Question follow-through · 4728

Youth Services: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential role of (a) small and medium sized enterprises and (b) community interest companies in helping to deliver the Youth Guarantee.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 9 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 12 Sept 2024
Answer: 12 Sept 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

9 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential role of (a) small and medium sized enterprises and (b) community interest companies in helping to deliver the Youth Guarantee.
12 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Sept 2024
Answer published
Our plan to get Britain Working includes a Youth Guarantee for all young people aged 18-21 to ensure that they can access quality training opportunities, an apprenticeship or employment support. This will sit alongside; a new national jobs and careers ser...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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