Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of 18 to 24 year olds who have started a work experience placement whilst claiming jobseeker's allowance (JSA) were not claiming JSA within six months of starting the placement.

The Department's early assessment of Work Experience's impact tracked over 3,000 19 to 24 year olds in terms of benefit receipt following a Work Experience placement between January and May 2011. After 21 weeks (5 months) 46 per cent of these were not claiming an out of work benefit.

The published research can be found at the link below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/222943/early_impacts_of_work_experience.pdf