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This report brings together and summarises the main evidence from the different strands of the Work Programme evaluation about the experience of participants. The evaluation tracks the Work Programme over several years from its introduction in 2011. This report notes changes in participants’ experiences and perceptions of the programme during this period.
This report presents preliminary findings based on the first phase of qualitative research forming part of the official evaluation of the Work Programme. The evaluation, over the period 2011-15, examines the way in which the Work Programme is commissioned, how it is delivered and what the experience and outcomes are for participants. This report focuses on programme delivery, looking at the experiences of staff and participants.
This report presents findings from a two-wave survey of people who claimed ESA between April and June 2009. It examines the social characteristics of ESA claimants and their employment trajectories over a period of approximately 18 months. The aim of the report is to provide information about who flows onto, and off ESA and the reasons for doing so.
This publication was authored by Stefan Speckesser before he joined IES.
This literature and programme review was commissioned by the Improving Health, Increasing Employment Project Board of Birmingham and Solihull (IHIE) to help plan future programmes for existing Incapacity Benefit claimants.
The permitted work rules (PWR) were introduced in April 2002 and replaced the existing provisions, commonly known as therapeutic work (TW). This report presents the findings from a final wave of research at the end of a three-year evaluation of the permitted work rules undertaken by the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) in partnership with MORI.
Incapacity-related benefits provide people who have to stop working because of illness or disability with a measure of earnings replacement. Under the permitted work rules (introduced in April 2002), incapacity-related benefit claimants may work up to 16 hours per week and earn a set amount each week but for a limited period of time only (a maximum of 52 weeks). The research investigated the characteristics and experiences of the people who make use of the new rules; looked at who does and does not make use of the new permitted work rules; explored the extent to which the new rules provide a 'stepping stone' to employment for clients and explored the use of the new rules by Jobcentre Plus staff.
This report sets out the results from a representative survey of 1,315 recipients of the Disabled Person's Tax Credit (DPTC) conducted during the summer and autumn of 2001. It forms part of a comprehensive programme launched by the Revenue to monitor and evaluate Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) and DPTC. This report considers the socio-demographic characteristics of DPTC recipients. It then looks in turn at recipients' initial engagement with DPTC, at DPTC provisions and childcare, and at the re-application process.
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