The available information is in the following table.
Starters Jobs Sustained jobs 2002 210 30 10 2003 2,840 520 120 2004 5,330 1,350 300 2005 5,580 1,360 350 2006 5,560 1,080 400 Notes: 1. Figures are rounded up to the nearest 10 for data protection reasons; totals may not sum due to rounding. 2. The figures relate to customers who volunteered the information that they had served a custodial sentence; it will necessarily be an under-count as some customers will not wish to disclose this type of information. 3. In the case of earlier years the ‘sustained jobs’ figure is the number of customers who did not claim benefit again within 13 weeks of their job start. Later information, since September 2006, comes from information provided by contractors in the management information they give to the DWP. 4. Progress2work was rolled out early in 2002, initially in 27 pathfinders. Progress2work provision was available in around 60 Jobcentre Plus districts by June 2003 and was rolled out to the remaining districts by April 2004.