Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent in total on the Help to Work scheme to date; and what estimate he has made of the cumulative total cost of Help to Work over the duration of the current contracts.
The Help to Work scheme contains a number of initiatives and programmes, delivered through Jobcentre Plus and Contracted Employment Provision.
It is not possible to identify the costs of Help to Work activities separately from the total expenditure in Jobcentre Plus.