Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what conclusions he has drawn from his small scale test bed at Wolverhampton Jobcentre for the Supervised Pilot Scheme.

A supervised job-search test bed in Wolverhampton ran from December 2013 to February 2014. The purpose of the test bed was to examine on a small scale which areas would be viable design options for the Supervised Job-search pilots to be introduced later this year.

In overall terms the success of the test bed confirmed that a protracted supervised job-search could be delivered with the long term unemployed client group. As a result of what we learnt from Wolverhampton, we have incorporated several elements into the pilots design, including:

· Induction sessions, to set clear expectations and assess individuals' abilities;

· Basic IT training;

· Integrating group sessions and one to one support to retain claimants concentration and engagement; and

· Supporting participants to focus on tailored, quality job applications.