Stephen Timms – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2016-05-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2016 to Question 34911, which contracted employment support initiatives other than the Work Programme and Work Choice are included in the figure for the total budget for Contract Employment Programmes for 2016-17 given in that Answer.

Priti Patel

Pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2016 to Question 34911 programmes included within the Contracted Employment Programmes budget for 2016-17 are:

• Work Programme (as previously shown);
• Youth Support, which includes:

o Youth Engagement Fund;

o Youth Contract Wage Incentive.

• Pre and Post Work Programme Support, which includes:

o New Enterprise Allowance;

o English Language Requirement;

o Community Work Placement.

• Specialist Disability Programmes, which includes:

o Work Choice including Remploy (as previously shown);

o Residential Training

o Specialist Employability Support.