Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) guidance and (b) support her Department is providing to gateway organisations to assist them in helping small and medium-sized businesses make effective use of the Kickstart scheme.

Guidance for Kickstart gateways and small employers has been provided through the Kickstart site and related gov.uk pages. Material is also available online to help employers advertise that they are active participants of Kickstart.

There has been active engagement with public, private and voluntary sector organisations to encourage their participation as Kickstart gateways and over 400 have stepped forward indicating their interest in the role. Their details have been published on gov.uk.