Question follow-through · 24697
Employment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps this Department is taking to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises to hire young people following increases in employer National Insurance contributions.
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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 steps this Department is taking to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises to hire young people following increases in employer National Insurance contributions.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
With around one million young people not in education, employment and training, this Government will not leave an entire generation of young people behind. By 2029, this Government will have invested an additional £2.5 billion through the Youth Guarantee ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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