Question follow-through · 100924

Sector-based Work Academy Programme: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 8 December 2025 on Support for Young People, HCWS1137, what steps he is taking to ensure that expanded Sector-based Work Academy Programmes in West Midlands gr

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 17 Dec 2025
Target answer date: 5 Jan 2026
Answer: 29 Jan 2026 · 43 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

17 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 8 December 2025 on Support for Young People, HCWS1137, what steps he is taking to ensure that expanded Sector-based Work Academy Programmes in West Midlands gr
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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29 Jan 2026
Answer published
DWP’s Sector-based Work Academy Programmes (SWAPs) – which offer training, work experience and a job interview to DWP customers seeking work – help employers with immediate and future employment needs by upskilling benefit claimants to fill local job vaca...

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