To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 22 April 2009, Official Report, column 767W, on employment schemes, when the requested information on payments will be made available. (278476)

The recruitment subsidy and the six month offer were introduced on 6 April 2009. The Department is working to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we are able to publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity. We intend to publish Official Statistics from autumn 2009.