023, published on 6 July 2023, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Work and Health Programme following the programme evaluation using Randomised Control...
The department published the Work and Health Programme evaluation: synthesis report in October 2023 - the report presents findings from the evaluation of the Work and Health Programme. The department has not yet provided an assessment of the programme’s impact.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Work and Health Programme on supporting disabled people into the workforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Work and Health Programme on supporting disabled people into the workforce.
The department published the Work and Health Programme evaluation: synthesis report in October 2023 - the report presents findings from the evaluation of the Work and Health Programme. The department has not yet provided an assessment of the programme’s impact.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people the Work and Health Programme has supported into work (a) in total and (b) by region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people the Work and Health Programme has supported into work (a) in total and (b) by region.
The number of participants on the Work and Health Programme who achieve job outcomes, and when they are achieved, are published in the job outcomes statistics on Stat-Xplore and are available for England and Wales and regional level to November 2023.
Users can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest and, if needed, can access guidance on how to extract the information required.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department held discussions with organisations representing disabled people on the disbanding of the Work and Health Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department held discussions with organisations representing disabled people on the disbanding of the Work and Health Programme.
Stakeholder engagement has been a key part of the design processes for the range of new programmes to enhance employment support for disabled people and those with health conditions being funded through the Back to Work Plan announced at Spring Budget and Autumn Statement 2023 – including Universal Support.
This has included a range of organisations representing the types of people who are eligible for the current Work and Health Programme. We will continue to engage with relevant organisations as the planning for and roll out of these new and expanded programmes progresses.
Any further announcements regarding the Work and Health Programme will be made in due course.
This briefing describes the ONS's employment statistics for disabled people and the government’s programmes to support disabled people in work.
This briefing describes the ONS's employment statistics for disabled people and the government’s programmes to support disabled people in work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) long-term sick and (b) disabled people have been referred for personalised support under the Universal Support employment programme by providers of his Department’s Work and Health Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) long-term sick and (b) disabled people have been referred for personalised support under the Universal Support employment programme by providers of his Department’s Work and Health Programme.
Universal Support is in the early stages of development, and we will publish further information in due course.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in relation to the Universal Support programme announced in the Spring Budget 2023, if he will publish (a) a statement of the differences between the new programme and the Work and Health Programme, as extended to 2024 in the Health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in relation to the Universal Support programme announced in the Spring Budget 2023, if he will publish (a) a statement of the differences between the new programme and the Work and Health Programme, as extended to 2024 in the Health...
The Work and Health Programme provides contracted employment support in England and Wales, primarily for disabled people and disadvantaged groups who are motivated to work and expect to find work within 12 months. Participants receive up to 15 months pre-employment support and up to six months light touch in-work support, personalised to the needs of each participant. The Work and Health Programme has been extended for new referrals until September 2024, providing additional support for around 100,000 people; we expect most of these will be disabled people.
Universal Support will begin in 2024 and provide up to 12 months of high-quality Supported Employment which adheres to the five stage Supported Employment Model of place, train and maintain. There is strong international evidence that Supported Employment is effective in supporting people achieving jobs in open employment at the going rate of pay, with necessary support provided for the individual and employer in order to sustain the job. The timetable and delivery approach for Universal Support will be confirmed following stakeholder engagement, including with local commissioners and the devolved administrations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper published on 15 March 2023, how many people have been referred to the Work and Health Programme due to a learning disability in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper published on 15 March 2023, how many people have been referred to the Work and Health Programme due to a learning disability in each of...
Referrals to the Work and Health Programme (WHP) are recorded in one of three groups: disability, early access, or long term unemployed. Information relating to the nature of a participant’s disability is not captured. Therefore, the information requested is not held.
WHP statistics are published quarterly, the latest set of official statistics includes data to November 2022, which can be found by selecting the link below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/work-and-health-programme-statistics
To be helpful, the table below shows the number of individuals referred to WHP who belong to the disability eligibility group over the three years prior to the end of November 2022.
Time Period | Individuals Referred |
01 Dec 2019 – 30 Nov 2020 | 50,009 |
01 Dec 2020 – 30 Nov 2021 | 82,300 |
01 Dec 2021 – 30 Nov 2022 | 61,341 |
Total | 193,650 |
Thirteenth Opposition day debate (part two). Motion that this House is concerned that the number of people out of work and economically inactive is higher than before the pandemic, that thousands of older people have left the labour market and that there have been significant increases in the number of people out of work due to ill health or mental ill health; notes that recent employment support schemes have underperformed and underspent; condemns the Government for its failure to get more people into work; regrets that this failure is contributing to low economic growth and falling living standards; and therefore calls on the Government to get Britain back to work by reforming disability benefit assessments, devolving employment support to local areas and providing specialist and targeted help for those with long-term ill health or aged over 50 to grow the economy and boost both public finances and household incomes. Closure motion agreed to on question. Main question agreed to.
Thirteenth Opposition day debate (part two). Motion that this House is concerned that the number of people out of work and economically inactive is higher than before the pandemic, that thousands of older people have left the labour market and that there have been significant increases in the number of...
I beg to move,
That this House is concerned that the number of people out of work and economically inactive is higher than before the pandemic, that thousands of older people have left the labour market and that there have been significant increases in the number of people out of work...
I beg to move,
That this House is concerned that the number of people out of work and economically inactive is higher than before the pandemic, that thousands of older people have left the labour market and that there have been significant increases in the number of people out of work...
Does my right hon. Friend agree that, since the Government came in and cut English for speakers of other languages
courses, women from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities in inner-city areas, in particular, have not been able to get into employment? We see that in the figures.
Does my right hon. Friend agree that, since the Government came in and cut English for speakers of other languages
courses, women from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities in inner-city areas, in particular, have not been able to get into employment? We see that in the figures.