SQL Server OUTPUT clause

I am a little stuck with why I can not seem to get the 'new identity' of the inserted row with the statement below. SCOPE_IDENTITY() just returns null.

declare @WorkRequestQueueID int
declare @LastException nvarchar(MAX)
set @WorkRequestQueueID = 1
set @LastException = 'test'

set nocount off

DELETE dbo.WorkRequestQueue
OUTPUT
        DELETED.MessageEnvelope,
        DELETED.Attempts,
        @LastException,
        GetUtcdate(), -- WorkItemPoisened datetime
        DELETED.WorkItemReceived_UTC
    INTO dbo.FaildMessages
FROM dbo.WorkRequestQueue
WHERE
    WorkRequestQueue.ID = @WorkRequestQueueID

IF @@ROWCOUNT = 0 
  RAISERROR ('Record not found', 16, 1) 

SELECT Cast(SCOPE_IDENTITY() as int) 

Any assistance would be most appreciated.

For now I use a workaround this like so.

declare     @WorkRequestQueueID int
declare @LastException nvarchar(MAX)
set @WorkRequestQueueID = 7
set @LastException = 'test'

set nocount on
set xact_abort on 

DECLARE @Failed TABLE 
(
    MessageEnvelope xml, 
    Attempts smallint,
    LastException nvarchar(max),
    WorkItemPoisened_UTC datetime,
    WorkItemReceived_UTC datetime
)

BEGIN TRAN

DELETE dbo.WorkRequestQueue
OUTPUT
    DELETED.MessageEnvelope,
    DELETED.Attempts,
    @LastException,
    GetUtcdate(), -- WorkItemPoisened datetime
    DELETED.WorkItemReceived_UTC

INTO 
    @Failed
FROM 
    dbo.WorkRequestQueue
WHERE
    WorkRequestQueue.ID = @WorkRequestQueueID

IF @@ROWCOUNT = 0 BEGIN  
    RAISERROR ('Record not found', 16, 1) 
    Rollback
END ELSE BEGIN
    insert into dbo.FaildMessages select * from @Failed
    COMMIT TRAN
    SELECT Cast(SCOPE_IDENTITY() as int) 
END

You might try to use a table variable for your output clause, thus allowing you to explicitly insert into FaildMessages:

declare     @WorkRequestQueueID int
declare @LastException nvarchar(MAX)
set @WorkRequestQueueID = 1
set @LastException = 'test'

set nocount off

    -- Declare a table variable to capture output
    DECLARE @output TABLE (
        MessageEnvelope VARCHAR(50),    -- Guessing at datatypes
        Attempts INT,                   -- Guessing at datatypes
        WorkItemReceived_UTC DATETIME   -- Guessing at datatypes
    )

    -- Run the deletion with output
    DELETE dbo.WorkRequestQueue
    OUTPUT
        DELETED.MessageEnvelope,
        DELETED.Attempts,
        DELETED.WorkItemReceived_UTC
    -- Use the table var
    INTO @output
    FROM dbo.WorkRequestQueue
    WHERE
        WorkRequestQueue.ID = @WorkRequestQueueID

    -- Explicitly insert
    INSERT
    INTO dbo.FaildMessages
    SELECT
        MessageEnvelope,
        Attempts,
        @LastException,
        GetUtcdate(), -- WorkItemPoisened datetime
        WorkItemReceived_UTC
    FROM @output


IF @@ROWCOUNT = 0 
  RAISERROR ('Record not found', 16, 1)


SELECT Cast(SCOPE_IDENTITY() as int)