Stewart Hosie
SNP Chief Whip, SNP Deputy Leader, Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Treasury)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Scotland were involved in the Work Trials benefit scheme in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what the average number of working days worked was.
Mark Hoban
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
The number of starts on work trials, in Scotland, for the last five complete DWP operational years are:
| Reporting year | Starts |
| 2008-09 | 500 |
| 2009-10 | 4,720 |
| 2010-11 | 3,590 |
| 2011-12 | 880 |
| 2012-13 | 640 |
Changes to guidance, to clarify the circumstances in which a work trial is appropriate, alongside the introduction of measures such as Great Britain Working, the Youth Contract or the Work programme, has had an impact in the number of work trials starts from 2011.
DWP does not measure and report on the average duration of work trials.
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