Question follow-through · 24699
Employment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that young people have access to mentors who can support them in finding and sustaining employment.
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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 the Government is taking to ensure that young people have access to mentors who can support them in finding and sustaining employment.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
The government is investing an additional £2.5 billion by 2029 into the Youth Guarantee and the Growth and Skills Levy, supporting almost one million young people and creating up to 500,000 opportunities to earn and learn. Thanks to this funding, every yo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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