May. 06 2024
Source Page: British business excellence celebrated in second year of The King’s Awards for EnterpriseFound: category, 59 for Innovation, 29 for Sustainable Development and 8 for Promoting Opportunity through social
Jan. 29 2024
Source Page: Devolved Social Security assistance: up-rating for inflation in 2024-2025Found: Devolved Social Security assistance: up-rating for inflation in 2024-2025
Written Evidence May. 15 2024
Inquiry: Climate change and securityFound: With over 200 members across scientific, engineering, social science and economic communities, the
Feb. 21 2012
Source Page: Creating the conditions for integration. 28 p.Found: mobility, including the Equality Act 2010, Equality Strategy, and Social Mobility Strategy .2 The result
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1: None add anything, but I will just say that we are not politicians; we represent the various sectors and social - Speech Link
2: None The European Economic and Social Committee has recently produced an opinion that was agreed by the whole - Speech Link
3: None Certainly, for the EU DAG, which is our counterpart, mobility and youth mobility are a high priority. - Speech Link
4: Stewart, Alexander (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) How is progress on equality and social policy being monitored? - Speech Link
Asked by: Baillie, Jackie (Scottish Labour - Dumbarton)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-26931 by Jenni Minto on 2 May 2024, what progress it has made towards the implementation of the Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland’s transport to health recommendations.
Answered by Minto, Jenni - Minister for Public Health and Women's Health
Scottish Government welcomed the transport to health and social care report from the Mobility and Access Committee (MACS) and agreed to develop a transport to health plan in response.
Progress has been made against the recommendations including bringing more focus and prominence in work with the relevant partners including Regional Transport Partnerships and Health Boards to take forward specific actions and commitments towards better joined up care planning and working.
Recognising the importance of the recommendations, Transport Scotland have included Transport to Health as one of seven thematic workstreams in their approach for delivery of the Accessible Travel Framework
The programme of NHS reform will consider the recommendation that transport should be built in as an integral part of the care pathway.
Report May. 23 2024
Committee: Social Justice and Social Security CommitteeFound: Subordinate Legislation considered by the Social Justice and Social Security Committee on 16 May 2024
Extend the £2 Bus Fare Cap after December 2024
- Final Signatures: 35
I want the Government to extend the £2 bus fare cap to ensure continued access to affordable transportation. I believe this initiative has proven to be beneficial for the community by facilitating mobility, reducing carbon emissions, and promoting social inclusion.
Found: I think the £2 bus travel scheme is vital for social inclusion, environmental sustainability, and economic
Asked by: David Evennett (Conservative - Bexleyheath and Crayford)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve social mobility among young people.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
Alongside education, employment plays a crucial role in helping to improve social mobility among young people.
The DWP Youth Offer provides individually tailored Work Coach support to young people aged 16 to 24 who are in the Universal Credit Intensive Work Search group. This includes more intensive support early in their Universal Credit claim, Youth Employability Coaches for young people with additional barriers to finding work, and Youth Hubs across Great Britain.
Our Work Coaches support young people’s individual aspirations, identify and help address skills gaps and wider barriers to entering work or progressing in their careers. They are supported by a network of dedicated Jobcentre Plus outreach leads specialising in areas including support for young care leavers or who – in the case of our support for schools’ advisers – are helping young people in schools in disadvantaged areas develop successful career pathways.
Spring Budget confirmed that the Youth Offer will be extended to the end of the Parliament and – from Autumn – will be expanded so more young Universal Credit claimants can access this dedicated support.
DWP is a strong champion for social mobility and has met with the Social Mobility Commission and celebrated National Social Mobility Awareness Day. Alongside this, DWP has established the Social Mobility Pledge Consortium in partnership with Talk Talk.
The pledge asks businesses to make measurable commitments to diversify the backgrounds of their workforce and help vulnerable people progress. We celebrated some of the achievements our nearly 120 employer signatories have made over the last year at a national conference at the Tottenham Hotspur football stadium on Tuesday 20th June.