Andrew Percy – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2015-11-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the effect on the likelihood of people’s reemployment of their prior length of absence from work; and what steps the Government is taking to address that matter.

Priti Patel

It is not possible to quantify the exact effect of benefit duration on the likelihood of re-employment as information on the destinations of people leaving benefits is not recorded for all claimants.