Speeches

Nick Thomas-Symonds – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nick Thomas-Symonds on 2016-02-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on developing proposals for implementing the Youth Obligation; and what organisations his Department are consulting to inform that process.

Priti Patel

The detailed policy design is still under development. We will set out our policy design for the Youth Obligation in due course.

We will be conducting a stakeholder engagement exercise with organisations and employers shortly.