{"value":{"id":1722739,"memberId":4147,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Lords)","uin":"HLWS16","dateMade":"2024-07-23T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":29,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Work and Pensions","title":"Labour Market Update","text":"<p>My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (The Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP) has made the following Written Statement.</p><p>Today I am announcing plans to <em>Get Britain Working </em>as part of the Government’s number one mission: growing the economy.</p><p>We have seen record numbers – 2.8 million – excluded from the workforce due to long-term sickness and nearly 1 million young people – 1 in 8 – are not in education, employment, or training.</p><p>The plans we are setting out will deliver an employment support system that addresses the labour market challenges of today and tomorrow.</p><p>We will set a long-term ambition to get to an 80% employment rate, alongside helping more people out of low paid and poor-quality work. To support this, I will work across Government to deliver fundamental reform in three areas:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Undertaking a major overhaul of Jobcentres. Bringing together Jobcentre Plus and the National Careers Service to create a new national jobs and careers service focused on helping people get into work and get on at work, not only on monitoring and managing benefit claims.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Establishing a Youth Guarantee. Offering training, an apprenticeship, or help to find work for all young people aged 18 to 21.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Empowering local leaders and local areas to tackle economic inactivity. We will give local places the responsibility and resources to design a joined-up work, health and skills offer that’s right for local people – as a key part of their Local Growth Plans. DWP will support local areas to make a success of this new approach, including through devolving new powers over employment support to catalyse local action and change.</li></ul><p> </p><p>To drive these changes forward, as part of our growth mission, the Government will publish a White Paper, to set out the policy framework for delivering on these manifesto commitments.</p><p> </p><p>To help inform and shape our new approach, I will also be establishing a Labour Market Advisory Board of leading experts, chaired by Professor Paul Gregg, who will provide my department with insight, ideas, and challenge as we design and drive a fundamentally new approach.</p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1722737,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2024-07-23T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1722739","method":"GET"}]}