Employment: Young People
Work and Pensions
Stephen Timms (East Ham, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether voluntary and community sector organisations will be eligible to receive wage subsidies under the Youth Contract.
Chris Grayling (Minister of State (Employment), Work and Pensions; Epsom and Ewell, Conservative)
Sustainable paid jobs in the voluntary sector will be eligible for the wage incentive scheme. The scheme will be delivered through the Work programme and we will be talking to employers, providers and other key stakeholders, including the voluntary and the community sector, as we develop the detailed design.