Employment schemes

This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on employment schemes. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.

Standard Notes

Date	Description
08.02.2013	Apprenticeship statistics
	This note presents and analyses data on the number of people starting apprenticeships in England.
05.02.2013	Remploy
	This note provides an overview of Remploy and the withdrawal of government subsidies from Remploy factories.
28.11.2012	Work Programme
	Overview of the Government's main welfare-to-work scheme designed to tackle long-term unemployment.
23.11.2012	New Enterprise Allowance
	The New Enterprise Allowance is a government scheme designed to help unemployed people who want to start their own business.
14.09.2012	Constituency Casework: Training
	This note provides Members of Parliament and their staff with information related to frequently asked questions from constituents about training.

Research Papers

Date	Description
30.09.2005	Employment and Training Programmes for the Unemployed Volume I: recent developments and the New Deal programmes
30.09.2005	Employment and Training Programmes for the Unemployed Volume II: Other programmes and pilots
10.02.2003	Employment and Training Programmes for the Unemployed
	Employment and training programmes for unemployment. Commons Library Research Paper 03/13.
19.10.2000	Employment and training programmes for the unemployed
	Employment and training programmes for the unemployed. House of Commons Library Research Paper 00/81.
19.02.1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill (Bill 44 of 1998/99)
	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill (Bill 44 of 1998/99). House of Commons Library Research Paper 99/19.

Select Committee Reports

Date	Description
03.03.2010	Management and Administration of Contracted Employment Programmes.
	Work and Pensions Select Committee report [Commons]
13.05.2009	DWP's commissioning strategy and the flexible New Deal.
	Government response. Department for Work and Pensions; Work and Pensions Select Committee report [Commons]
25.02.2009	DWP's commissioning strategy and the flexible New Deal.
	Work and Pensions Select Committee report [Commons]

Early Day Motions

Date	Description
07.02.2012	NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEK 2012
	That this House welcomes National Apprenticeship Week 2012, run by the National Apprenticeship Service, from 6 to 10 February 2012, which aims to raise the profile of apprenticeships ...
06.02.2012	APPRENTICES AND PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
	That this House believes that public procurement should be used to boost the number of British apprentices; notes that the Department forWork and Pensions' (DWP) new Apprenticeship ...
31.10.2011	CLOSURE OF JOBCENTRE PLUS OFFICES
	That this House is concerned at the ongoing programme of job cuts and office closures in the Jobcentre Plus network; notes that since May 2010 40 jobcentres and benefit processing offices ...
19.07.2011	SKILLS FUNDING AGENCY AND APPRENTICESHIPS
	That this House regrets the proposed closure of some ofthe Skills Funding Agency's regional offices; opposes these closures and cutbacks which will lead to the loss of 430 jobs this ...
13.05.2011	JOBCENTRE PLUS CLOSURES
	That this House notes with concern the Jobcentre Plus announcement of the closure of five contact centres at Caerphilly, Clydebank, Grimsby, Liverpool and Preston and 17 benefit processing ...

POST Papers

Date	Description
11.07.2012	Assessing Capacity for Work
	This briefing discusses the role of the Work Capability Assessment and its suitability as a gateway to benefit.
03.10.2011	An Ageing Workforce
	This POSTnote examines the main challenges to the participation and productivity of older people in the workforce.