Question follow-through · 104675
Employment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to encourage more young people into work.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 12 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 21 Jan 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to encourage more young people into work.
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Government’s ambition is to transform young people’s prospects, by ensuring every one of them has the chance to earn or learn through a Youth Guarantee.We have already taken the first steps towards delivering a Youth Guarantee, launching Youth Guarant...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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