Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jack Brereton and Guy Opperman

Monday 6th March 2023 Commons Chamber

[Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Con)]

T6. I know from speaking to staff at Longton jobcentre that additional support has been put in place to help the over-50s back into work. Will the Minister update the House on what more is being done to upskill adults and help more of them to get back into work, especially in Stoke-on-Trent?

[The Minister for Employment (Guy Opperman)]

My hon. Friend will be aware of the 50-plus champions, the midlife MOT, the sector-based work academies and the skills bootcamps specifically for over-50s. The mighty Port Vale football club held a fantastic recent jobs fair attended by 1,400 customers, including many over-50s; 600 job offers resulted and there were 100 employers present. That is the sort of thing that the Department is doing.