Employment: Armed Forces
Commons · Question 38965 · Tabled 18 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Mark Pritchard
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Defence to encourage young people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance to seek employment in the armed forces.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 24 Mar 2025
The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to working closely alongside the Ministry of Defence to identify and support anyone in receipt of benefits with transferable skills to move into careers within the Armed Forces, with a particular focus on ...