Question follow-through · 30479

Refugees: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's contract entitled Refugee Employability Programme, procurement reference CF-0276700D58000000L5A4EAK, what the total number of service users is, broken down by nation

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 10 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 12 Feb 2025
Answer: 21 Feb 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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10 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's contract entitled Refugee Employability Programme, procurement reference CF-0276700D58000000L5A4EAK, what the total number of service users is, broken down by nation
12 Feb 2025
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21 Feb 2025
Answer published
It is important that we support refugees to find work so that they can financially support themselves and their families. This programme was designed and implemented under the previous administration.Onboarding ended in December 2024 and the programme is ...

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