Question follow-through · 48255

Apprentices and Employment: Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase (a) employment and (b) apprenticeships for young people in Great Yarmouth constituency

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
25 Apr 2025
Target answer date
29 Apr 2025
Answer
6 May 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase (a) employment and (b) apprenticeships for young people in Great Yarmouth constituency

  2. 29 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Department understands the negative effects of unemployment can be particularly pronounced for young people and can have longstanding implications on their future earnings potential and life chances. That is why as part of our plan to Get Britain Work...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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