Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 21263

Jobcentres: Training

Tabled: 19 December 2024

Answered: 8 January 2025

Named Day

Question

Mr Clive Betts

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of transferring powers for (a) skills and (b) training for employment support from job centres to (i) mayors and (ii) unitary councils under devolu

Answer

Alison McGovern

As announced in the Get Britain Working White Paper, the Department for Work and Pensions will devolve funding for Connect to Work via grants to Strategic Authorities (including unitaries with a devolution agreement), and other agreed local authority clus...

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