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Employment: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support older workers in rural settings.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
10 Dec 2024
Target answer date
12 Dec 2024
Answer
17 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support older workers in rural settings.

  2. 12 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The government is reforming jobcentres to better match people with the right jobs and provide employment, skills, and career-focused support to individuals, including those in rural and coastal areas.A new national jobs and careers service will be introdu...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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