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House of Commons · Ministers' Questions

Support for Young Jobseekers

Monday 13 September 2021 · 2 questions

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Key points

  • The Department for Work and Pensions provides targeted interventions to help young people gain new skills and confidence to enter the workforce.
  • The Department works across Government to support young jobseekers through a 13-week intensive support programme addressing key barriers.
  • Job offers are currently being made in the Heywood and Middleton constituency through the cross-Government efforts.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Chris Clarkson
Employment Benefits & Welfare
Context

The MP is inquiring about the government's support mechanisms for young individuals starting their careers.

Question

What specialist support her Department is providing to young jobseekers at the start of their careers.

Answer from Mims Davies

Through the enhanced Department for Work and Pensions youth offer, we are providing targeted interventions to help young people to gain new skills, build confidence and move into work. Our work coaches are working in partnership to deliver through our new youth hubs, helping young people to access opportunities, including kickstart roles, sector-based work academy programmes, traineeships and apprenticeships.

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Q2 Chris Clarkson
Employment Benefits & Welfare
Context

The MP is questioning the government's efforts to ensure young people have the necessary skills for high-quality jobs, specifically in his constituency's youth hub.

Question

Jobcentre staff across the country are doing a fantastic job, not least in the Rochdale youth hub, which serves my Heywood and Middleton constituency, but as my hon. Friend will know, getting young people into work is a cross-Government effort. What steps are being taken to work with the Department for Education to ensure that young people have the skills necessary to take on these high-quality jobs?

Answer from Mims Davies

We are absolutely working across Government; we also have our enhanced DWP youth offer, which is a programme of 13 weeks of intensive support to address key barriers and drive positive outcomes, including kickstart. I know that, as we speak, job offers are being made in my hon. Friend's constituency and in his jobcentre. Crucially, we have also recruited 150 youth employability coaches who specialise in supporting young people with significant complex needs, to help them into work.

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