LETTER: Getting people into work - these are the correct figures

We would like to point out a serious inaccuracy in the letter ‘When NHS is in a mess, people die’ regarding the performance of welfare-to-work firm A4e.

The letter, from Frank Neal, of Barnoldswick, stated former A4e Chairman “Emma Harrison ... only succeeded in placing 9% of customers into work”.

This figure was raised at a hearing of the Public Accounts Committee on February 8th and A4e quickly established – both at the hearing and in a statement the following day – that it referred to the performance of another Pathways to Work contractor, not A4e.

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The facts are that, across the industry, providers underperformed against the challenging target set for getting those on this programme into work.

A4e secured jobs for 24.2% of those on the programme over its lifetime; exceeding the industry average of 23%.

JANE KERR, A4e

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