Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Deirdre Costigan and Lee Pitcher

Monday 3rd February 2025 Commons Chamber

[Deirdre Costigan (Ealing Southall) (Lab)]

1. What assessment she has made of the impact of jobcentres on economic growth.

[Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme) (Lab)]

12. What assessment she has made of the impact of jobcentres on economic growth.

[The Minister for Employment (Alison McGovern)]

Increasing employment and helping people into good work is essential to growing our economy, which is why our “Get Britain Working” plan sets out our vision to reform jobcentres and build a new jobs and careers service that will meet the different needs of local labour markets, people and businesses.