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<p>Since Kickstart jobs commenced in November, we are pleased that by 8 September
2021 over 69,000 young people had started in jobs created by the scheme. There was
an average of 2,800 more starting each week between 18/08/2021 and 08/09/2021. We
are confident that we will can continue to fill tens of thousands over the coming
months. Employers across Great Britain have provided thousands of roles so that young
people can choose a job that is right for them. There are also jobs opening up for
young people in the wider economy as it recovers from the global pandemic, between
August 2020 and August 2021 there was a 381,000 increase in pay rolled employees under
25 years old.</p><p>A Kickstart job can start at any time over the lifetime of the
scheme and some employers choose to delay the commencement of roles for a variety
of reasons. Our data indicates that between the 27/07/2021 and 08/09/2021 the average
time between receipt of an application by DWP to confirmation of its approval was
14 days. Within the same period the average time between receipt of an application
and the job being made available for young people to apply for was 43 days. A significant
portion of this time includes engagement with employers to return grant funding agreements
and job description templates promptly so that applications can be progressed.</p><p>We
are ensuring as many eligible young people as need it get a chance to experience the
Kickstart Scheme. We are promoting vacancies on various platforms, including social
media and using initiatives such as Kickstart Quickstart to match young people to
jobs in some cases on the same day they are referred to the scheme. In addition, Jobcentres
are inviting Kickstart employers into their centres to job match Kickstart opportunities
with young people.</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. Work is ongoing to improve the quality of information available for
the programme.</p>
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