To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which sub-contractors have been employed by the main Work programme contractors in each part of the four unitary authorities in former Humberside; whether each such sub-contractor is a (a) charity, (b) limited company and (c) social enterprise; and on what date each such sub-contractor started its contract.

I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

The two prime providers in the Yorkshire and the Humber contract package area are G4S and Newcastle College. Their sub-contractors, correct at 30 January 2012, are as follows:

The Department does not hold information relating to whether each sub-contractor is a charity, limited company or a social enterprise. Neither can we confirm the dates that each sub-contractor started its contract as arrangements between providers and their supply chains is a commercial matter between the interested parties.