Mark Lazarowicz – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Lazarowicz on 2015-02-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2015 to Question 221729, how many former Incapacity Benefit claimants that were transferred to either jobseeker’s allowance or employment and support allowance had participated in a Work Programme in (a) Edinburgh, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK up to September 2014; and how many of those have found work as a result of that programme.

Esther McVey

Information on the number of Work Programme referrals, attachments and job outcomes, by payment group can be found at:

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

Guidance for users can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance

Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland.

http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research.htm

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