House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 10 July 2012 (pt 0004):
Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether Work Programme performance statistics published in autumn 2012 will include data on the number of job outcomes achieved through (a) employment or self-employment and (b) jobs in each different standard occupational code. [116338]
Chris Grayling: The release plan for statistics on job outcomes and sustainment payments is dependent on the availability, reliability, quality and accuracy of the data. The details of what we will publish are still to be finalised. When details are finalised we will make an announcement.
Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 2 July 2012, Official Report, column 427W, on employment schemes, whether his Department will be able to mine the free text collected on job titles for either standard occupational codes or numbers of jobs; and whether he intends to monitor the number of jobs obtained by Work Programme participants through the start and end dates of jobs collected. [116413]
Chris Grayling: The Department does not intend to collate operational data on job types or monitor the number of jobs that Work Programme participants obtain.
The Institute for Employment Studies is conducting an independent evaluation of the Work Programme. This will include a survey of participants which will capture the different types of jobs they secure (including standard occupational and industrial codes) and whether participants have found more than one job. The evaluation will report in 2014.