Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791]. 204 docs. II. Letter dated 15/04/2023 from Jo Churchill MP to to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 9p.Found: The scheme i s delivered by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC ) It replace s the Employer Supported Childcare
Asked by: Kieran Mullan (Conservative - Bexhill and Battle)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support the long-term unemployed into work.
Answered by Jo Churchill
The Government recently announced further steps to stem flows into long term unemployment and inactivity through the Back to Work Plan.
As part of the Plan, the Restart Scheme will be extended for two years, and eligibility will be expanded to those who have been on Universal Credit in the IWS regime for more than 6 months rather than 9 months (as is the case currently). Restart provides customers with up to 12 months of intensive, tailored employment support.
The expansion of the Restart Scheme means that people will be able to benefit from the support offered by Restart earlier in their customer journey. The extended Restart Scheme will provide support for around 500,000 UC customers in the IWS regime.
The Back to Work Plan also set out that UC customers who remain unemployed after support from the Jobcentre and from the 12-month Restart scheme will take part in a claimant review point. This is a new process where a Work Coach will thoroughly review why the customer remains out of work, and what barriers continue to persist. Work Coaches will update Claimant Commitments to reflect what further support is needed to break this cycle of long-term unemployment, considering individual circumstances. Customers will be required to accept a job, undertake time-limited work experience or other intensive support.
From late 2024, these pathways will be tested on a small scale for claimants completing Restart without earnings.
Sep. 12 2024
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Sep. 12 2024
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Written Evidence Apr. 18 2024
Committee: Environmental Audit CommitteeFound: with public opinion, with 83 per cent of respondents to a 2023 YouGov poll commissioned by The Restart
Mar. 14 2024
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Mar. 14 2024
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Mentions:
1: Lord Lexden (Con - Life peer) You can’t possibly expect a young man to drop two years and restart A-level courses in different subjects - Speech Link
2: Baroness Garden of Frognal (LD - Life peer) Government taking on the discrepancy that means that FE colleges are not liable for the VAT refund scheme - Speech Link
3: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) needs and disabilities, children from military families, children who take part in the music and dance scheme - Speech Link
4: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) is because we recognise the enormous contribution made by the eight schools in the music and dance scheme - Speech Link
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1: Gareth Thomas (LAB - Harrow West) Could we have a debate in Government time on why Ministers will not yet restart funding to UNRWA, given - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) that the Foreign Secretary and his team will want to consider before taking a decision on whether to restart - Speech Link
3: Kevin Brennan (Lab - Cardiff West) human creativity, and the creative community should have the right to protect their creations in any scheme - Speech Link
4: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) Shell plans to start a £2.8 billion share buy-back scheme to inflate its own share price, rather than - Speech Link
Oct. 22 2024
Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance 2024 [update of previous guidance deposited April 2024, DEP2024-0442]. 207 docs. II. Letter dated 16/10/2024 from Stephen Timms MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex D. 8p.Found: Restart Claimants who are eligible and suitable for Restart should be referred at 9-month s.