Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many specialist disability organisations were participating as sub-contractors in the Work Programme (a) when Work Programme contracts were first issued, (b) when the first stocktake was taken and (c) according to the most recent stocktake.

In respect of Point a), Work Programme Contracts were first issued in June 2011.

For points b and c), from the stock take it is not possible to identify Specialist Disability Organisations specifically. The stock take identifies the name of each subcontractor; the sector they are from (Private, Public or Voluntary) and the Tier they deliver to either Tier 1(end to end delivery) or Tier 2 (specialist provision). The stock take is published on a regular basis. The latest iteration (Sept 2013) can be found using the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/organisations-that-supply-services-to-the-work-programme-providers