Ministerial Corrections

Monday 7th February 2022 Ministerial Corrections

Monday 7 February 2022

Treasury

Monday 7th February 2022 Ministerial Corrections

Kickstart Scheme

The following is an extract from Treasury questions on 1 February 2022.

[Mr Simon Clarke]

We know that young people have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. I am delighted that, to date, more than 122,000 kickstart jobs have been started by young people across Great Britain, including in the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for Gedling (Tom Randall). Youth unemployment fell by 11.1% in the three months to November 2021 and is lower than it was prior to the pandemic, and in December there were half a million more employees aged under 25 than in December 2020.

[Official Report, 1 February 2022, Vol. 708, c. 136.]

Letter of correction from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury:

An error has been identified in the answer I gave to my hon. Friends the Members for Gedling (Tom Randall) and for Devizes (Danny Kruger).

The correct information should have been:

[Mr Simon Clarke]

Youth unemployment fell to 11.1% in the three months to November 2021 and is lower than it was prior to the pandemic, and in December there were half a million more employees aged under 25 than in December 2020.

Transport

Monday 7th February 2022 Ministerial Corrections

Cycling and Walking

The following is an extract from Transport questions on 3 February 2022.

[Ruth Cadbury]

I am concerned that the Treasury has clearly decided that £2 billion is all the ringfenced funding that will be allocated for cycling and walking, but the Department for Transport commissioned research several years ago that apparently says this £2 billion is only a quarter to a third of what is needed to meet the stated aims of the Government to increase cycling and walking by 2025. Can I ask if she will now publish this research, as a former Transport Minister, the hon. Member for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris), repeatedly promised two years ago?

[Trudy Harrison]

I am delighted to confirm that we have now appointed Chris Boardman as the acting CEO of Active Travel England, which I will be meeting after this session.

[Official Report, 3 February 2022, Vol. 708, c. 444.]

Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Transport, the hon. Member for Copeland (Trudy Harrison):

An error has been identified in my response to the hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Ruth Cadbury).

The correct information should have been:

[Trudy Harrison]

I am delighted to confirm that we have now appointed Chris Boardman as the interim commissioner of Active Travel England, which I will be meeting after this session.