Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 16 September (HL3108), how many (1) employers, (2) national charities, and (3) community organisations, the strategic relationship team currently works with.

The DWP Strategic Relationship Team currently works with 820 large national organisations on the portfolio.

• 440 are classified as ‘employers’
• 198 are classified as ‘partners’, (which includes national charities and community organisations)
• 182 are classified as ‘trade associations’ (and Business Representative Organisations)