Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of benefit claimants with work search requirements who have been out of work for at least 13 weeks in the four pilot areas for the two-week daily face-to-face Jobcentre appointments programme have participated in that programme.

Four sites begun operating a small Proof of Concept to assess the feasibility of delivering a programme of Additional Jobcentre Support to claimants out of work for at least 13 weeks.

The pilot rollout started on 27^th February (Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament).