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

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-12-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on the Mandatory Work Activity scheme in each of the last four years.

Priti Patel

The Department’s expenditure in respect of Mandatory Work Activity in each of the last four financial years is as follows:

2011-12 £9.2m

2012-13 £13.7m

2013-14 £15.0m

2014-15 £12.8m