Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 25 September 2024.
Baroness Wilcox of Newport
Labour
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the effectiveness of Jobcentre Plus in helping people get back into work.
Baroness Sherlock
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The last Parliament saw the biggest increase in economic inactivity in nearly 40 years. The employment rate remains 1.4%pts lower than before the pandemic. Only one in six people escape low pay over the course of a decade.
The UK is the only G7 country not to have a higher employment rate than pre-COVID. We are reforming employment support, bringing together Jobcentre Plus and the National Careers Service. The new jobs and careers service will transform our ability to support more people into work and help those on low pay to increase their earnings, which will in turn be vital to supporting our wider economic growth mission.
We will set out our plans in more detail through the forthcoming White Paper to Get Britain Working.
Yes5 people think so
No3 people think not
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