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Unemployment: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support people who are out of work but not receiving employment support.

answeredAdam DanceDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
3 Jan 2025
Target answer date
7 Jan 2025
Answer
10 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support people who are out of work but not receiving employment support.

  2. 7 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    As part of the biggest reforms in a generation, DWP will shift from being a department for welfare to being a department for work. The Get Britain Working White Paper published in November set out plans to deliver fundamental reform of our health, employm...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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