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The National Audit Office follow up report to its May 2010 report into Pathways to Work. This paper sets out their findings on the operation of the prime contractor delivery model which was established to deliver a large proportion of the Department of Work and Pensions’ Pathways to Work programme.

The original report from May 2010 can be found here;

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The Pathways to Work Prime Contractor Delivery Model - NAO Report

This report presents first findings from a large representative face-to-face survey of 3,650 Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) customers, who made a claim for ESA between April and June 2009.

DWP Research Report 707

Professor Harrington's review of the work capability assessment (WCA). Professor Harrington was asked to review the fairness and effectiveness of the WCA following concerns expressed by a number of organisations. Also included is the Government response to the Review.

Harrington Review

Government Response

This review that was commissioned from Steve Beyer to inform the cross-government strategy to increase employment for people with learning disabilities.

Research Literature Review

The Government commissioned independent external evaluations of each of the three demonstration projects, Getting A Life, Jobs First and Project Search. The purpose of this paper is to give an overview of the evaluations and draw together some of the key themes that will come out of the research.

VEN employment evaluations

This is a research report which examines the role of supported employment in promoting the health of people with learning disabilities. Published March 2011.

Supported Employment Agencies and Health Promotion

Remploy's paper on career advancement. Historically welfare to work policies have concentrated on job placement, however, UK government policy has seen a shifting of focus towards sustainable job outcomes where sustainability may only be recognised two years after being placed in work.

Report summary

Career Advancement report

A research report by the Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities that examines the role of supported employment agencies in promoting the health of people with learning disabilities in real jobs.

Supported Employment and Health Promotion report

This Department for Education review sought to identify the common barriers to the effective implementation of new initiatives and elements of effective practice in the delivery of multi-agency services for vulnerable young people and their families.

Intervening to improve outcomes for vulnerable young people: a review of the evidence

Building on the HM Treasury and Department for Communities and Local Government led initiative Total Place, the Department for Work and Pensions worked with five local authorities to investigate how to further work together to co-design solutions to local issues of worklessness. Both the Interim and Final report are included in this article.

DWP Worklessness Co-design Interim Report

DWP Worklessness Co-design Final Report