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Youth Guarantee

Monday 16 December 2024 · 3 questions

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Answered 1 Partly answered 2 Not answered 0

Key points

  • Catherine Atkinson asked about the potential impact of the youth guarantee on young people in Derby North constituency.
  • Christopher Vince agreed that local areas should have flexibility and funding to engage with young people effectively.
  • Catherine Atkinson inquired how the youth guarantee would support and enhance local programmes like those run by the YMCA.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Catherine Atkinson Lab Derby North
Education Employment
Context

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.

Question

What assessment has been made of the potential impact of the youth guarantee on young people in Derby North constituency?

Answer from Liz Kendall

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.

Partly answered

Not addressed: 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 Christopher Vince Lab Co-op Harlow
Employment Local Government
Context

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.

Question

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?

Answer from Liz Kendall

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 Catherine Atkinson Lab Derby North
NHS Children & Families
Context

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.

Question

How will the youth guarantee help the Government join up with, enhance and champion local programmes like that?

Answer from Liz Kendall

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.

Partly answered

Not addressed: The response did not provide concrete details on how exactly the youth guarantee will collaborate or enhance existing local programmes.

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