Official Statistics

Work and Health Programme statistics to August 2024

Quarterly Official Statistics release of Work and Health Programme data.

Applies to England and Wales

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Work and Health Programme statistics to August 2024

Tables: Work and Health Programme statistics to August 2024

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Details

The Work and Health Programme (WHP) helps disabled people, as well as the long-term unemployed and certain other priority groups (known as early access groups) to enter into and stay in work.

The WHP statistics cover 6 different measures:

  • Referrals
  • Individuals referred
  • Starts
  • First earnings from employment
  • Job outcomes
  • Performance expectations

Further information

Read the background information and methodology note for more information about the WHP statistics.

Updates to this page

Published 28 November 2024
Last updated 11 December 2024 + show all updates
  1. In section 9 "First earnings from employment and job outcomes from Work and Health Programme Pioneer", amended the figure in the sentence "Of the 24,000 individuals who were referred to WHP Pioneer by February 2024 (the most recent point by which participants would have had 6 months on the programme), 62% started" from 24,000 to 9,000.

  2. First published.

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