Stephen Timms – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-06-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 345W, on employment and support allowance (ESA), how many work programme job outcome payments there were in each ESA prognosis customer group in Great Britain between 1 June 2011 and 31 December 2013.
Esther McVey
The information held in respect of job outcomes by Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) prognosis group, is given in the table below:
Number of Work Programme Job Outcomes by ESA prognosis Customer Groups, Great Britain: 1 June 2011 – 31 December 2013:
ESA Prognosis Customer Group |
Job Outcomes |
All ESA WRAG |
11,900 |
ESA (c) WRAG Mandatory |
810 |
ESA (c) WRAG Voluntary |
240 |
ESA (IR) WRAG 12Mth Mandatory |
1,060 |
ESA (IR) WRAG 12Mth Voluntary |
170 |
ESA (IR) WRAG 3/6Mth Stock |
370 |
ESA (IR) WRAG 3/6 Mth Mandatory |
7,750 |
ESA (IR) WRAG 3/6 Mth Voluntary |
120 |
ESA (IR) WRAG 3/6 Mth Mandatory ExIB |
560 |
ESA (IR) WRAG 3/6 Mth Voluntary ExIB |
20 |
ESA Mandatory (IR) WRAG 12m |
650 |
ESA (IR) WRAG 12m Mandatory EXIB |
140 |
ESA Credit Only |
40 |
ESA (IR) Support Group |
50 |
ESA (c) Support Group |
20 |
ESA (IR) Support Group ExIB |
10 |
ESA (c) Support Group ExIB |
20 |
In addition to the 296,000 jobseekers where the Work Programme provider has claimed a Job Outcome payment, there are a further 26,000 people who we have identified, who have spent at least six months in work (or three for the hardest to help), but where the provider has not claimed a Job Outcome.