Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will provide an estimate of the number of current placements on the Kickstart scheme that will result in permanent employment in (a) England, (b) Greater London and (c) Enfield North constituency.

The aim of the Kickstart scheme is to fund the creation of additional jobs which will provide young people with experience that will make it more likely that they are able to secure permanent employment. This may be with the employer they have undertaken their Kickstart job with or may be with another employer.

The Department for Work and Pensions will be monitoring and evaluating the Kickstart scheme throughout its implementation, and will continue to evaluate the longer term outcomes for Kickstart participants after they have completed their six-month job placements. We do not currently have an estimate of how many Kickstart participants will secure long term employment.