Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many long-term unemployed people have been helped back into work through the Help to Work scheme in each of the last five years.

The information as requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Published information available on Help to Work shows the number of programme referrals and Community Work Placement starts and can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/help-to-work-quarterly-statistics

This covers the period from April 2014 (when the programme started) to September 2015 inclusive.