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Employment Schemes: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, what steps she is planning to take to ensure that the £1 billion investment in employment support specifically caters to the needs

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
23 Jun 2025
Answer
26 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, what steps she is planning to take to ensure that the £1 billion investment in employment support specifically caters to the needs

  2. 23 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    We are providing tailored support to help people get into and on at work, including the biggest investment in employment support for disabled people and those with health conditions in at least a generation - £1 billion a year by the end of the scorecard....

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