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The Work Programme in Wales

Closed Opened 12 Nov 2012 Closed 6 Feb 2014

Welsh Affairs Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗

Inquiry scope (the committee's words)
In 2011, the Coalition Government launched a programme of welfare reform, including the launch of the Work Programme. The Work Programme is a new payment-for-results welfare-to-work programme being delivered by a range of private, public and voluntary sector organisations.

Where it stands

The inquiry is closed, opened 12 November 2012.

The committee has published 2 reports, most recently 3rd Report -The Work Programme in Wales - Volume II (Additional written evidence) on 4 November 2013.

The government's response to each report

3rd Report -The Work Programme in Wales - Volume II (Additional written evidence)

No government response is linked to this report.

3rd Report -The Work Programme in Wales (Volume I: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence)

Published 6 February 2014.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The Government welcomes the Committee's report, accepts some recommendations (including on ESF access and lone parents), does not accept the recommendation to consult on extending the Work Programme timeframe, and refutes the claim that the Work Programme and Jobs Growth Wales are incompatible.

  • On the restriction on ESF-funded training, the Department "accepts the committee's recommendation" and is asking the Welsh Government to review its decision, with progress to be reported to the Committee "in due course".
  • The Department "refutes the assertion" that the Work Programme and Jobs Growth Wales are incompatible, stating that DWP "asserts that both initiatives are complementary".
  • The Department "does not accept" the recommendation to consult on extending the Work Programme timeframe, stating that the programme "supports participants for longer than any previous mainstream programme".
  • The Department "accepts the committee's recommendation" on lone parents, stating that both Welsh providers "have already put measures in place". It says the Best Practice group will make its recommendation to the Minister for Employment "by spring 2014".

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Reports

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Evidence

  • 3 oral evidence sessionsLatest 3 July 2013
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Reports

2 reports

Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions

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Date Session and witnesses Source
3 Jul 2013
Oral evidence session
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6 Jun 2013
Oral evidence session
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19 Mar 2013
Oral evidence session
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