Question follow-through · 19858

Kickstart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will relaunch the Kickstart scheme.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

About this written question

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
12 Dec 2024
Target answer date
16 Dec 2024
Answer
20 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will relaunch the Kickstart scheme.

  2. 16 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    There are currently no plans to relaunch The Kickstart Scheme.The Kickstart Scheme was a time-limited response to the effects of the pandemic economic downturn on young people. The scheme came to an end in September 2022 with over 163,000 Kickstart jobs s...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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