Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on the Mandatory Work Activity scheme in each of the last four years.
The Department’s expenditure in respect of Mandatory Work Activity in each of the last four financial years is as follows:
2011-12 £9.2m
2012-13 £13.7m
2013-14 £15.0m
2014-15 £12.8m