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Oral Answers to Questions

James Daly Excerpts
Tuesday 7th September 2021

(3 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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James Daly Portrait James Daly (Bury North) (Con)
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4. What fiscal steps he is taking to help young people into work as part of the economic recovery from the covid-19 outbreak.

Karl McCartney Portrait Karl MᶜCartney (Lincoln) (Con)
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19. What fiscal steps he is taking to help young people into work as part of the economic recovery from the covid-19 outbreak.

Rishi Sunak Portrait The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rishi Sunak)
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It is absolutely right that we remain relentlessly focused on helping young people into work, and our plan for jobs does exactly that with a range of initiatives. I would just draw colleagues’ attention to the fantastic youth offer that our jobcentres are rolling out, providing 13 weeks of intensive tailored support for those young people who enter universal credit and creating 140 dedicated youth hubs across the country.

James Daly Portrait James Daly
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In Bury, Ramsbottom and Tottington, the Government’s plan for jobs is working, saving jobs and getting people back into employment. As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on youth employment, may I ask my right hon. Friend to update the House specifically on how schemes such as kickstart are helping young people with employment and training opportunities throughout the country?

Rishi Sunak Portrait Rishi Sunak
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I thank my hon. Friend for all the work he does as chair of the APPG on youth employment, and I thank him and his colleagues for their advice as we have developed these initiatives. He is right to highlight kickstart. This is a signature initiative of this Government, providing Government-funded, high-quality jobs for young people at risk of long-term unemployment. It has got off to a fantastic start, with 50,000 kickstarters already having started and thousands more to come.