Employment Schemes: Pilot Schemes
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Department plans to publish the findings from its employment support pilot schemes; and what assessment has been made of their potential impact on employment outcomes.
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson
The Department for Work and Pensions has adopted a test and learn approach across many of its employment support pilot scheme areas.
The Government has committed to publish a report this spring which sets out more detail on how we are delivering the new Jobs and Careers Service.
To evaluate the effectiveness of the eight Youth Guarantee Trailblazers and the nine Economic Inactivity Trailblazers, the Department for Work and Pensions commissioned an evaluation starting in January 2026. This is expected to build evidence on the effectiveness of the initiative at improving employment outcomes, reducing economic inactivity, enhancing health and well-being, increasing participation in education and training, and strengthening systems integration. We expect to publish interim findings during the next two years and will develop the value for money assessment once longer-term impacts have developed.
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2025-12-08/hcws1137
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