Question follow-through · 25817
Jobcentres: Economic Growth
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of job centres on economic growth.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 22 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 29 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of job centres on economic growth.
24 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jan 2025
Answer published
As announced in the recent Get Britain Working White Paper, we are reforming Jobcentre Plus and creating a new service that will enable everyone to access support to find good, meaningful work, and support to help them to progress in work, including throu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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