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The Work Programme

Junior JohnsonDWP Head Of Work Programmes

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What going to cover

• Context

• Work Programme Performance

• Commissioning Strategy

• What will follow the Work Programme

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The wider impact of what we do…. it matters!

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The Work Programme

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Work Programme Performance Statistics

• The latest performance figures released in June show the Work Programme has significantly improved.

• More people who are being helped by the Work Programme, are moving off benefit and into work, and providers are keeping them in sustained employment.

The numbers of people finding lasting work – at least six months for most people or three months for the hardest to help – has risen from 9,000 in March 2012 to 132,000 in March 2013.

Next stats release is on 26 September 2013.

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Market Share Shift PIN’s

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Partnership Working

• Engagement with local partners is critical

• Providers are encouraged to work with local partners at all levels

• Work Programme prime providers have made good progress in building up supply chains.

• They have engaged with local partners and worked with a broad range of subcontractors

• The Best Practice Group

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Review of the Commissioning Strategy

• The Department is currently embarking on a process of review and revision of our Commissioning Strategy.

• The strategy will set out the principles underpinning our approach to commissioning welfare to work services.

• Consultation will be a key feature.

• DWP’s key partners and stakeholders have the opportunity to input their views, experience and expertise up to 27 September - the end of the consultation period.  Website link for the consultation is:

• https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/dwp-commissioning-strategy-2013

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Future Developments

• The term Work Programme 2 has been used.

• It is too early to say what form a successor to the Work Programme will look like.

• The Department will look at the lessons learnt from the Work Programme.

• The Departments strategy on a successor will be published later in the financial year.