Question follow-through · 22656

Employment Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many more people she expects to be in employment as a result of proposals in the Get Britain Working White Paper.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
13 Jan 2025
Answer
17 Jan 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many more people she expects to be in employment as a result of proposals in the Get Britain Working White Paper.

  2. 13 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 11th December to question number PQ 17573.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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