Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding has been allocated to the Work Programme in each year since 2011.

The Work Programme spend for the years 2011/12 to 2015/16 is shown below.

Future funding (including 2016/17) is not available as budgets are subject to on-going review as part of the continuous planning process and are dependent on contract performance. Budgets can/will be subject to change as a result of balancing the Department’s overall expenditure within its allocated envelope.