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 |
|---|---|
| 31.07.2013 | Youth Contract |
| The Youth Contract was launched in April 2012 and combines existing schemes with new ones, all of which seek to support young people into sustainable employment. | |
| 27.06.2013 | Work Programme |
| Overview of the Government's main welfare-to-work scheme designed to tackle long-term unemployment. | |
| 14.06.2013 | Access to Work |
| Access to Work provides practical advice and support to disabled people and their employers to help them overcome work-related obstacles resulting from disability. Access to Work is delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) through Jobcentre Plus. | |
| 29.04.2013 | Delivering public services: The growing use of Payment by Results |
| The Payment by Results (PbR) approach to delivery of public services is not new and is not without controversy. This note looks at current and planned projects in rehabilitation, welfare to work, the NHS, children's social services and with rough sleepers and with vulnerable young people. | |
| 22.03.2013 | Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Bill 2012-13 |
| On 12 February 2013 the Court of Appeal ruled that regulations underpinning some of the Government's back to work schemes were unlawful and must be quashed. The Bill - which has retrospective effect - would remove the ability for individuals sanctioned for not participating in one of the schemes to challenge the sanction decision on the grounds that the regulations were invalid, or notices given to them were inadequate. |
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. |
