Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 60530
Employment Schemes: Unpaid Work
Tabled: 17 June 2025
Answered: 25 June 2025
Question
Rachael Maskell
Labour (Co-op) — York Central
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to take steps to ensure that work-trial schemes allow people to return to previous levels of social security if they are not successful.
Answer
Alison McGovernThe DWP Work Trial scheme is one of several DWP initiatives that support jobseekers into sustainable work. Allowing some jobseekers who have successfully applied for a job, to do that job for a short unpaid period, whilst retaining benefits. Specifically,...
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