Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 118728
Employment Schemes
Tabled: 9 March 2026
Answered: 17 March 2026
Question
Mr Toby Perkins
Labour — Chesterfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of place-based employment support programmes such as JobsPlus on levels of economic inactivity and unemployment.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonJobs Plus is a community-led model with strong potential to tackle inactivity and unemployment. The Department is testing the model in ten social housing neighbourhoods to generate evidence on place-based support. The pilots will be evaluated to assess th...
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