Question follow-through · 30895
Unemployment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support young people aged 16-24 who are not in education, employment or training.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 11 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 17 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support young people aged 16-24 who are not in education, employment or training.
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Feb 2025
Answer published
As part of our plan to Get Britain Working, we will launch a new Youth Guarantee for all young people aged 18-21 in England to ensure that they can access quality training opportunities, an apprenticeship or help to find work. The Youth Guarantee will bui...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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