Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people enrolled on the Connect to Work programme in each month since its launch in April 2025; and how those figures compare with the Department’s original monthly and annual recruitment targets.

The Department publishes Connect to Work statistics every quarter on Stat-Xplore, with monthly breakdowns of referrals, starts and job outcomes, by various geographies. The latest statistics run from April 2025 to June 2026. Users can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest and, if needed, can access guidance on how to extract information.

We have published the expected target volume profile for Connect to Work in the published Summary Business Case 2: 30 July 2026: Connect to Work - Programme Business Case 2 Summary - GOV.UK