Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to measure the long-term employment outcomes of individuals being supported through his Department's Work and Health programme.

The Department for Work and Pensions is planning to conduct an evaluation of the Work and Health Programme, which will include assessing the impact of the programme on employment outcomes. The evaluation will also include a programme of research to understand in more detail how the programme is operating. Detailed evaluation plans are still being developed, and will include information on longer-term employment outcomes to be measured