Restart Scheme: Costs
(asked on 18th May 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the cost of operating the Restart Scheme in each year of its expected operation.
The Value of the Contracts for Restart (£2.5billion) is detailed on Contracts Finder. This covers the three-year referral period and service delivery. A review of the Restart Programme is being undertaken following the first full year of delivery. Any changes will be published on Contracts Finder in Autumn 2022.
The following Prime organisations were awarded Contracts to deliver the Restart Scheme.
G4S Facilities Management (UK) Ltd. |
MAXIMUS UK Services Limited |
Reed in Partnership |
Serco Group |
Jobs 22 Ltd |
Ingeus UK Ltd |
Fedcap Employment Limited |
Seetec Pluss Ltd |
The Restart contracts are accessible on Contracts Finder using the following link Restart Scheme - Contracts Finder. In relation to funding, under the Governments Transparency agenda, all spend data over £25,000 is published and can be found at GOV.UK. Spend is updated on a quarterly basis with the latest update published in March 2022.