Asked by: Mark Jenkinson (Conservative - Workington)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs have been approved by the Kickstart Scheme nationally to date.
Answered by Mims Davies - Shadow Minister (Women)
As of 22nd April, there has been over 195,000 jobs approved by the Department of Work and Pension’s Kickstart scheme.
Although care is taken when processing and analysing Kickstart applications, referrals and starts, the data collected might be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system which has been developed quickly. The management information presented here has not been subjected to the usual standard of quality assurance associated with official statistics, but is provided in the interests of transparency.
Asked by: Mark Jenkinson (Conservative - Workington)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Kickstart scheme, how many jobs have been (a) made available for application to young people by that scheme; and (b) started by young people in each (i) business sector and (ii) region of the UK.
Answered by Mims Davies - Shadow Minister (Women)
As of the 22nd April 2021, over 93,000 jobs have been made available for young people to apply to through the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) Kickstart Scheme. This includes approximately 16,600* jobs started by young people. There have been over 195,000 jobs approved by the scheme.
More than 260 young people, on average, have started a Kickstart job every day for the last six weeks**.
The tables below show these figures split by region and sector, the data presented has been rounded according to DWP statistical rounding convention. Although care is taken when processing and analysing Kickstart applications, referrals and starts, the data collected might be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system which has been developed quickly. The management information presented here has not been subjected to the usual standard of quality assurance associated with official statistics, but is provided in the interests of transparency.
*Around 1,000 of the Kickstart jobs started have been provided without government funding.
** This is based on the number of young people starting in Kickstart jobs from 11th March 2021 to 22nd April 2021.
Regions | Jobs Advertised | Jobs Started |
Central England | 19,000 | 2,900 |
London and Essex | 22,000 | 3,800 |
North East England | 6,600 | 1,200 |
North West England | 16,000 | 3,100 |
Scotland | 6,500 | 1,200 |
Southern England | 19,000 | 3,200 |
Wales | 5,300 | 740 |
Figures may not add up to provided totals due to rounding. 1,000 non-grant funded jobs are included in Jobs Advertised but not included under Jobs Started. |
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By Sector | Jobs Advertised | Jobs Started |
Administration | 24,000 | 4,300 |
Animal Care | 430 | 130 |
Beauty & Wellbeing | 600 | 100 |
Business & Finance | 3,700 | 620 |
Computing, Technology & Digital | 7,500 | 1,700 |
Construction & Trades | 3,100 | 580 |
Creative & Media | 7,300 | 1,800 |
Delivery & Storage | 3,000 | 580 |
Emergency & Uniform Services | 190 | 10 |
Engineering & Maintenance | 3,400 | 380 |
Environment & Land | 1,800 | 280 |
Government Services | 280 | 20 |
Healthcare | 4,100 | 520 |
Home Services | 710 | 70 |
Hospitality & Food | 6,100 | 750 |
Law & Legal | 240 | 70 |
Managerial | 750 | 100 |
Manufacturing | 2,400 | 510 |
Retail & Sales | 15,000 | 2,300 |
Science & Research | 420 | 70 |
Social Care | 2,600 | 210 |
Sports & Leisure | 2,000 | 330 |
Teaching & Education | 4,100 | 610 |
Transport | 370 | 30 |
Travel & Tourism | 250 | 30 |
Figures may not add up to provided totals due to rounding. 1,000 non-grant funded jobs are included in Jobs Advertised but not included under Jobs Started. |
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Asked by: Mark Jenkinson (Conservative - Workington)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to reference to the Child Maintenance Service standard practice of making reassessments when there is a 25 per cent reduction in income, what estimate the Child Maintenance Service has made of the number of non-resident parents whose income has been reduced by 20 per cent under the Government's furlough scheme in response to the covid-19 outbreak.
Answered by Mims Davies - Shadow Minister (Women)
The CMS has not made any estimate of the number of non-resident parents whose income has been reduced by 20% under the Government’s furlough scheme.
The Government recognises that the income of many separated parents has been affected by the public health emergency. Parents should continue to financially support their children by paying their child maintenance. At the same time, liabilities should remain affordable for paying parents at a time of substantial and rapid fluctuation in incomes.
The scheme is designed so that liabilities remain consistent over the year, with limited changes. The calculation is reviewed annually, and generally only changes during the year if a parents’ income increases or decreases by at least 25 per cent. This balances consistency for children with support for parents experiencing a reduction in income.