Connect to Work statistics
Official statistics on the Connect to Work employment programme.
Connect to Work is a key part of the Pathways to Work offer of support to help disabled people and those with health conditions into employment. It complements other existing Government-funded employment support. It is a voluntary, locally led Supported Employment programme designed to help individuals with disability, health conditions and other complex issues overcome barriers to employment and move closer to finding meaningful, sustainable work.
Connect to Work supports people who:
- have a disability as defined in section 6 of the Equality Act 2010 or the Social Model of Disability
- meet the definition of one of the specified disadvantaged groups with additional multiple and complex barriers that would benefit from support
The programme is predominantly targeted at the economically inactive, and can also help those struggling to maintain work as a result of their health or complex circumstances.
From June 2026, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will release official statistics about Connect to Work. These will provide information on a regular basis about the number of:
- referrals to Connect to Work
- starts to Connect to Work
- first earnings from employment
- job outcomes
See the Release Strategy for more details on the measures we will report, and plans for future releases.
Further information about Connect to Work can be found in the background information note when this is published alongside the first release on 11 June 2026. Both documents will be available from this page.
Further breakdowns of the statistics will be available on Stat-Xplore, an online tool for exploring some of the main DWP statistics.
Find announcements on the future releases of Connect to Work statistics in the statistics calendar.