Urgent question on Thursday, 3 September 2020, in the House of Commons, led by Jonathan Reynolds. The answering member was Baroness Coffey.

Kick-start Scheme

Urgent question on the implementation of the kickstart scheme. Sitting suspended.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 679 cc292-306
Session: 2019-21
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Jonathan Reynolds | 679 c293 (Link to this contribution)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will make a statement on the implement...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c293 (Link to this contribution)
Yesterday, the Government launched our new kick-start scheme, as set out in the written ministeri...; Jonathan Reynolds | 679 c294 (Link to this contribution)
Since the crisis began, we have been urging the Government to introduce a scheme based on the las...; Baroness Coffey | 679 cc294-5 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his sort of support for the kick-start scheme. I really think that...; Andy Carter | 679 c295 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Secretary of State for a very helpful update. By way of some instant feedback, I foun...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c295 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is right: we are paying 100% for 25 hours a week, which is the minimum hours that ...; Neil Gray | 679 c296 (Link to this contribution)
We welcome any intervention that can protect jobs and secure the future of young people across th...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c296 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Member may not be clear on the elements of the scheme, so I encourage him to read the wr...; Scott Benton | 679 c296 (Link to this contribution)
The kick-start scheme is a brilliant example of the lengths that this Government are going to in ...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c296 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is so right. He is a great champion for the young people of Blackpool, as well as ...; Stephen Timms | 679 c297 (Link to this contribution)
I opposed the closure of the future jobs fund in 2011. The Work and Pensions Committee, in its re...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c297 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the endorsement of the Select Committee Chairman. He will recognise some similarities t...; Jane Hunt | 679 c297 (Link to this contribution)
Does my right hon. Friend agree that the young people of this country are our future and that the...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c297 (Link to this contribution)
I agree with my hon. Friend that this is a mutually beneficial arrangement for young people and e...; Rachel Hopkins | 679 c297 (Link to this contribution)
What safeguards has the Secretary of State put in place to ensure that disabled young people are ...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c297 (Link to this contribution)
The Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work has, as with all DWP Ministers, been a key part...; Andrea Jenkyns | 679 c298 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the opportunity for young people to gain work experience, but the objective of kick-sta...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c298 (Link to this contribution)
It is widely recognised that getting is job is easier once someone has had work experience and is...; Nick Smith | 679 c298 (Link to this contribution)
Cyber College Cymru in Blaenau Gwent gives opportunities for young people in the digital security...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c298 (Link to this contribution)
We have currently set aside £2 billion to support this scheme, so well over 200,000 jobs could be...; Jo Gideon | 679 c298 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the opportunity that the kick-start scheme provides for many young people in Stoke-on-T...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c298 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend. I know that she is a huge champion of getting young people to become entr...; Wendy Chamberlain | 679 c299 (Link to this contribution)
The award-winning Tayport Distillery in my constituency is very keen to take part in the kick-sta...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c299 (Link to this contribution)
The scheme is being set up at pace, so I do not agree with the hon. Lady’s assertions. On small b...; Sarah Dines | 679 c299 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my right hon. Friend for this announcement today. It has been truly inspirational telepho...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c299 (Link to this contribution)
The Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Sussex, has...; Stephen Flynn | 679 c299 (Link to this contribution)
Paying some 17-year-olds £4.55 an hour for a three-day week for six months is welcome as far as i...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c299 (Link to this contribution)
I do not know the hon. Member very well, but I am disappointed by his attitude. Candidly, million...; Rob Roberts | 679 c300 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome this outstanding scheme to get the young people and the lifeblood of our future economi...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c300 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is right to talk about existing workers. We have been clear in our guidance, and w...; Hywel Williams | 679 c300 (Link to this contribution)
As our economy reopens following many challenging months, now is the time to build a recovery tha...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c300 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman is right that part of building back better is about building back greener. In ...; James Davies | 679 c300 (Link to this contribution)
I very much welcome yesterday’s launch of the kick-start scheme, which can do much to help young ...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c300 (Link to this contribution)
I am sure my hon. Friend will be pleased that we are establishing a youth hub in Rhyl in his cons...; Lilian Greenwood | 679 c300 (Link to this contribution)
As my right hon. Friend the Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms) and my hon. Friend the Member for...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c301 (Link to this contribution)
Actually, the employment gap between disabled people and people without disabilities has narrowed...; James Sunderland | 679 c301 (Link to this contribution)
I am absolutely sold on this superb initiative and it received a ringing endorsement yesterday fr...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c301 (Link to this contribution)
I appreciate my hon. Friend’s enthusiasm and endorsement. He is right to be enthusiastic about th...; Stephen Doughty | 679 c301 (Link to this contribution)
It is good to see the Secretary of State learning not only from the Future Jobs Fund example but ...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c301 (Link to this contribution)
The Government already have close relationships on aspects of trying to help people get into work...; Lord Brennan of Canton | 679 c302 (Link to this contribution)
I support the general principle of the Government intervening to help young people into work in t...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c302 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman talks about the Future Jobs Fund. It was a failure in getting the private sect...; Rachael Maskell | 679 c302 (Link to this contribution)
Charities and social enterprises delivered over 60% of placements under the Future Jobs Fund, wit...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c302 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady should be aware that there have been 330 stakeholder engagements with a mixture of ...; Shabana Mahmood | 679 c303 (Link to this contribution)
Some 72% of the population in my constituency are from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgroun...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c303 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady is right to focus on the young people in her constituency and their challenges to e...; Dan Jarvis | 679 c303 (Link to this contribution)
The UK is one of the most regionally unequal countries in the developed world, especially when it...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c303 (Link to this contribution)
I think the hon. Gentleman was in a roundtable with my hon. Friend the Minister for Employment th...; Kieran Mullan | 679 c303 (Link to this contribution)
By giving them opportunities to get their foot in the door, this scheme demonstrates that this Go...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c303 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I assure him that the British Chambers of Commerce has been h...; Felicity Buchan | 679 c304 (Link to this contribution)
The future jobs fund was not a 100% success, although it had many merits. Will my right hon. Frie...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c304 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is right; the future jobs fund did have some good achievements, and we have learne...; Stephen Farry | 679 c304 (Link to this contribution)
This is a very welcome scheme, but it does not apply to Northern Ireland. Under devolution, we ha...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c304 (Link to this contribution)
I was in Northern Ireland last week meeting senior people from the Department for Communities as ...; Martin Vickers | 679 c304 (Link to this contribution)
Three jobcentres serve my constituency: in Barton, Immingham and Grimsby. I visited the Grimsby s...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c304 (Link to this contribution)
There are usually already very good relationships between colleges and jobcentres. There are actu...; Owen Thompson | 679 c304 (Link to this contribution)
Midlothian is the fastest-growing region of Scotland, with record growth in new businesses operat...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c305 (Link to this contribution)
I was also in Scotland last week, talking about the potential of this in helping young people rig...; Selaine Saxby | 679 c305 (Link to this contribution)
Tourism is vital to north Devon, and many small tourism businesses such as Mill Park caravan and ...; Baroness Coffey | 679 c305 (Link to this contribution)
I am pleased to hear that people in my hon. Friend’s constituency are keen to get involved in off...; Lindsay Hoyle | 679 c305 (Link to this contribution)
Order. To allow the safe exit of hon. Members participating in this item of business and the safe...
Subjects: Job creation Long term unemployed people Young people Small businesses Working hours Kickstart scheme
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Kick-start Scheme

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