Plan for Jobs and employment support

Work and Pensions Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 11 Jul 2022 Closed: 31 Oct 2023 Parliament page
The Committee looked at the effectiveness of Government support to get people into employment, including disadvantaged groups such as those in low-paid jobs and young people. The Committee looked to find out: What is driving increases in economic inactivity - for example amongst people with health conditions and older people? … Read more
25 Recommendations
13 Conclusions
1 Report
8 Oral sessions
3 Letters
8 Events
Activity timeline 21 events
3 May
2023
3 May
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
19 Apr
2023
19 Apr
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
15 Mar
2023
15 Mar
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 16, Palace of Westminster
8 Feb
2023
Oral evidence sessions 8 sessions
Work and Pensions Committee
Guy Opperman MP · Department for Work and Pensions Katie Farrington · Department for Work and Pensions Sophie Dean · Department for Work and Pensions Tom Pursglove MP · Home Office
Work and Pensions Committee
Alex Till · National Enterprise Network David Hale · Federation of Small Businesses Jonny Briggs · Aviva Matt Dooley · Momentic Limited
Work and Pensions Committee
Dr Katy Jones · Manchester Metropolitan University Professor Dan Finn · University of Portsmouth
Work and Pensions Committee
Elizabeth Taylor · The Employment Related Services Association (ERSA) Fiona Monahan · Ingeus Graham Parry · Groundwork Liz Sewell · Belina Grow Rhodri Thomas · Reed in Partnership Richard Clifton · Shaw Trust Rosie Ginday · Miss Macaroon
Work and Pensions Committee
Councillor Kieron Williams · Central London Forward Councillor Toby Savage · Local Government Association Dr Shriti Pattani · Society of Occupational Medicine Graham Whitham · Greater Manchester Poverty Action Luke Price · The Centre for Ageing Better Peter Murphy · Wise Age Professor Kevin Bampton · British Occupational Hygiene Society
Work and Pensions Committee
Barry Fletcher · Career Connect Billy Harding · Centrepoint Dr Jenny Ceolta-Smith · Long Covid Support and Long Covid Work James Taylor · Scope Jane Hunt · Association of Disabled Professionals Professor Kim Hoque · Disability@Work Richard Rigby · The Prince’s Trust
Work and Pensions Committee
Ben Harrison · The Work Foundation Dr Eleanor Carter · Government Outcomes Lab, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford Jonathan Cribb · Institute for Fiscal Studies Louise Murphy · Resolution Foundation Stephen Evans · Learning and Work Institute Tony Wilson · Institute for Employment Studies
Work and Pensions Committee
Hannah Slaughter · Resolution Foundation Richard Hughes · Office for Budget Responsibility Sam Avanzo Windett · Learning and Work Institute Tony Wilson · Institute for Employment Studies
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Eighth Report - Plan for Jobs and employment support HC 600 19 Jul 2023 38 Overdue
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
36 Recommendation Not Addressed
Eighth Report - Plan for Jobs and…
Publish quarterly performance data for all employment programmes by January 2024 for transparency.
We welcome the recent publication of Restart statistics but there is more work to be done to if the Department is to provide transparent accountability across the range of DWP employment services. DWP lacks transparency around programme performance, making proper … Read more
Government Response
The government states it currently publishes quarterly statistics for the Work and Health Programme and 6-monthly for the Restart Scheme. It commits to continue publishing and developing future employment programme publications but does not agree to release results for *all* programmes on a quarterly basis by 1 January 2024.
Department for Work and Pensions
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Government Response AI assessment · 38 of 25 classified

Total 25 recs + 13 conclusions
Correspondence 3 letters
18 Oct 2023 Correspondence with the Economic Secretary to the Treasury relating to income protection insurance
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7 Jun 2023 Correspondence with the Minister for Employment relating to Plan for Jobs and employment support
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29 Mar 2023 Correspondence with the Minister for Employment and the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work relating to statistics for DWP employment support schemes
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