Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire will receive additional funding as a result of the Youth Guarantee in the Get Britain Working White Paper, published on 26 November 2024.

The Get Britain Working White Paper announced £45 million funding for eight trailblazer areas to test delivery of the Youth Guarantee. The results from these trailblazers will help us to develop the most effective offer for all young people in England, including those in South Holland and the Deepings constituency and the rest of Lincolnshire.

Young people in South Holland and the Deepings constituency will also continue to have access to the Department’s Youth Offer, which provides individually tailored Work Coach support to young people aged 16 to 24 who are claiming Universal Credit. This will include a new Youth Hub at Pescod Hall, in partnership with Tonic Health & Boston Brilliance, due to launch in February 2025. The hub will provide employment and wellbeing support for young people in the area.

The Department will also be supporting and providing funding to develop local Get Britain Working plans to tackle inactivity, working with Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, and North East Lincolnshire Councils and, once established, the Greater Lincolnshire Strategic Authority.