Written question WQ95778
- Asked by
- Luke FletcherPlaid
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
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Question
What timescale is the Welsh Government working towards for the devolution of all non-Jobcentre Plus employment support, as announced in the UK Government’s Get Britain Working White Paper?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
Officials from Welsh Government and the Department of Work and Pensions are in the early stages of discussion. The Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership will update the Senedd on March 18th on the Employability Support Programme which covers a new Welsh Government employability offer as well as devolving non-JCP employment support funding and delivering an Economic Inactivity Trailblazer as announced in the White Paper.