Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 23 January 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to reduce unemployment among black and ethnic minority young people.
The Government’s strategy for increasing ethnic minority employment and participation in the labour market is based around mainstreaming opportunity through locally delivered flexible provision.
The help and services we deliver in DWP, through Jobcentre Plus and through Work programme providers, are designed to allow flexibility to support each individual jobseeker, rather than treat people according to ethnic groups. Local autonomy and flexibility has replaced the one size fits all approach that has dogged previous employment schemes.
Where there are significant numbers of local claimants with a shared ethnic background and common barriers to employment, a provider or jobcentre may choose to put in place provision designed to help that group. That would be an entirely appropriate local response.
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