Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Paul Blomfield and Mims Davies

Monday 8th November 2021 Commons Chamber

[Mims Davies]

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point that will be picked up in the evaluation. The hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak (Steve McCabe) mentioned the fact that we should not be cherry-picking; the kickstart scheme is about people with the biggest barriers and the highest likelihood of long-term unemployment, and nearly 100,000 young people have got on to the employment ladder because of it. We will look at the issue the hon. Gentleman raised, but the reality is that with the Access to Work programme and all the other interventions that come alongside a kickstart role, if someone has disabilities, that should not prevent them from being on the programme.

[Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central) (Lab)]

8. What assessment she has made of the potential effect of ending the universal credit uplift on household budgets.