The Restart Scheme for long-term unemployed people

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 31 Oct 2022 Closed: 27 Jun 2023 Parliament page
Restart is one of a range of measures introduced by the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) to support people to get and keep a job in the wake of the impact of COVID-19 on the UK’s labour market. Restart went live in July 2021 and operates across England and … Read more
9 Recommendations
17 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
1 Letter
1 Event
Activity timeline 4 events
27 Jun
2023
Report published
22 Mar
2023
Report published
23 Jan
2023
Correspondence
12 Dec
2022
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
12 Dec 2022
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The Restart Scheme for long-term unemployed people
Angus Gray · Department for Work & Pensions Mark Leigh · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Peter Schofield · Department for Work and Pensions Preeta Ramachandran · Department for Work & Pensions
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Forty-Second Report - The Restart Scheme for long-term unemploye… HC 733 22 Mar 2023 26 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
18 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Forty-Second Report - The Restart …
So far more Restart participants have moved into sustained jobs than the Department had expected,...
So far more Restart participants have moved into sustained jobs than the Department had expected, but this is in the context of historically low unemployment and high vacancies. The Department will not know the impact of Restart in increasing the … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees and states the recommendation is implemented, citing regular six-monthly statistics publication and commissioned evaluations. However, decisions regarding the publication of the evaluation and enabling peer review will be made in due course.
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Government Response AI assessment · 25 of 9 classified
Accepted 19
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 4
Not Addressed 1
Total 9 recs + 17 conclusions
Correspondence 1 letter
23 Jan 2023 Correspondence from Peter Schofield CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions, re Public Accounts Committee Oral Evidence on 12 December 2022 The Restart Scheme for Long-Term Unemployed People Transcript Correction, dated 17 January 2023
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