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Kickstart Scheme

Question for Department for Work and Pensions

UIN 114956, tabled on 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.

Answered on

4 February 2022

As of the 31st 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 31st 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 This figure can be affected by retrospective changes resulting from previously approved grant applications being rescinded.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 This total excludes approved jobs that have been withdrawn from the Kickstart Scheme by agreement with employers and gateways.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