Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department’s press releases entitled (a) Good work is good for health, published on 6 November 2024 and (b) New £64 million plan to help people stay in work, published on 7 May 2024, for what reason there is a difference in the number of people supported through WorkWell pilots in each release.

The original WorkWell funding settlement supported up to 59k participants based on unit cost. As part of our grant competition, and as outlined in our Prospectus, local systems were required to bid for the volume of participants they expected to support, based on population need and what was deliverable within the pilot’s timeframe.

The total volumes from our 15 successful bids was closer to 56k participants. We will continue to monitor the delivery of local areas throughout the pilot.