Chris Heaton-Harris – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Heaton-Harris on 2016-03-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to ensure that Community Work Placement providers are held to the standards required in their contract.

Priti Patel

Community Work Placement performance is being actively managed, underpinned by improvement plans and local performance improvement activity, with contracts terminated early where providers have failed to meet their targets.

This action sends a clear message to providers that the Department expects them to deliver the performance they have promised in their bids.