A Bill to establish a programme to provide training and employment opportunities for unemployed young people between the ages of 16 and 25; to establish a comprehensive careers guidance service for young people seeking to enter the job market; to enable Apprenticeship Training Agencies to assist small businesses in employing apprentices; to provide small businesses with a National Insurance contributions holiday; to make provision for grants towards the wage costs of apprentices employed by small businesses; to make provision for a mechanism through which banks and other providers of financial services are required to allocate part of their bonus payment budget to support these measures; and for connected purposes
House of Commons
1 May 2012
The Youth Employment Bill aims to create a programme that provides training and work opportunities for unemployed young people aged 16 to 25. It also proposes a nationwide careers guidance service and measures to help small businesses hire and support apprentices, including tax relief and wage-cost support, funded in part by directing some bank bonus payments.
The bill is at the second reading in the House of Commons. The next step is committee scrutiny for detailed examination, followed by further readings before it could move to the House of Lords.
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