Question follow-through · 42453
Jobcentres: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to improve employment capacity in local job centres.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 31 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 8 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to improve employment capacity in local job centres.
2 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Apr 2025
Answer published
We have interpreted your question to refer to the functionality of Jobcentre Plus and the role they play in increasing employment. The Government has set a long-term ambition to achieve an 80% employment rate, building on our plan for growth. The Get Brit...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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