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
3 results
Clear
7 Conclusion Rejected
Thirty-Ninth Report - DWP Employme…
The Department had aimed for Kickstart to have achieved 250,000 job starts by 31 December...
The Department had aimed for Kickstart to have achieved 250,000 job starts by 31 December 2021, the initial closing date for new job placements to begin.24 In practice, take up of the scheme was slower than the Department expected; by … Read more
Government Response
The government disagrees with the committee's assertion of slow progress in filling Kickstart vacancies, stating that around 160,000 jobs were filled by the scheme's end date and detailing the active engagement methods used with employers and young people.
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10 Conclusion Rejected
Thirty-Ninth Report - DWP Employme…
In September 2021, the number of young (16- to 24-year-old) unemployed people claiming Universal Credit...
In September 2021, the number of young (16- to 24-year-old) unemployed people claiming Universal Credit and searching for work for more than one year was approximately 144,000, three times the pre-pandemic number of 48,800 in February 2020.38 In the same … Read more
Government Response
The government disagrees with the committee's assertion that slow progress was made in filling Kickstart vacancies, highlighting the 160,000 jobs filled and various active engagement methods used with employers and young people.
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13 Recommendation Rejected
Thirty-Ninth Report - DWP Employme…
We have previously observed that the Department’s evaluation of its employment support schemes depends on...
We have previously observed that the Department’s evaluation of its employment support schemes depends on clear evidence, and that accountability to stakeholders requires detailed and timely publication of performance data during each scheme’s operation. We recommended the Department produce regular … Read more
Government Response
The government disagrees with the recommendation to produce regular data updates on its schemes at a local granular level, and is considering how best it can put information about these schemes into the public domain after their closure and how information is best provided on schemes that will continue for longer.
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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