Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications to create Kickstart scheme placements have been rejected by her Department to date.

As of 22^nd April 2021, just over 13,000 Kickstart applications have been rejected.

We are working to ensure that young people eligible for Kickstart have access to good quality jobs. This means that applications must provide evidence of how the roles created will be
both meaningful and provide long-term employability support for our young people. We continue to have robust checks in place to protect taxpayers’ money.

There has been over 195,000 jobs approved by the scheme.