Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Luke Evans and John Howell

Monday 13th September 2021 Commons Chamber

[Dr Luke Evans (Bosworth) (Con)]

4. What support her Department provides to older jobseekers looking to reskill or change careers.

[John Howell (Henley) (Con)]

9. What support her Department provides to older jobseekers looking to reskill or change careers.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mims Davies)]

The Department’s focus on 50 PLUS: Choices, alongside our plan for jobs, provides funding to ensure that more people of all ages get tailored support. That includes programmes such as the job finding support service, job entry targeted support and the restart scheme, to help them find work. That is in addition to the Department’s train and progress and sector-based work academy programmes, to help people gain confidence, skills and job-specific qualifications, and to progress into employment.