Devolution of employment support inquiry: Work and Pensions Committee holds first oral evidence session
The oral evidence stage of the Work and Pensions Committee inquiry into the devolution of employment support gets underway with a session featuring think tanks, academics, third sector organisations and a local authority.
Meeting details
The inquiry follows the Committee’s July 2023 Plan for Jobs and employment support report, which recommended DWP devolve future employment support programmes to groups of local authorities. This current inquiry is examining the main opportunities and challenges associated with such a move, the role DWP would play, how funding would be allocated to local areas, and the impact of any changes on employers, providers and people with additional needs.
The Committee will explore with the first panel the main factors behind economic inactivity and the impact further devolution of support might have. The second panel will focus on the role of the third sector in providing employment support.