Oral Answers to Questions

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Excerpts

Monday 17th March 2025 Commons Chamber

[Liz Kendall]

Absolutely. The child poverty strategy is looking widely at how we can: increase people’s incomes, including through work; reduce costs; ensure families are more financially resilient, looking at issues like debt and savings; and give all children the best start in life, no matter their background or where they live.

[Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Suffolk Coastal) (Lab)]

T5. Will the Minister provide an update on the JobsPlus pilot and what assessment has been given to its future roll-out, including widening it to include Suffolk Coastal?

[The Minister for Employment (Alison McGovern)]

JobsPlus pilots were launched in July 2024 and are helping to address employment barriers for the residents of 10 social housing communities. We plan to publish our initial evaluation in the summer, which will help us to understand more about how this type of innovative community-led employment might support our vision to get Britain working. I look forward to working with all Members, especially my hon. Friend, on the next steps for this project.