Extract from DWP questions: Covid-19: Careers Advice - Jan 25
Tuesday, 26 January 2021 08:29
Covid-19: Careers Advice Rob Roberts (Delyn) (Con): What steps her
Department is taking to help people whose sectors have been
particularly affected by the covid-19 outbreak to switch careers.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
(Mims Davies): Our plan for jobs is providing a range of vital,
tailored employment support for all jobseekers who are looking to
move sector; targeting support for those impacted by the pandemic;
and linking into local recovery plans....Request free trial
Covid-19: Careers
Advice
(Delyn) (Con): What steps her Department
is taking to help people whose sectors have been particularly
affected by the covid-19 outbreak to switch careers.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and
Pensions ():
Our plan for jobs is providing a range of vital, tailored
employment support for all jobseekers who are looking to move
sector; targeting support for those impacted by the pandemic; and
linking into local recovery plans. The plan includes DWP’s job
finding support, or JFS; sector-based work academy programmes, or
SWAPs; job entry targeted support, or JETS; and our new restart
programme. It will also utilise the forthcoming UK shared
prosperity fund.
[V]: Back in 2013, my constituency of
Delyn had an unemployment rate of 5.2%; thanks to successful
aspirational Conservative policies, this was down to just 3% before
the pandemic took hold, but now sits at around 6%. With some
sectors—particularly tourism and hospitality—more severely impacted
than others, will my hon. Friend confirm that, despite many things
being in the hands of a Welsh Government who, I hope, are in their
final months in power, the UK Government will continue to provide
support and generate opportunities for my constituents to get back
into work as soon as possible?
:
I am happy to confirm that DWP will continue to work hard to
support people like my hon. Friend’s constituents. I know that the
staff in his three local jobcentres are already delivering
training, mentoring circles and kickstart prep courses with
partners such as Google, Amazon and the Prince’s Trust, as
well as working to develop new resources to help to support local
jobseekers.
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