Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government what funding has been committed up to 2030 to provide a guaranteed job to young people on Universal Credit who are unemployed for over 18 months, as set out in 1.4.2 of their Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper (CP 1412).

The government has announced that the Youth Guarantee will include a targeted backstop, where every eligible unemployed young person on Universal Credit for 18 months without earning or learning will be provided guaranteed paid work. The scheme forms part of the government’s aim to provide targeted support for young people at risk of long-term unemployment.

The jobs guarantee will be funded from within existing budgets, and we will set out further details at Budget 2025.