Written question asked by Helen Whately (Conservative) on Tuesday, 17 December 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 January 2025 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Monday, 6 January 2025. A substantive answer was provided by Alison McGovern (Labour) on Wednesday, 8 January 2025 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Employment Schemes
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measure her Department will use to determine whether devolved authorities have been successful in delivering employment support.
- Answer
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Within our Get Britain Working reforms, we committed to offering new responsibilities and funding to mayors and local areas in England because local leaders know their communities best. This includes supporting areas in England to produce Get Britain Working Plans that join up work, health and skills provision, as well as delivering Connect to Work and sixteen Youth and Inactivity Trailblazers, which will all be fully evaluated.
As part of the production of Get Britain Working plans the Department is working with local and combined authorities in England to capture meaningful evidence on local labour markets and progress made. For the first time, we have also recently published statistical information on the movement of people into work, which can be found as part of the analytical information accompanying the Get Britain Working white paper: Get Britain Working White Paper: Analytical Annex - GOV.UK. We will also publish further metrics in due course.
Connect to Work funding will be included in the integrated settlement from 2025/26, which applies to Greater Manchester and West Midlands Combined Authorities. The integrated settlement will be monitored and governed using a single accountability framework and a single outcomes framework negotiated between authorities and the Government. Further guidance on Connect to Work can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/connect-to-work, https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/integrated-settlements-for-mayoral-combined-authorities.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 20685
- Session
- 2024-26
- Related items
- Subjects
- Employment schemes
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- 2025-09-05 19:19:35 +0100
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