Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Tom Randall and Danny Kruger

Tuesday 1st February 2022 Commons Chamber

[Tom Randall (Gedling) (Con)]

11. What assessment he has made of the progress of the kickstart scheme.

[Danny Kruger (Devizes) (Con)]

16. What assessment he has made of the progress of the kickstart scheme.

[The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Mr Simon Clarke)]

We know that young people have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. I am delighted that, to date, more than 122,000 kickstart jobs have been started by young people across Great Britain, including in the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for Gedling (Tom Randall). Youth unemployment fell by 11.1% in the three months to November 2021 and is lower than it was prior to the pandemic, and in December there were half a million more employees aged under 25 than in December 2020.