Question follow-through · 109870

Employment Schemes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set out how his Department will ensure that jobs under the Jobs Guarantee scheme are additional, including whether they represent newly created roles or existing vacancies.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
30 Jan 2026
Target answer date
3 Feb 2026
Answer
9 Feb 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set out how his Department will ensure that jobs under the Jobs Guarantee scheme are additional, including whether they represent newly created roles or existing vacancies.

  2. 3 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    Eligible young people participating in the scheme are likely to have multiple barriers and complex needs which may have prevented them from securing employment. The scheme will break the cycle of unemployment by guaranteeing meaningful paid employment opp...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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