Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of using meaningful activity instead of work as an outcome measure for people receiving welfare payments.

The Department has not made such an assessment, as meaningful activities are different for each individual. We work in partnership with our claimants to ensure that their programme of work-related activity is tailored to, and agreed with, the claimant to provide the best possible outcome in each case.