Redundancy: Rapid Response Fund

(asked on 12th April 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason rapid response funding does not cover retraining for those who have been made redundant.


Answered by
Mims Davies Portrait
Mims Davies
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 20th April 2021

Rapid Response Service can fund training on a case by case basis in supporting people serving their notice period, whether from compulsory redundancy or other workforce measures such as an early release scheme. They can access:

  • information, advice and guidance
  • non-vocational training to move a person closer to employment
  • help to assess transferable skills in relation to the local labour market by conducting a skills transfer analysis
  • vocational training to address skills needs
  • other RRS funded support to help overcome barriers to getting a job or starting self-employment

Those who don’t find alternative employment before losing their job can access the same support as those under notice of redundancy for a period of 13 weeks. This is whether they make a claim for benefit or not.

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