Thirty-Ninth Report - DWP Employment Support: Kickstart Scheme
Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee
HC 655
25 February 2022
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
Recommendations & Conclusions
3 results
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Conclusion
Rejected
The Department had aimed for Kickstart to have achieved 250,000 job starts by 31 December...
Conclusion
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 …
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Government Response Summary
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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Conclusion
Rejected
In September 2021, the number of young (16- to 24-year-old) unemployed people claiming Universal Credit...
Conclusion
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 …
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Government Response Summary
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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Recommendation
Rejected
We have previously observed that the Department’s evaluation of its employment support schemes depends on...
Recommendation
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 …
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Government Response Summary
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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