To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has for a trial of the Fit for Work Service, as referred to in the Green Paper No One Written Off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility. (234845)

We intend to begin piloting the Fit for Work service in locations across Great Britain from 2009.

We will provide further information on the Fit for Work service in the Government’s response to Dame Carol Black’s Review of the health of Britain’s working age population, which will be published later this year.