Pathways to Work is "poor value for money" finds NAO report
Submitted by ATarr on Fri, 28/05/2010 - 9:59am
An NAO report published today has concluded that "Overall, whilst a serious attempt to tackle an intractable issue, Pathways has turned out to provide poor value for money and the department needs to learn from this experience."
The report says that private and voluntary sector providers have "universally underperformed" and were criticised for failing to deliver better outcomes than Jobcentre Plus.
http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/1011/pathways_to_work.aspx
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5ixWQvXW8iFt6W0EfE7GGyEm5RzGQ
Comments
It's not a surprise that the con/lib alliance want 100% outcomes, rather than the short term placements that earn quick money, and leave workers our of work in a few months.
‘The report says that private and voluntary sector providers have "universally underperformed" and were criticised for failing to deliver better outcomes than Jobcentre Plus’.
http://indusdelta.co.uk/story/pathways_to_work_poor_value_money_finds_na...
The NAO have not got a reputation of producing rubbish reports, the evidence clearly demonstrated that W2W providers provide a worse outcome than JCP.
If W2W providers are genuine, about providing real work, they will embrace the 100% outcome framework, as it providers real benefits for the unemployed, and from a financial perspective, provides real cost saving benefits for the current government together with HM Treasury.