"My Lords, the noble Lord and I agree on one thing, which is that we have a shared objective—that all those who can work, should work. The job of the state is to make that possible, to give them the support they need and to help them get into jobs, …..." Baroness Sherlock - View Speech
"The noble Baroness is absolutely right. We know that most young people want to work because our colleagues talk to them all the time. I am grateful to her for saying that. This is not a snowflake generation that does not want to work; of course they want to work. …..." Baroness Sherlock - View Speech
"I am grateful to the noble Baroness for raising the important point about people who want to work but who may have lost a job towards the middle of their career, or later on, and are struggling to get back into it. We have a fantastic programme called Connect to …..." Baroness Sherlock - View Speech
"My Lords, we are on track to merge the National Careers Service and Jobcentre Plus in England from 1 October 2026. The current annual cost to outsource the National Careers Service community-based contracts is £40 million. The cost of delivering the new service will depend on the number of employees …..." Baroness Sherlock - View Speech
"My Lords, I will leave the Opposition to account for their own record. Let me talk about what this Government are doing. Our Connect to Work programme is one of the most exciting things we have seen. We are working with people who face real challenges in getting into work, …..." Baroness Sherlock - View Speech
"I can indeed. I am very glad that the noble Baroness has asked this question, because it is really important. The whole point of merging the jobs and careers service is to bring these together in one place to make it easier for individuals who come in to get the …..." Baroness Sherlock - View Speech
"My Lords, one of the great things about making sure that these services come into the jobcentres is that jobcentre services are right across the country. At the moment, the Department for Education contracts this careers service support out to prime contractors, which then contract regionally to community contractors. We …..." Baroness Sherlock - View Speech
"I am very grateful to the noble Baroness for that suggestion. I now lead on poverty in my department, so it would be useful for me to have a conversation with her about some of these questions. When the new service is up and running from 1 October, we want …..." Baroness Sherlock - View Speech
"I said in opening that the outsourced part of the current service, which is merging into the DWP, costs £40 million. As I explained, the final cost of that will depend on two things. We are in the middle of the process, where the staff who work for the various …..." Baroness Sherlock - View Speech