Alison Thewliss – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison Thewliss on 2016-03-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment support allowance claimants in (a) Scotland (b) Glasgow and (c) Glasgow Central constituency stopped claiming that allowance after participation in the Work Programme.

Priti Patel

The available information on the number of people who have completed the Work Programme is published and can be found at:

http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html

The information requested for those who stopped claiming Employment and Support Allowance after participation in the Work Programme is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

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