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We cannot estimate the proportion of the eligible population who have volunteered for Pathways each year without incurring disproportionate cost. We do, however, hold information of the number of volunteers in each year, up to January 2009. This is shown in the following table.

Number of individuals who volunteered for Pathways to Work
	Individual Jobcentre Plus starts	Individual Provider starts
October to December 2003	500	n/a
January to December 2004	7,500	n/a
January to December 2005	9,210	n/a
January to December 2006	11,870	n/a
January to December 2007	22,390	1,960
January to December 2008	13,620	61,760
January to end of January 2009	710	4,570
Note A person is counted once in each year, though they may appear in several years. As a result, the total number of individuals which have volunteered for Pathways since its inception cannot be derived by adding the number of individuals which have volunteered each year. Sources: DWP Jobcentre Plus and Provider-Led databases DWP Information Directorate 100 per cent. Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.

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