Pathways to Work for new and repeat incapacity benefits claimants: Evaluation synthesis report
by Richard Dorsett
Pathways to Work was introduced on a pilot basis following proposals in the 2002 DWP Green Paper. Since then, it has been rolled out in stages, achieving nationwide coverage in April 2008. Pathways is aimed at improving opportunities among people claiming incapacity benefits and has been subject to an extensive, multi-method evaluation.
This report synthesises the findings from the various strands of this evaluation relating to new and repeat incapacity benefits claimants in the original seven pilot areas. The results of 13 previously published reports are summarised here to cover customer and adviser views and experiences, the impact and cost-benefit assessment.
The report draws on qualitative and quantitative research conducted by a consortium of research organisations: the Policy Studies Institute, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Mathematica Policy Research, the National Centre for Social Research, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, the Social Policy Research Unit, University of York and David Greenberg from the University of Maryland.
October 2008 91 pages 297x210mm
ISBN 978 1 84712 435 7
(943KB)