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1303346

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date	17/03/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Kickstart Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides to young people who are eligible but not ready for a Kickstart placement.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	170649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>This Government is committed to providing support to help young people move into work, as we recover from the Covid pandemic. Our Plan for Jobs continues to address youth unemployment and has been designed to deliver targeted support to those most in need and continues to adapt to a changing labour market.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions’ Kickstart Scheme is available for young people aged 16-24, on Universal Credit and at risk of long term unemployment. Work Coaches refer eligible young people to Kickstart jobs and support them through the application process.</p><p /><p>The DWP Youth Offer is for all 18 to 24 year olds making a claim for Universal Credit and who are in the Intensive Work Search (IWS) group. As part of this, the 13-week Youth Employment Programme, which focuses on referring young people to the most appropriate support. This could include Kickstart placements, but also Sector-based Work Academy Programmes, traineeships, work experience, Mentoring Circles or apprenticeships.</p><p>Youth Hubs are co-located and co-delivered with our network of external partners, for those young people who need support with any skills gaps to bring them closer to labour market opportunities. DWP Youth Employability Coaches across the country are flexibly supporting young people with significant complex needs and barriers to help them move into employment.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/03/2021 15:57:13 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1303347

registered interest
date	17/03/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Kickstart Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consultation her Department has undertaken with employers on their experience of the Kickstart scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	170650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pension’s continues to actively engage with employers around the Kickstart Scheme. We have established Kickstart District Account Managers to enable local engagement and we continue to work closely with employers and partners at a national level, to gather insight and feedback. In response to such feedback we recently removed the threshold for 30 jobs required for a direct application to the scheme, to allow employers a choice in how they engage with Kickstart. We will be monitoring and evaluating the Kickstart scheme throughout its implementation</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/03/2021 16:00:56 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1303348

registered interest
date	17/03/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her policy is on re-introducing the minimum income floor for self-employed universal credit claimants.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	170651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>After careful consideration of the ongoing public health situation, the temporary suspension of the minimum income floor (MIF) for UC self-employed claimants has been extended to the end of July 2021. Gainful self-employment tests and the MIF, where applicable, will be gradually reintroduced from August, at which time Work Coaches will be given discretion to further suspend the MIF to ensure that those claimants who continue to be severely affected by covid-19 restrictions can be supported on a case-by-case basis.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/03/2021 13:13:11 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1303349

registered interest
date	17/03/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support she is providing to claimants looking to move into self-employment.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	170652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>The New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) supports people on eligible benefits who want to move into self-employment.</p><p>It is available to:</p><ul><li>people aged 18 and over in receipt of Universal Credit and in eligible regimes;</li><li>over 18s claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA);</li><li>the dependent partners of JSA and ESA claimants; and</li><li>Income Support claimants who are sick or who are lone parents.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/03/2021 16:06:34 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1303459

registered interest
date	17/03/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Kickstart Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March to Question 167206 and 167207, how many kickstart placements (a) have started and (b) are currently advertised as vacancies via Jobcentres in each constituency.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	170653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer given for PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-02-23/157063" target="_blank">157063</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Over 150,000 jobs have been approved for the Department of Work and Pensions’ Kickstart scheme. Over 50,000 of these jobs have been made available for young people, including almost 6,000 jobs started.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/03/2021 13:09:20 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1303532

registered interest
date	17/03/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Kickstart Scheme: South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs the Kickstart scheme has created since its creation in (a) Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency (b) Plymouth Moor View constituency (c) South West Devon and (d) the South West region.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	170737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-02-23/157063" target="_blank">157063</a>. I also refer the honourable member to PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-03-09/165550?_sm_au_=iVVH8jWrFsrtkjD7W2MN0K7K1WVjq" target="_blank">165550</a> for regional breakdown of jobs made available for young people to apply to.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/03/2021 18:00:25 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1302891

registered interest
date	16/03/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to answer Questions 160680, 163701, and 164496 on Employment: Coronavirus tabled by the hon. Member for Middlesbrough.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	169864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>These PQs were answered on 16 March (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-03-08/164496" target="_blank">164496</a>) and 18 March (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-03-01/160680" target="_blank">160680</a>, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-03-05/163701" target="_blank">163701</a>).</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/03/2021 13:58:25 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1302908

registered interest
date	16/03/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on levels of unemployment amongst 16-24-year olds; and what assessment her Department has made of the factors that have contributed to young workers being disproportionately affected by rising unemployment during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	169868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>From September 2020 we started the implementation of the DWP Youth Offer for all 18 to 24 year olds making a claim for Universal Credit and who are in the Intensive Work Search group. The Youth Offer is the wrap-around support programme, helping young people access so much of the positive provision stood up as part of the Plan for Jobs. This includes the Sector-based Work Academy Programmes and the Kickstart Scheme which has over 150,000 approved job placements - over 50,000 of these made available directly to young people so far via Work Coaches; and over 6,000 of these job placements have already started.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) produces labour market statistics from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), which is a survey of people resident in households in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>These estimates are available on the ONS website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/latest/relateddata" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/latest/relateddata</a></p><p> </p><p>This analysis is based on estimates available on the ONS website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/adhocs/12467employmentbyageindustryandoccupationuk20102015and2019" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/adhocs/12467employmentbyageindustryandoccupationuk20102015and2019</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/03/2021 17:56:25 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1302926

registered interest
date	16/03/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on trends in the level of universal credit uptake amongst 16-24 year olds in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	169870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>The available information on the number of people on Universal Credit, by Parliamentary Constituency and other geographical breakdown and by age, is published monthly and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/03/2021 13:30:44 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1303069

registered interest
date	16/03/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Kickstart Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment roles have been created by the kickstart scheme to this date; and how many and what proportion of those roles have been in the technology sector.
tabling member constituency	Stourbridge
tabling member printed	Suzanne Webb
uin	169973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>Over 150,000 job placements have been approved for the Kickstart scheme. Over 50,000 vacancies have been made available for young people, so far over 6,000 job placements have started.</p><p> </p><p>Over 4,000 of the vacancies are in the technology sector.</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. 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.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/03/2021 18:03:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4802 label Biography information for Suzanne Webb