Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between James Daly and Karl McCartney

Tuesday 7th September 2021 Commons Chamber

[James Daly (Bury North) (Con)]

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 (Lincoln) (Con)]

19. What fiscal steps he is taking to help young people into work as part of the economic recovery from the covid-19 outbreak.

[The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rishi Sunak)]

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.