Youth Unemployment

Part of Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at 2:34 pm on 13 November 2023.

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Photo of Mims Davies Mims Davies The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 2:34, 13 November 2023

We fund apprentices to achieve English and maths qualifications by the end of their apprenticeships. We understand how important they are for people’s long-term career prospects, and we are boosting the rate for those qualifications by 54% from January. We are also piloting flexible English and maths requirements for young people with learning difficulties or disabilities, to ensure that they are not overlooked when it comes to apprenticeship opportunities.[This section has been corrected on 16 November 2023, column 7MC — read correction]