The Employment Related Services Association (ERSA), the trade association for the welfare to work industry,  provides the first indicative performance figures for the Work Programme.

Based on data from some of the largest prime contractors of the Work Programme, ERSA figures show that between 18% and 23% of customers who were referred to the Work Programme in June 2011 have already started employment, meaning that one in five customers have already found a job.

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