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Employment Schemes: Young People

Department for Work and Pensions

Pat McFadden received a response to a question they put to the government

Too many young people are not in employment, education or training, something we are addressing and which the previous Government did nothing about. We are investing £2.5 billion into the...

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Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

As I have said a few times today, I will ensure that my hon. Friend gets a meeting with a Minister. I congratulate him on speaking up for his area and the workers within it.

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Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

We are promoting apprenticeships for young people in particular through the way that we prioritise the funding in the apprenticeship levy, and we are putting in place hiring incentives of...

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Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

I know, because my constituency is not too far away, that advanced manufacturing is in the DNA of Staffordshire, so I warmly welcome what my hon. Friend said about her local college, and I will...

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Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

I know that responding to hon. Members’ inquiries—be they direct or on behalf of their constituents —is very important. I raise that with the Department constantly. If the hon....

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Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank my hon. Friend for being such a formidable champion for her constituency, and for opportunity within it. I would be very happy to talk with her further about this issue, but I point out...

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Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

I know that the Chair of the Select Committee cares deeply about health inequalities in this country, which, to be honest with the House, are deep seated and long term. As in many areas of our...

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Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank my hon. Friend and sing a song of praise for the Song School in Southend. He is absolutely right to draw attention to the importance of the creative industries. Our creative industries...

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Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to draw attention to the need for skills for house building. We support those skills through sector-based work academy programmes. Last year, the Government...

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Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

I have discussed this subject a lot with hon. Members from right across the House, and the issue that the hon. Member raises about transport is raised quite a lot with me. It is important, and I...

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Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

Youth hubs are another part of the effort, and the advantage is that we can get the help that the jobcentre can give to where young people are in the community. This also means we can get help to...

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Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

The policies that I am advocating are creating opportunity for young people, through offering employers hiring incentives, through promoting youth apprenticeship starts and through the other...

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Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank my hon. Friend for a very good question. Here is another fact the shadow Secretary of State may not welcome: the truth is that before the pandemic, face-to-face interviews were the norm...

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Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

The shadow Secretary of State said that she wanted some facts, so let me give her some facts. The Tories inherited spending on defence at 2.5% of GDP; they left office with it lower. They left...

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Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

The Conservative party failed to reform welfare and failed to back our defence forces—it left the armed forces at their smallest size since Napoleonic times—and it says that there is...

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Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

My hon. Friend is right that we need everyone—not just central Government—to be involved. I would like local authorities, businesses—all of us—to see the youth opportunity...

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Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

I am happy to ensure that the hon. Member gets a meeting with a Minister from the Department to discuss his constituent’s case.

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Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

Since our last DWP oral questions, I have updated the House on the expansion of our youth employment offer, I have been to an excellent job fair in Glasgow, I have said that the latest...

Unemployment

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Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

The hon. Lady neglected to mention that youth unemployment never recovered to levels enjoyed under the last Labour Government at any point during the Conservative party’s time in power; it...

Unemployment

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Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

My hon. Friend will know that the number of young people not in education, employment or training rose by about a quarter of a million in the last three years of the Conservative party’s...