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1459148

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
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: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is obligated to take in the event that a Kickstart scheme gateway closes down.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	157326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has established grant agreements between employers and gateways operating through the Kickstart Scheme. These agreements set out the responsibilities of a gateway ceasing to operate. Specifically, a Gateway has a responsibility to notify DWP within two working days of any actual or potential failure to comply with any of their obligations under the Grant Agreement, which includes any administrative, financial or managerial difficulties.</p><p> </p><p>In the event that a Gateway is no longer in a position to deliver on its responsibilities, DWP will provide support to young people and employers. Prior to the closure of Kickstart to further young people on 31<sup>st</sup> March, these might have included placing a young person in a different Kickstart job, or, in the case of an employer, directing them to another gateway or encouraging them to apply to participate in Kickstart directly.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/04/2022 08:36:28 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1459149

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
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: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of Kickstart scheme gateways that have closed down since that scheme began.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	157327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>We have made no estimate of the number of Gateways who have closed since the scheme began.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Gateways have brought diversity of employment opportunities and volumes of jobs to the Kickstart Scheme and have provided robust employability support for Kickstart participants. More than 900 Gateways have helped us to deliver the Kickstart Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Gateways are subject to financial checks by the DWP and any concerns regarding a Gateway are investigated. Some Gateways came on board to support a specific group of employers to offer Kickstart jobs. Once the final young person completed their Kickstart job with those employers and the final grant payment is made the department doesn’t necessarily have any further engagement with that Gateway. Other Gateways have had a more rolling approach to adding employers and jobs to their portfolios.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/04/2022 08:33:46 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1459150

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
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 due diligence her Department conducted on the Kickstart scheme gateways it recommended to employers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	157328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>All Gateways are subject to financial checks by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). These checks included using the Cabinet Office Spotlight Tool which complemented existing pre and post-award checks. Further information on the Spotlight Tool can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/grants-management-function#spotlight" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p><em><br> </em>Kickstart District Account Managers, Work Coaches and other officials are encouraged to highlight any concerns they have about any organisation involved in the Kickstart Scheme, including those acting as a Gateway. This would include any concerns about the quality of the Kickstart experience or questions about the suitability of the roles. Issues raised are investigated and where issues are identified DWP will take appropriate action, which may include reducing the number of jobs offered by the organisation or in the most serious cases, rescinding the Grant Agreement entirely.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/04/2022 08:38:46 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1459151

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
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: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of instances of fraud committed by Kickstart scheme gateways.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	157329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>We embedded a number of controls and checks in the design of the Kickstart Scheme to reduce the risk of fraud and error, including using the Cabinet Office Spotlight tool to support financial checks on applicants. Further information on the Spotlight Tool can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/grants-management-function#spotlight" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p>Where an allegation of fraud is made, or criminal activity suspected, the Department will investigate. If there is sufficient evidence, the Department will refer the case to the Crown Prosecution Service, or Crown Office/Procurator Fiscal Service in Scotland, to consider a prosecution.</p><p>All Kickstart participants have Employment Contracts, meaning they are entitled to legal protections, and DWP will advise individuals on how to take action in the rare case that the is not resolved through DWP channels.</p><p>We are unable to disclose details regarding suspected fraud. If cases are under investigation, releasing any information could prejudice those investigations.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/04/2022 08:43:47 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1305661

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
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: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for the KickStart scheme her Department has (a) received, (b) approved, (c) rejected, (d) not made a decision on in (i) England, (ii) West Midlands and (iii) Birmingham, Ladywood constituency.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	174794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>As of the 12<sup>th</sup> March 2021, there have been over 900 unique gateway applications approved and over 1,200 unique employer bids accepted on the Kickstart Scheme with many more employers included under the gateway applications.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently unable to publish the number of rejected applications. We are also unable to publish information broken down below regional level.</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 grouped question UIN 174800 question first answered 15/04/2021 13:38:11 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1305662

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
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: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications to the KickStart scheme have been awaiting a decision for (a) less than one month, (b) one to two months and (c) more than two months in (i) England, (ii) West Midlands and (iii) Birmingham, Ladywood constituency.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	174795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>A breakdown of exact decision times is currently unavailable. I refer the honourable member to the answer given for PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-03-12/167866" target="_blank">167866</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 174796 question first answered 15/04/2021 13:34:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1305663

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
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: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent civil servants are employed to approve applications for the KickStart scheme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	174796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>A breakdown of exact decision times is currently unavailable. I refer the honourable member to the answer given for PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-03-12/167866" target="_blank">167866</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 174795 question first answered 15/04/2021 13:34:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1305664

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
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 jobs where businesses have applied for support via the KickStart scheme her Department has (a) approved, (b) rejected and (c) not made a decision on in (i) England, (ii) West Midlands and (iii) Birmingham, Ladywood constituency.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	174797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>There have been over 180,000 jobs approved by the Department of Work and Pensions’ Kickstart scheme nationally. We are not able to break this information down geographically.</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 19/04/2021 16:56:37 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1305665

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
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 the average number of jobs is that businesses have applied for support for via the KickStart scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	174798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>As of the 18<sup>th</sup> March, the average number of jobs per application to the Department of Work and Pensions’ Kickstart Scheme was around 50 jobs.</p><p> </p><p>This figure is based on the total number of applications received and their associated total number of jobs, an employer or Gateway can make multiple applications. From 3rd February 2021, we removed the 30 vacancy threshold for a direct application to Kickstart, allowing employers to make smaller applications which will affect this average.</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 19/04/2021 16:43:57 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1305666

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
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: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost is of administering the KickStart scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	174799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The expected estimated cost of the Kickstart scheme will be approximately £2 billion, this includes administration costs and grant payments.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 15/04/2021 13:31:23 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood