Policy paper

The Work Programme: The First Year

Summary report on the first year of the Work Programme.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions and Mark Hoban
• Published: 27 November 2012

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

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The Work Programme: The First Year

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The government has published a summary report on the first year of the Work Programme. It is supporting more people than any previous programme by helping people off benefit and into employment. More than half of people who joined the Work Programme in the first few months have spent some time off benefit, and, up to November 2012, according to industry data, more than 200,000 jobs had been started by Work Programme participants.

We are continuously monitoring providers’ performance and some are performing much better than others. DWP will take action with those providers who are not delivering the Work Programme to the standards we expect.

Published 27 November 2012