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Employment Schemes: Young People

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 analysis his Departme

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
19 Mar 2026
Target answer date
23 Mar 2026
Answer
9 Apr 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 19 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    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 analysis his Departme

  2. 23 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Youth Jobs Grant is specifically targeted at young people because of the risk of lifelong scarring impacts of extended unemployment at a young age and to support the Government’s commitment to reducing the number of young people not in education, empl...

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