To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2022 to Question 98278, on Refugees: Employment, how her Department makes an assessment of the effectiveness of employment support for refugees when data on their employment outcomes is not available; and what steps her Department plans to take to obtain that data.
Answered on
7 February 2022
Home Office officials are currently exploring the potential of using existing administrative data to assess long-term integration outcomes in areas such as employment and education, and will continue to work with other government departments to facilitate this strand of work.
We will also independently evaluate the Refugee Transitions Outcomes Fund to better understand what works in supporting refugee integration and self-sufficiency. This is a new £14m cross-Government initiative which aims to increase the self-sufficiency and integration of newly granted refugees, including but not limited to, helping them to move into work and learn English.