Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of young people that will benefit from the Youth Guarantee Gateway scheme in Royal Sutton Coldfield over the next 5 years.

With over one million young people not in education, employment and training, this Government will not leave an entire generation of young people behind. The Government is investing an additional £2.5 billion over the next three years into the Youth Guarantee and the Growth and Skills Levy.

This investment will support almost one million young people and create up to 500,000 opportunities to earn and learn, including through expanded network of Youth Hubs, earlier intensive support in Job Centres through a new Youth Guarantee Gateway, additional work experience and training opportunities, a £3,000 Youth Jobs Grant and £2,000 apprenticeship hiring payment for employers, and a fully funded six month job for long-term unemployed 18–24-year-olds.

We also recognise the crisis of participation that Alan Milburn has so clearly laid out in his interim report. We will use this interim report to continue to build our reforms and look forward to final recommendations in the Autumn.

In total, over the next three years almost one million young people on Universal Credit and looking for work in Great Britain will benefit from the Youth Guarantee Gateway receiving a dedicated work support session, followed by four additional weeks of intensive support.

The Department does not forecast demand at a constituency level. All young people in Royal Sutton Coldfield who are eligible will benefit from the Youth Guarantee Gateway.