Youth Guarantee 2024-12-16
2024-12-16
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Q1
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The question follows the announcement of a new youth guarantee to ensure young people are either employed or learning. There is concern about its effectiveness in Derby North, where many young people face challenges.
What assessment has been made of the potential impact of the youth guarantee on young people in Derby North constituency?
Our new youth guarantee will ensure that every young person is earning or learning, tackling the scandal that we inherited of almost 1 million young people not in education, employment or training. Young people in Harlow, Derby North and across the country deserve the opportunity to work, get skills and build a better life, and that is what this Labour Government will deliver.
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The response did not provide an assessment specific to Derby North constituency or any details on how the programme's impact was evaluated there.
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Q2
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In Harlow, there are many organisations providing transferable skills for young people. The MP seeks clarity on how local areas can receive flexibility, power, and funding to engage with young people in the best way.
Does the Secretary of State agree that giving local areas such as Harlow the flexibility, power and funding to engage with young people in the way that best works for them will get them back into employment quicker?
I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. That is why we are going to give new powers, responsibilities and funding to local areas to deliver our youth guarantee. They know their communities best. They know the voluntary organisations, schools, training providers and businesses, and the mental health and other support that many young people need.
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Q3
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A local YMCA programme in Derby has a high success rate in supporting homeless young people into employment. The MP seeks information on how the youth guarantee will support such local initiatives.
How will the youth guarantee help the Government join up with, enhance and champion local programmes like that?
That sounds like a fantastic programme by the YMCA in my hon. Friend's constituency. That is precisely why we need to join up with what local colleges are doing, with the support provided by local councils and with supported employment programmes run by the NHS.
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The response did not provide concrete details on how exactly the youth guarantee will collaborate or enhance existing local programmes.
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