PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Employment and Support Allowance (26 June 2014)

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.

Asked by:
Sir Stephen Timms (Labour)

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.

Answered by:
Esther McVey (Conservative)
1 July 2014