Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) people in the Work Programme entered employment and (b) people in the Work Programme were subject to benefit sanctions in (i) Blackpool South constituency and (ii) Blackpool local authority area in the last 12 months.

The information requested for part (a), in respect of the number of people placed into employment from the Work Programme is not available.

The information we do have shows the number of Work Programme job outcomes, by various geographies and this can be found at:

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

Guidance for users can be found at:

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

Information on the number of Jobseeker’s allowance and Employment Support Allowance claimants referred to the Work Programme who have been sanctioned for failure to participate, by various geographies, is published and available at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/

Guidance for users is available at:

https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm