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<p>The Department of Work and Pensions Youth Offer provides individually tailored
work coach support to young people aged 16 to 24 who are claiming Universal Credit.
This support includes the Youth Employment Programme, Youth Employability Coaches
for young people with additional barriers to finding work, and Youth Hubs across Great
Britain.</p><p>Previously, the Youth Offer was only available for those searching
for work. As of the 25 September 2023, this been expanded to include to include additional
young people on Universal Credit not currently searching for work, including young
parents and carers.</p><p>The information regarding the Department’s total spend on
the Youth Offer is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate
cost.</p><p>The information regarding the Department’s spend on grants to support
the opening and operation of Youth Hubs in each financial year since they were launched
is not held.</p><p>The indicative Youth Hub Work Coach costs for the previous three
financial years are:</p><p>2020/2021 - £1.1m</p><p>2021/2022 - £5.4m</p><p>2022/2023
- £4.8m</p><p><br> NB:</p><ul><li>This excludes estates, digital, support and other
operations costs.</li><li>This data is derived from DWP's Activity Based Model (ABM)
and/or Departmental Activity Based Model (DABM) and is unpublished management information
which was collected for internal Departmental use only. It has not been quality assured
to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standards.</li><li>The data
is frequently revised and changes to definitions / benefits / DWP structure effect
comparisons over time. It should therefore be treated with caution and must be seen
as an indication of cost, rather than the actual cost.</li><li>Youth Employability
Coaches and other Jobcentre staff may also work from Youth Hubs which is not reflected
in this data.</li></ul><p> </p>
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