Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 56955

Employment: Older People

Tabled: 3 June 2025
Answered: 11 June 2025

Question

Mrs Elsie Blundell

LabourHeywood and Middleton North

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people in their (a) 50s and (b) 60s are included in the design of its new digital employment support offer.

Answer

Alison McGovern
As part of our reforms announced in the Get Britain Working, we set out our plans to reform Jobcentre Plus and create a new service across Great Britain. We secured £55m at the Autumn Budget to take forward the first steps of building, testing and trialli...

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