Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 114950

Employment Schemes: Care Leavers

Tabled: 23 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Liz Jarvis

Liberal DemocratEastleigh

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support tailored, small-cohort employability programmes for care-experienced young people that include one-to-one career coaching, work experience opportunities an

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The Department is committed to improving employment outcomes for care‑experienced young people and ensuring they can access the personalised support they need to move into and stay in work. Our new programme, Connect to Work is a £1 billion voluntary, loc...

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