Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 87363
Connect to Work
Tabled: 3 November 2025
Answered: 10 November 2025
Question
Helen Whately
Conservative — Faversham and Mid Kent
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of people Connect to Work is expected to support into work and (b) expected cost of the scheme per person successfully employed at the end of the programme.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe £1 billion Connect to Work programme covers all of England and Wales and will support around 300,000 people over its lifetime.The guidance for the programme published on Gov.uk in November 2024, makes clear the expectation that all local areas will ai...
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