Question follow-through · 22483
Employment: Graduates
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the employment prospects for recent university graduates; and what steps he is taking to support young people entering the labour market.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the employment prospects for recent university graduates; and what steps he is taking to support young people entering the labour market.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
This Government recognises the importance of supporting graduates and young people to build meaningful and productive careers. Which is why we are strengthening Jobcentre Plus and, in England, bringing together Jobcentre Plus and the National Careers Serv...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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