§ Paul HolmesTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what(a) client-based targets and (b) weighted points target system Jobcentre Plus has for placing people who are on (i) jobseekers allowance, (ii) income support for lone parents, (iii) incapacity benefit and (iv) each of the new deal programmes; what the level of performance has been against each of these targets and the weighted points targets in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [124538]
§ Mr. BrowneJobcentre Plus was created in April 2002, bringing together the Employment Service and those parts of the Benefits Agency chat delivered services to working age people. That was the first time that an explicit weighted target was used for job entries.
The targets for Jobcentre Plus are set out in the Jobcentre Plus Business Plan and the Performance and Resources Agreement (PRA) which are available in the Library. Performance against the 2002/03 targets will be included in the Jobcentre Plus Annual Report and Accounts, which will be published in the near future.
Job entry performance against targets prior to 2002 can be found in the Employment Service Annual Reports and Accounts, copies of which are in the Library.