Coronavirus: Disease Control

(asked on 6th January 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on support for people in sectors worst affected by the covid-19 outbreak.


Answered by
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Mims Davies
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 22nd January 2021

We are working with colleagues across government to support all jobseekers, including those in sectors most impacted by COVID-19. Across Government we are developing policies to provide people with employment and skills support that will help them back into the labour market, including measures set out in our Plan for Jobs.

In 2020, the Chancellor announced our Plan for Jobs, which puts DWP at the heart of providing employment support to all, from the newly unemployed to those who are less connected with the labour market. Many people will be job-ready and will require less intensive support, utilising programmes such as Job Finding Support (light touch support within the first 13 weeks of unemployment) and Job Entry: Targeted Support (provision for people 13 weeks to 12 months unemployed). Jobcentres are engaging with both new and existing claimants, supported by the additional 13,500 new work coaches currently being recruited.

Our Sector-based Work Academy Programmes will help people of all ages to move in to new sectors through training, a work placement and a guaranteed job interview. The government is also investing £2.9 billion in the Restart programme over 3 years. Restart will provide intensive and tailored support to over a million people who have been unemployed for over 12 months in England and Wales to help them find work.

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