The Work and Pensions Select Committee will hear evidence from Work Programme prime contractors and the welfare-to-work industry body, the Employment Related Services Association (ERSA) on Wednesday 6 March.
This will be the fourth oral evidence session in the Committee’s inquiry into the Work Programme, the Government’s contracted employment programme which is designed to help a wide range of long-term unemployed people return to sustained work.
The Work Programme was launched in June 2011. The Committee published a report on the design and commissioning of the Work Programme in May 2011.
The current inquiry is following up some of the issues raised in that report, with a focus on the quality of services and the experience of participants, particularly those who may be considered harder to help into sustained employment.
Details of the session are as follows:
Time/date: Wednesday 6 March at 9.30 am
Location: A Committee room at the House of Commons to be confirmed
Witnesses
- Kirsty McHugh, Chief Executive, Employment Related Services Association (ERSA)
- Sean Williams, Managing Director, G4S Employment Support Services
- Andrew Conlan-Trant, Director of Labour Market Services, Rehab Group
- Richard Clifton, Business Development Director, Shaw Trust and CDG
Further evidence sessions are planned as follows. All meetings will be in a House of Commons Committee room and open to the public. All dates, times and witness details subject to confirmation:
Time/date: Wednesday 13 March at 9.30 am
Witnesses: Employers and employers’ organisations
Time/date: Wednesday 20 March at 4.30 pm
Witnesses: Mr Mark Hoban MP, Minister for Employment, and officials, DWP