Employment: Finance
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Spending Review, if he will publish a breakdown of the funding allocations contributing to employment-support funding of over £3.5 billion by 2028-29 in each financial year from 2025-26.
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson
The Spending Review was focused on 3 financial years running 26/27, 27/28 and 28/29, therefore, allocation of this funding does not apply to the 25/26 financial year.
DWP conducts annual planning rounds, through which it confirms the funding for individual programmes. Allocations for future years will be confirmed as part of the 2027/28 and 2028/29 Main Estimates. The 26/27 allocated funding for 26/27 is below. Outturn spend will differ. Figures are contained below:
Rounded to nearest £100m |
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| 26/27 |
1. Employment and health support | 600 |
2. Support for long-term unemployed people. | 400 |
3. Youth guarantee | 300 |
4. Inactivity | 100 |
5. Additional programmes helping sick and disabled people move into work. | 100 |
6. Jobcentre Plus support | 2100 |
Total | 3600 |
The Machinery of Government change where the Skills agenda moved from DfE to DWP mean that 26/27 and subsequent years will have additional funding.
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