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Sector-based Work Academy Programme: West Midlands

Commons · Question 100924 · Tabled 17 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 29 Jan 2026

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Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 8 December 2025 on Support for Young People, HCWS1137, what steps he is taking to ensure that expanded Sector-based Work Academy Programmes in West Midlands gr

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 29 Jan 2026

DWP’s Sector-based Work Academy Programmes (SWAPs) - which offer training, work experience and a job interview to DWP customers seeking work - help employers with immediate and future employment needs by upskilling benefit claimants to fill local job vaca...