Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Plan for Jobs in supporting people into work.

The success of our Plan for Jobs is playing a key role in spreading opportunity across the country.

The Government protected 11.7 million jobs through the pandemic, as well as moving millions of job seekers into work and supporting young people through programmes like kickstart and our apprenticeships offer.

It’s clear our plan is working. 2 million fewer people are out of work than originally feared, and the unemployment rate remains close to a near 50 year low.

We will continue to build on this success with our Way to Work campaign, which aims to support 500,000 jobseekers into work by the end of June.