Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 26
36th Report - Jobcentres
Published 2 Jul 2025
Addressed to HM Treasury
Public Accounts Committee Jobcentres All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
In the 2024 Autumn Budget, the government allocated £55 million for the Department to invest in developing new digital services and testing elements of the jobs and careers service in 2025–26.55 We asked the Department what progress has been made in deciding how to use the extra £55 million in funding it had been allocated.56 It told us that it was spending some of the money on a coaching academy to upskills its work coaches on what the jobs and careers service is going to be, on its ‘pathfinder projects’ around parts of the country, and on developing digital services for the new jobs and careers service.57
From: Public Accounts Committee, 36th Report - Jobcentres (HC 823), 2 July 2025
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 4 June 2026 (deadline 2 September 2025).