Employment Schemes: Young People
Commons · Question 122378 · Tabled 19 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 9 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Department’s press release entitled Major employment drive to help unlock 200,000 new jobs and apprenticeships for next generation, published on 16 March 2026, what safeguards will be in
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 9 Apr 2026
The Youth Jobs Grant is specifically targeted at young people because of the risk of lifelong scarring impacts of extended unemployment at a young age and to support the Government’s commitment to reducing the number of young people not in education, empl...