Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department began promoting aviation roles and recruitment via job centres and training for jobs coaches.

The department has been actively promoting opportunities in the aviation sector for some years, most notably following the collapse of airlines such as Monarch, Flybe and Thomas Cook and the reopening of the sector after the Covid 19 pandemic.

We work closely with local airports and in partnership with Department for Transport and the Civil Aviation Authority to provide bespoke support, sharing expertise with Work Coaches to ensure they understand recruitment practices in the sector.