Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mims Davies and James Davies

Monday 19th October 2020 Commons Chamber

[Mims Davies]

I thank my hon. Friend for raising this concern in his constituency. I assure him that the Government recently announced, in the plan for jobs, new funding to ensure that more people, including our older workers, get tailored Jobcentre Plus support to help them to find work and build the skills they need to get into new work, including the sector-based work academy programme and our new online job-finding support service. On 29 September, the Prime Minister announced a major expansion of post-18 education and training to prepare all workers for a post-covid economy, including a lifetime skills guarantee to give adults the chance to take free college courses by valued local employers.

[Dr James Davies (Vale of Clwyd) (Con)]

What steps she is taking to ensure that the welfare payments that people receive meet the needs of the recipient.