Question follow-through · 4533
Unemployment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to tackle the causes of youth unemployment.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 11 Jun 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to tackle the causes of youth unemployment.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Jun 2026
Answer published
With over one million young people not in education, employment and training, this Government will not leave an entire generation of young people behind. The Government is investing an additional £2.5 billion over the next three years into the Youth Guara...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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