Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures the Government plans to introduce to ensure that work placements created by the Kickstart Scheme provide high quality employment; and what definition of high quality the Government plans apply when making assessments of those work placements.

We set out what we mean by ‘high quality’ and employability-related support in the bidding document that all applicants for grant funding will complete.

We expect Kickstart participants will receive on-the-job training, skills development, mentoring and careers advice as well as support to help them find sustained employment after they have completed their Kickstart funded job.

Bidders will need to provide details of their plans to provide this support in their application.

Detailed information can be found in the link below:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-if-you-can-apply-for-a-grant-through-the-kickstart-scheme