Employment Schemes: Finance

(asked on 28th August 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding has the Economic Inactivity Trailblazer made to employment schemes since July 2024.


Answered by
Andrew Western Portrait
Andrew Western
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 11th September 2026

Under the Get Britain Working Trailblazers programme, 12 Mayoral Strategic Authorities and the Welsh Government are delivering a range of activities through Economic Inactivity and Youth Guarantee Trailblazers, including new employment and skills services, support for employers, and improving how existing services work together. Up to £80m of funding was available to Economic Inactivity Trailblazers for 6 Mayoral Strategic Authorities and the Welsh Government from April 2025 – March 2026 and a further £80m of funding is available from April 2026 – March 2027.

Reticulating Splines