Written questions

Employment: Young People

Commons · Question 79038 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 22 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take through the benefit system to incentivise young people to work additional hours in Lancashire.

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 22 Oct 2025

Extended periods of unemployment at a young age can have long-lasting consequences, including limiting of future employment prospects and reduced lifetime earnings. Early intervention is therefore critical. That is why our plan to Get Britain Working incl...