Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Chris Elmore and Justin Tomlinson

Monday 19th October 2020 Commons Chamber

[Justin Tomlinson]

My hon. Friend is right to suggest that tackling the impacts of covid will require a national effort, and the DWP stands ready to deliver this with our network of local jobcentres, which we will be expanding. The JETS scheme started two weeks ago and is now live right across England and Wales, and we are contracting anew in Scotland. We anticipate that as JETS continues to roll out across Great Britain, it will help 280,000 of our claimants to find work and build the skills to pivot into new sectors if required.

[Chris Elmore (Ogmore) (Lab)]

What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for people in the sectors worst affected by the covid-19 outbreak.