Speeches

Emily Thornberry – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-11-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people referred to Help to Work since April 2014 who have participated in (a) Community Work Placements and (b) Daily Work Search Review have subsequently been referred to the Mandatory Intervention Regime.

Priti Patel

The information is in the table below:

Period April 2014 to June 2015

1 Number of People Referred to Help to Work

2 Number of People Subsequently Referred to the Mandatory Intervention Regime

Proportion of People Subsequently Referred to the Mandatory Intervention Regime

Community Work Placement

51,430

5,706

11%

Daily Work Search Review

40,060

15,230

38%

  1. Source of Information: The Help to Work quarterly statistics provides Official statistics to June 2015 on the numbers of people joining the Help to Work Scheme. This information can be found on the Gov.UK website.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/help-to-work-quarterly-statistics

  1. Source of Information: This management information does not form part of any official statistics and is intended for DWP internal use only.