DWP Employment Support 2: Kickstart scheme

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 21 Oct 2021 Closed: 26 Apr 2022 Parliament page
In a follow up to its wider inquiry into DWP support for employment during Covid the Committee will question senior DWP officials more closely specifically on the ‘Kickstart scheme’. The ‘Plan for Jobs’ announced in July 2020 included the £1.9 billion Kickstart scheme for young people. At that point, the … Read more
8 Recommendations
14 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
1 Event
Activity timeline 3 events
28 Apr
2022
Report published
25 Feb
2022
Report published
6 Dec
2021
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
6 Dec 2021
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DWP Employment Support 2: Kickstart scheme
Jonathan Mills · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Karen Gosden · Department for Work & Pensions Peter Schofield · Department for Work and Pensions
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Thirty-Ninth Report - DWP Employment Support: Kickstart Scheme HC 655 25 Feb 2022 22 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
12 Conclusion Deferred
Thirty-Ninth Report - DWP Employme…
In its business case, the Department recognised the risk that Kickstart might fund jobs that...
In its business case, the Department recognised the risk that Kickstart might fund jobs that would have been created anyway, and assumed that only 50% of the jobs it funded would in fact be additional.46 However, it told us it … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees with the committee's point and is conducting an ongoing evaluation of the Kickstart Scheme, with process findings to be published in Spring 2023. This evaluation will consider how scheme experiences and outcomes vary and inform future employment support.
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16 Conclusion Deferred
Thirty-Ninth Report - DWP Employme…
The Department conducted its first analysis of Kickstart participants’ ethnicity in August 2021, 11 months...
The Department conducted its first analysis of Kickstart participants’ ethnicity in August 2021, 11 months after Kickstart had launched, and found that a slightly greater proportion of Kickstart participants were from a Black or ethnic minority group than 55 C&AG’s … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees with the committee's point and is conducting an ongoing evaluation of the Kickstart Scheme, with process findings to be published in Spring 2023. This evaluation will consider how scheme experiences and outcomes vary and inform future employment support.
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Government Response AI assessment · 22 of 8 classified
Accepted 14
Acknowledged 1
Deferred 2
Not Addressed 2
Rejected 3
Total 8 recs + 14 conclusions