Restart Scheme
(asked on 2nd May 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of people sanctioned by the Restart Programme.
This question was answered on 15th May 2023
The Restart Scheme requires providers to work with participants on individual activities with the emphasis on positive engagement. Activities are agreed together, to encourage the participant to complete them voluntarily. Providers may consider mandating participants to undertake activity which helps them to prepare for, or move into, work where reasonable attempts at engagement fail without good reason. Mandation is used in a careful and considered manner.