Plan for Jobs and employment support
Work and Pensions Committee
Closed
Inquiry
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? …
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25
Recommendations
13
Conclusions
1
Report
8
Oral sessions
3
Letters
8
Events
Activity timeline 21 events
23 Oct
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19 Jul
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Report published
7 Jun
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3 May
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Oral evidence
3 May
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Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
19 Apr
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Oral evidence
19 Apr
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Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
29 Mar
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15 Mar
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Oral evidence
15 Mar
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Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 16, Palace of Westminster
8 Feb
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Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 8 sessions
3 May 2023
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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
19 Apr 2023
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Work and Pensions Committee
Alex Till · National Enterprise Network
David Hale · Federation of Small Businesses
Jonny Briggs · Aviva
Matt Dooley · Momentic Limited
15 Mar 2023
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Work and Pensions Committee
Dr Katy Jones · Manchester Metropolitan University
Professor Dan Finn · University of Portsmouth
8 Feb 2023
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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
25 Jan 2023
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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
16 Nov 2022
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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
26 Oct 2022
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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
5 Jan 2022
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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
Reports 1 report · click to expand
| 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
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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 …
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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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Correspondence 3 letters
18 Oct 2023
Correspondence with the Economic Secretary to the Treasury relating to income protection insurance
Parliament page
7 Jun 2023
Correspondence with the Minister for Employment relating to Plan for Jobs and employment support
Parliament page
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
Parliament page