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<p>We are delighted that over 130,000 Kickstart jobs have been started by young people
and around 235,000 roles have been made available for young people to apply to through
the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Many of these Kickstart jobs will lead on to further employment,
training, or apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>Jobcentre Plus Work Coaches promote apprenticeship
opportunities to claimants in their regular interventions with customers and actively
participate in “National Apprenticeship Week”</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work
and Pensions will be monitoring and evaluating the Kickstart scheme throughout and
after its implementation, and will continue to evaluate the longer-term outcomes for
Kickstart participants after they have completed their six-month jobs</p><p> </p><p>Jobs
made available and starts quoted here include some unfunded Kickstart jobs.</p><p>
</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing Kickstart applications,
referrals and starts, the data collected might be subject to the inaccuracies inherent
in any large-scale recording system, which has been developed quickly.</p><p> </p><p>The
management information presented here has not been subjected to the usual standard
of quality assurance associated with official statistics but is provided in the interests
of transparency. Work is ongoing to improve the quality of information available for
the programme.</p>
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