Department for Work and Pensions

This package contains data and analysis of the Government's Work Programme and its peformance in London. The Work Programme is the Government's flagship welfare to work programme which launched across Great Britain in June 2011. The data presented here look at the performance of the Work Programme in London and compare this to other parts of Great Britain.

Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) replaced Unemployment Benefit and Income Support for unemployed people on 7th October 1996. It is payable to people under state pension age who are available for and actively seeking work. Participants in some government training schemes are able to claim JSA. In addition to signing an agreement with Job Centre Plus stipulating work restrictions and a...