Thirty-Ninth Report - DWP Employment Support: Kickstart Scheme

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 655 25 February 2022
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 22 items (8 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 22 of 22 classified)
Accepted 14
Acknowledged 1
Deferred 2
Not Addressed 2
Rejected 3
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Thirty Ninth report from Session 2021-22 · published 28 Apr 2022
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Recommendations & Conclusions

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12 Conclusion Deferred
In its business case, the Department recognised the risk that Kickstart might fund jobs that...
Conclusion
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 Summary
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
The Department conducted its first analysis of Kickstart participants’ ethnicity in August 2021, 11 months...
Conclusion
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 Summary
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.
HM Treasury
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