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 have left the scheme after opening a claim for working tax credit.

Priti Patel

The information as requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

The information that is available on Help to Work, on the number of programme referrals and Community Work Placement starts can be found at:

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

The latest published information on Help to Work covers the period from April 2014 to June 2015 inclusive.

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