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Work Programme statistics
- From:
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Published:
- 26 September 2013
- Last updated:
- 22 June 2017, see all updates
Statistics on people joining the Work Programme, participants achieving defined periods in work and participants completing the programme.
The Work Programme was launched throughout Great Britain in June 2011 and is part of a number of welfare to work reforms aimed at getting unemployed people into sustained work.
It uses private and public companies, called providers, to find work for claimants transferred to them from Jobcentre Plus at specified points in their claim. The providers are primarily paid for defined outcomes related to sustained employment.
We usually publish Work Programme National Statistics every 3 months in:
- March (data to December)
- June (data to March)
- September (data to June)
- December (data to September)
Read about other employment Programme schemes and where to find statistics on them on the Employment programme support official statistics page.
Find details of future Work Programme statistics in our statistics calendar.
We also publish a number of more detailed data tables on the Work Programme in:
- Stat-Xplore – an online tool for exploring some of DWP’s main statistics. Use Stat-Xplore to create your own tables and charts
- Work Programme: cohort and time series data
Latest release
-
Work Programme statistical summary: data to March 2017
- National Statistics
Previous releases
-
Work Programme statistical summary: data to December 2016
- National Statistics
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Work Programme statistical summary: data to September 2016
- National Statistics
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Work Programme statistical summary: data to June 2016
- National Statistics
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Work Programme statistical summary: data to 31 March 2016
- National Statistics
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Work Programme statistical summary: data to December 2015
- National Statistics
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Work Programme statistical summary: data to 30 September 2015
- National Statistics
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Work Programme statistical summary: data to 30 June 2015
- National Statistics
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Work Programme statistical summary: data to 31 March 2015
- National Statistics
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Work Programme statistical summary: data to 31 December 2014
- National Statistics
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Work Programme statistical summary: data to 30 September 2014
- National Statistics
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Work Programme statistical summary: data to 30 June 2014
- Official Statistics
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Work Programme statistical summary: data to December 2013
- Official Statistics
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Work Programme statistical summary: data to September 2013
- Official Statistics
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Work Programme statistical summary: data to June 2013
- Official Statistics
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Work Programme statistical summary: data to March 2013
- Official Statistics
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Pre-Work Programme support: Get Britain Working, February 2013
- Official Statistics
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DWP Work Programme statistics, first release: November 2012
- Official Statistics
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DWP Work Programme statistics, first release: August 2012
- Official Statistics
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Work Programme: unvalidated job outcome payments to June 2014
- Official Statistics
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Employment programme support official statistics
- Guidance
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DWP Work Programme statistics, first release: May 2012
- Official Statistics
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DWP Work Programme statistics, first release: February 2012
- Official Statistics
Guidance
Our background information note gives context and information on the processes involved in developing and releasing the national statistics including information on the quality, revisions and known issues.
Freedom of Information request responses
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Work Programme and Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) sanction statistics: July 2012
- FOI release
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Work Programme provider sanctions for Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) claimants: July 2011 to April 2012
- FOI release
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Work Programme referrals who received a JSA Training Allowance, June 2011 to July 2012
- FOI release
Consultation and feedback
Complete our Work Programme statistics questionnaire to tell us what you think about our statistics.
Join the ‘Welfare and benefits’ community at www.statsusernet.org.uk. We’ll post announcements and background information in this forum. You can also use the forum to discuss statistical issues with other users.
To give feedback on the tabulation tool and data visualisation tool email stats-consultation@dwp.gsi.gov.uk.
Adam Pearce
Information, Governance and Security Directorate
Department for Work and Pensions
Room BP5201
Benton Park Road
Longbenton
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE98 1YX
We ran a consultation in 2013 on how Work Programme statistics are presented. Read the outcome of this consultation below.
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How Work Programme statistics after June 2013 are presented
- Consultation outcome
Document information
Published: 26 September 2013
Updated: 22 June 2017
- Added latest Work Programme statistics (data to March 2017).
- Added latest Work Programme statistics (data to December 2016).
- Added latest Work Programme statistics (data to September 2016).
- Added latest Work Programme statistics (data to June 2016).
- Published latest Work Programme statistics (data to March 2016).
- Published latest Work Programme statistics (data to December 2015).
- Published 'Work Programme statistical summary: data to 30 September 2015'.
- Added the latest Work Programme statistics to June 2015.
- Published Work Programme statistical summary: data to March 2015 and updated background information note.
- Published 'Work Programme statistical summary: data to 30 December 2014' and revised background information note.
- Published latest Work Programme statistical summary with data to 30 September 2014.
- Published latest Work Programme statistical summary with data to 30 June 2014.
- Published latest Work Programme statistical summary with data to 31 March 2014.
- Published links to underlying data for the cohort and time series visualisations and guidance on how to use it.
- March 2014 statistics release with data to December 2013.
- December 2013 stats release published
- Added a link to the Work Programme statistics questionnaire
- First published.