Speeches

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.