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HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is important to treat customers properly and fairly and to remember that the DWP deals with some of the most vulnerable people in society. The Department takes safeguarding…29 Jun 2026HANSARDYouth GuaranteeIn his review Alan Milburn considered that issue and said that, “the UK’s NEET crisis is much more long-term and deep-seated than any decisions taken in the last few years.” As I…29 Jun 2026HANSARDYouth HubsI am happy to congratulate Young Somerset on supported internships. I am sure the hon. Member will get a meeting with somebody in the ministerial team. As for his call for more…29 Jun 2026HANSARDYouth HubsI believe that these youth hubs are applicable to every part of the United Kingdom. Well done to the organisation in Glengormley that the hon. Member mentioned. Of course, the…29 Jun 2026HANSARDYouth HubsCongratulations to Fatima Whitbread—a great British and Olympic hero. The right hon. Member is right about the importance of opportunity for care leavers from wraparound care—we…29 Jun 2026HANSARDYouth HubsAs Alan Milburn pointed out in his recent report, the UK’s NEET crisis is much more long-term and deep-seated than any decisions taken in the last few years. There are 400,000…29 Jun 2026HANSARDUnemployed Young PeopleI appreciate that the DWP plays a role as a local employer, but it is important that we deliver our service as efficiently as possible on behalf of the taxpayer and that we get…29 Jun 2026HANSARDUnemployed Young PeopleI thank my hon. Friend not only for her question but for the wonderful work she has done and the advice she has given me on closing the disability employment gap and championing…29 Jun 2026HANSARDUnemployed Young PeopleWe have the second-fastest growing economy in the G7, we have 400,000 more people in work than we did last year and the number of young people in employment is up by 74,000 since…29 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI congratulate my hon. Friend on being a fantastic champion for Stafford and her constituents. The youth guarantee will help young people in her constituency through hiring…29 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI agree with my hon. Friend that we need to work with businesses. I want this to be seen as a national cause, a national endeavour, and a good partnership between business and…29 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhen the history books are written about this, they will show that this number rose by a quarter of a million in the last three years during which the hon. Member’s party was in…29 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsSince our last DWP questions, both Alan Milburn and the Pensions Commission have published their respective interim reports on young people and on the current state of saving for…29 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI enjoy our exchanges, and I welcome the opportunity that the shadow Secretary of State has given me to point out that in the past year I have said time and again that we have to…29 Jun 2026HANSARDUnemployed Young PeopleMore than 1 million young people are currently not in education, employment or training. Youth employment in the UK has not reached its pre-financial crash level in any year…29 Jun 2026HANSARDYouth Guarantee: Jobs Guarantee National Roll-outEarlier this year, I updated the House on progress to deliver the jobs guarantee. Since then, phase 1 of the jobs guarantee has started in six areas of the country, with the first…09 Jun 2026HANSARDFit Note Reform Pilot SchemesTogether with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, I am today announcing a series of pilots to test a new approach to managing sickness absence…21 May 2026HANSARDGetting Britain Working AgainI will outline the changes to the system that we are making. At the heart of it, we have to change the question that the system asks in order to have a system that is suited…14 May 2026HANSARDGetting Britain Working AgainI have to disappoint the hon. Lady. If this Government were responsible, it would not be case that youth employment never in a single year reached the pre-financial crash levels…14 May 2026HANSARDGetting Britain Working AgainI will proceed, if the hon. Lady does not mind. Unlike the Conservatives, who did nothing about the number of young people not in education, training or employment, we are doing…14 May 2026