65 years olds Inappropriately referred to 365 day Restart Scheme

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Stephen Slater
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Dear Department for Work and Pensions,
How many 65 year olds on UC have been inappropriately referred to the 365 day Restart Scheme and will be early exiters from the scheme due to the fact they haven't got 365 days on UC before they reach state retirement?
(According to the rules it's implied that only those who have 365 days in front of them on UC should be deemed suitable for referral because early exiters will only drop out due to being early completers or due to unforeseen circumstances for example:
Participant deceased.
Participant moves outside England & Wales.
Participant is in prison.
Participant has terminal illness.
Participant moves to no work regime
See UC78e)

Yours faithfully,
Stephen Slater, Lincoln,UK

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Dear Stephen Slater,

I am writing in response to your request for information, received 28th
March.

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DWP Central FoI Team

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J Roberts left an annotation ()

The Guardian:

' The government’s flagship scheme to tackle long-term unemployment has failed to find a job for 93% of the people enrolled. The £2.9bn Restart programme, launched by Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak last year, is supposed to provide up to 12 months of support for people who are long-term unemployed to help them return to work.'

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022...

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