Work and Health Programme statistics: background information and methodology

The background information and methodology document has been updated – the latest release of the Work and Health Programme statistics has been published today (28 August 2025).

The background information and methodology document has been updated — the latest release of the Work and Health Programme statistics has been published today (27 February 2025).

The background information and methodology document has been updated — the latest release of the Work and Health Programme statistics has been published today (28 November 2024).

Revised the background information and methodology document — the sections on 'Strengths and limitations', 'Background information', 'WHP Pioneer' and 'Customer Information System (CIS)' have been updated. The latest release of Work and Health Programme statistics has been published today (29 August 2024).

Revised the background information and methodology — now includes updated information on Work and Health Programme Pioneer statistics. The latest release of Work and Health Programme statistics has been published today (30 May 2024).

The background information and methodology document has been updated — the latest release of the Work and Health Programme statistics has been published today (29 February 2024).

The background information and methodology document has been updated — the sections on 'Strengths and limitations' and 'Customer Information System (CIS) have been updated. The latest release of the Work and Health Programme statistics has been published today (30 November 2023).

The background information and methodology document has been updated. The latest release of the Work and Health Programme statistics has been published today (31 August 2023).

Revised background note – added a map to the section about Areas showing Local Government Partners and Contract Package Areas. The latest release of these statistics has also been published today (25 May 2023).

Revised background note - added information to the sections about the Work and Health Programme, the Origin of Job Outcome expectations, and the Long-term unemployed group. The latest release of these statistics has also been published today (23 February 2023).

Updated the 'Limitations' and 'Revisions' sections of the background information and methodology. The latest Work and Health Programme statistics have been published today, 25 August 2022.

Revised background note - added a revision note about a minor undercount in the published figures of individuals referred to Work and Health Programme (WHP) between October 2020 and November 2021. The latest release of WHP statistics (published today, 26 May 2022) includes the revised figures for this period.

Updated the information about the 5 main measures in the Work and Health Programme (WHP) statistics. The next release of WHP statistics will be published on 25 February 2020.

Revised background note - added information about a new measure (expected job outcomes levels) now included in the statistics. The latest release of these statistics has also been published today (26 November 2020).

Revised background note - added information about how rounding is applied to the Work and Health Programme statistics. The latest release of these statistics has also been published today, 27 August 2020.

Revised to support the latest release of Work and Health Programme statistics (data to November 2019), also published today (27 February 2020).

Change made to the definition of measure 2 Individuals referred - the description has changed from 'only counts the latest referral per person' to 'only counts the first referral per person'. The latest Work and Health Programme statistics were released today (29 August 2019) at 9:30am.

Updated to support the latest release of Work and Health Programme statistics on 30 May 2019.

Revised publication - main changes are added text and maps of London and Greater Manchester Local Government Partners.

First published.