Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many youth contract wage incentives had been (a) applied for and (b) paid by 6 August 2014.

Information on the Wage Incentive is routinely published as part of the Youth Contract Official Statistics. The number of forms issued to employers and payments made can be found in the attached statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-contract-official-statistics-august-2014--2