Drugs: Rehabilitation

Mike Wood
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people in each region were referred from Jobcentre Plus to Progress2Work in 2008-09;

(2) how many people in each region were referred from Jobcentre Plus to Progress2Work-LinkUP in 2008-09.

Jim Knight
[holding answer 8 July 2009]: The available information is in the table.

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|Number                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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|Region                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |Starts onto progress2work|Starts onto progress2work-Link UP|
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|East Midlands                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |100|180|
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|East of England                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |0|200|
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|London                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |280|80|
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|North East                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |100|40|
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|North West                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |480|640|
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|Scotland                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |540|540|
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|South East                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |100|160|
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|South West                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |140|40|
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|Wales                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |100|60|
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|West Midlands                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |280|240|
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|Yorkshire and Humberside                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |240|620|
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|Total                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |2,360|2,820|
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|Notes: 1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 20. 2. Although the question has asked how many were referred by Jobcentre Plus in 2008-09 we can only say of those who started in 2008-09 how many were referred by Jobcentre Plus offices. Source: Department for Work and Pensions progress2work/LinkUp Evaluation Database.|||
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