Question follow-through · 27379
Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to promote good practice among employers in communicating recruitment decisions to job applicants.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 14 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to promote good practice among employers in communicating recruitment decisions to job applicants.
8 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Sept 2026
Answer published
The government recognises concerns raised by young people who contributed to Alan Milburn's interim review of the rise in the number of 16 to 24-year-olds who are not in education, employment or training (NEET). Many reported submitting large numbers of j...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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