Oral Answers to Questions

Ben Bradley Excerpts

Monday 13th December 2021 Commons Chamber

[John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) (Con)]

3. What plans she has to work with employers and skills providers at a local level to help more jobseekers into work.

[Ben Bradley (Mansfield) (Con)]

5. What plans she has to work with employers and skills providers at a local level to help more jobseekers into work.

[Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con)]

15. What plans she has to work with employers and skills providers at a local level to help more jobseekers into work.

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[Mims Davies]

I am delighted, too. I am pleased to announce that more than 112,000 kickstart jobs have been started by young people across the UK. Many young people have found permanent jobs through kickstart, and we continue to work closely with employers to help young people find those long-term employment opportunities. We have helped employers to move kickstart participants into apprenticeships more easily by working with colleagues in the Department for Education to ensure employers receive the incentive payments for doing so.

[Ben Bradley]

How has the Department worked with DFE to ensure that people on universal credit who are accessing new training and qualifications through the various Government schemes do not lose their universal credit entitlement as a result?