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Jobcentres: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the Jobcentre Plus to signpost people to digital inclusion services.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 1 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 5 Nov 2024
Answer: 11 Nov 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

1 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the Jobcentre Plus to signpost people to digital inclusion services.
5 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Nov 2024
Answer published
Jobcentre work coaches will consider the range of barriers faced by claimants to best support them into work and to progress in their careers. Digital inclusion is amongst the challenges that some claimants may experience and work coaches are encouraged t...

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