Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) were eligible for and (b) participated in the Work Programme in (i) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (ii) North Lanarkshire, (iii) Scotland and (iv) the UK, in each month since October 2012.

Those eligible for the Work Programme are referred to it and therefore eligibility is reflected by referral numbers.

Information on those referred to the Work Programme, by parliamentary constituency, local authority and region is published and can be found at:

http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html

Guidance for users is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance

Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland and is available at:

http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research.htm