Nov 26, 2021
Watchdog questions effectiveness of Kickstart job placement scheme
Launched in September 2020, the Kickstart scheme was designed to help thousands of young people facing long-term unemployment get into a job. While the government acted quickly to set up the scheme, said NAO head Gareth Davies, it "Has limited assurance that Kickstart is having the positive impact intended". Meg Hillier said: "The jury is out on whether the Kickstart scheme will end up being value for money, and whether it will actually help those groups of young people who truly need it." The DWP said the scheme for 16 to 24-year-olds, which has been extended to March 2022, "Has already delivered more than 100,000 new life-changing jobs for young jobseekers on Universal Credit who were at risk of long-term unemployment and will continue to deliver opportunities for young people." Repeated lockdowns meant that many young people who started claiming Universal Credit at the beginning of the pandemic were still on that benefit for more than a year before the Kickstart scheme got going at scale.
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