Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 98327

Employment: Young People

Tabled: 8 December 2025
Answered: 16 January 2026

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what safeguards will be put in place to help ensure that jobs under the new youth employment guarantee will pay the living wage and lead to long-term secure employment.

Answer

Andrew Western
Too many young people are spending the first years of their adult life out of work or education. Long periods of unemployment in these early years have lifelong negative impacts.As part of the Youth Guarantee, we are breaking the cycle of unemployment by ...

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