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Employment Schemes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Major employment drive to help unlock 200,000 new jobs and apprenticeships for next generation, published on 16 March 2026, how many employers h

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Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
18 Mar 2026
Target answer date
23 Mar 2026
Answer
27 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 18 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Major employment drive to help unlock 200,000 new jobs and apprenticeships for next generation, published on 16 March 2026, how many employers h

  2. 23 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 27 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    This Government will not leave an entire generation of young people behind. For many years our young people have not had the opportunity and support they deserve. Under the last government, between 2021 and 2024, the number of young people not in educatio...

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Employment Schemes: Young People

19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Major employment drive to help unlock 200,000 new jobs and apprenticeships for next generation, published on 16 March 2026, what safeguards will be in

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Universal Credit: Young People

19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Major employment drive to help unlock 200,000 new jobs and apprenticeships for next generation, published on 16 March 2026, what estimate he has made

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Employment Schemes: Young People

19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Major employment drive to help unlock 200,000 new jobs and apprenticeships for next generation, published on 16 March 2026, what estimate he has made

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Employment Schemes: Young People

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Employment: Young People

10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of barriers to labour market entry for young people with limited work experience.

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Job Creation

10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support job creation in sectors that traditionally provide entry-level employment opportunities.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Carer's Allowance: Overpayments

14 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Unpaid carers impacted by unclear guidance to have debts cancelled, published on 13 April 2026, how many unpaid carers in (a) Basildon, (b) Thur

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Carer's Allowance: Overpayments

14 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Unpaid carers impacted by unclear guidance to have debts cancelled, published on 13 April 2026, how many Carer’s Allowance overpayment cases in

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Motability

15 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of Mobility Scheme users who exceeded 10,000 miles per year in the most recent year for which data is available.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Motability

15 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that vehicles provided under the Motability Scheme are used in accordance with scheme rules.

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Motability

15 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the level of misuse of Motability Scheme vehicles in the last five years.

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Social Security Benefits: Overpayments

22 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many instances of benefit overpayments to deceased claimants have been recorded since 2020.