Employment

(asked on 1st March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help people who lost their jobs during the covid-19 pandemic back into work.


Answered by
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Mims Davies
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 8th March 2022

The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to supporting everyone who has been affected by the unprecedented impact of COVID-19. We want everyone who can work to find a job, progress in work, and thrive in the labour market.

Throughout the pandemic the UK Government has provided over £400 billion to support the economy, including funding for the Plan for Jobs. The Kickstart scheme has provided over 130,000 young people with Kickstart jobs, with many of these securing permanent employment. Alongside this, the Restart Scheme offers a fresh start to those who have been unemployed for over 9 months. The scheme breaks down employment barriers that could potentially prevent jobseekers from finding work.

In January, we launched Way to Work, a national campaign to help half a million job ready claimants on Universal Credit into work by the end of June 2022. We are changing our approach with claimants to an A, B, C approach (Any Job, Better Job, Career) in recognition that the longer a claimant is out of work the harder it can be to find a job. We are building on the success of Kickstart to work more closely with employers to bring them into our jobcentres. We will work with employers to move claimants into work quicker, through recruitment days, job fairs and work trials.

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