PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Kickstart Scheme (31 January 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Kickstart Scheme placements have been (a) approved, (b) advertised and (c) started by young people by (i) nation, (ii) region and (iii) sector as of 31 January 2022.

Asked by:
Dr Ben Spencer (Conservative)

As of the 31^st January 2022, over 130,000 Kickstart jobs have been started by young people and over 235,000 jobs have been made available for young people to apply to through the scheme. Over 305,000 jobs have been approved for funding.

Below are tables listing the number of Kickstart jobs which have been made available and started by young people to date by geographical area of Great Britain and work sector. The figures used are correct as of the 31^st January and these figures have been rounded according to departmental standards.

Jobs made available and starts quoted here include some unfunded Kickstart jobs. Over time, some previously approved jobs have been removed where the employer chose not to follow up the application. Included in the Great Britain total are a small number of jobs made available (less than 100 in total) that have an unrecorded job location. Data on approved jobs is taken from a snapshot of the Kickstart system at a point in time. This figure can be affected by retrospective changes resulting from previously approved grant applications being rescinded.

The number of approved jobs is defined as the number of jobs associated with approved applications recorded on the Kickstart application system on the date above. This total excludes approved jobs that have been withdrawn from the Kickstart Scheme by agreement with employers and gateways.

Although care is taken when processing and analysing Kickstart applications, referrals and starts, the data collected might be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, which has been developed quickly.

The management information presented here has not been subjected to the usual standard of quality assurance associated with official statistics but is provided in the interests of transparency. Work is ongoing to improve the quality of information available for the programme.

Table 1: Number of Kickstart total available jobs and job starts to 31st January 2022, Great Britain, by nation and region

	Total jobs made available	Total jobs started
Total, Great Britain	235,000	130,000
England	204,000	113,000
East Midlands	14,000	8,000
East of England	18,000	9,000
London	51,000	28,000
North East	11,000	6,000
North West	30,000	17,000
South East	26,000	14,000
South West	14,000	8,000
West Midlands	21,000	12,000
Yorkshire and The Humber	19,000	11,000
Scotland	19,000	11,000
Wales	12,000	6,000

Table 2: Number of Kickstart total available jobs and job starts to 31st January 2022, Great Britain, by Sector

Sector	Total jobs made available	Total jobs started
Administration	57,350	32,660
Animal Care	1,610	1,060
Beauty & Wellbeing	1,720	1,080
Business & Finance	8,500	4,820
Computing Technology & Digital	15,840	10,490
Construction & Trades	7,230	4,200
Creative & Media	20,990	13,110
Delivery & Storage	6,380	3,710
Emergency & Uniform Services	520	290
Engineering & Maintenance	7,080	3,980
Environment & Land	4,620	2,710
Government Services	1,000	460
Healthcare	6,140	2,770
Home Services	1,560	730
Hospitality & Food	26,380	11,210
Law & Legal	650	410
Managerial	960	570
Manufacturing	6,430	3,600
Retail & Sales	34,970	20,450
Science & Research	990	650
Social Care	4,740	2,140
Sports & Leisure	5,920	3,200
Teaching & Education	11,000	5,410
Transport	900	330
Travel & Tourism	1,110	390

Answered by:
Mims Davies (Conservative)
4 February 2022