Proceeding contribution from Baroness Coffey (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 3 September 2020. It occurred during Urgent question on Kick-start Scheme.
Kick-start Scheme
My hon. Friend is right: we are paying 100% for 25 hours a week, which is the minimum hours that we would expect people to be working. Of course, if employers want to pay more and do more, they can. This is not a limitation on the ambitions of organisations or the relevant contributions. I am pleased to say that people can go on gov.uk/kickstart today and see the online guidance. If they are a small business and cannot offer 30 jobs over the next 18 months, they can go straight to a contact in the DWP, and we will do that linking for them. More than 6,000 people had already started an application yesterday. That is very encouraging, and I am excited about it.
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- Proceeding contribution
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- 679 c295
- Session
- 2019-21
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- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Job creation Long term unemployed people Young people Small businesses Working hours Kickstart scheme
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