Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training.”
Tabled: 2 December 2025Answered: 8 December 2025
Asked by
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Pat McFadden)
When this Government came to power, we inherited a situation in which almost 1 million young people were not in education, employment or training. As we have said, the number rose by 50% in the last few years of the Conservatives’ time in government, and they did nothing about it. That is why we are acting. In the Budget we announced a youth guarantee, with £820 million of investment, to offer hope where previously there was only Tory neglect.