Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people in the Work Programme are protected by the same employment rights as permanent full-time employees.
Providers must comply with their Duty of Care under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Act’s associated regulations for all Work Programme participants in the same way as they would for any other member of their workforce whether they are paid by them or not.